“Captain Underpants” also imparts a universal lesson about the distinction between laughing with someone, rather than at them, and most important, about being able to laugh at yourself.

20th Century Fox’s animated adventure Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie tells the story of a grouchy principal who turns into the underwear-clad, super-powered invention of his two least ...

Why is David "Dav" Pilkey posing in a pair of giant tighty whities at a book appearance? Because he's the author and illustrator of the hugely popular "Captain Underpants" series -- also a big ...

A Captain Underpants spin-off book has been taken off sale and children's author Dav Pilkey has apologised for its "harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery".

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'Captain Underpants' director David Soren discusses the animated film's wild visual aesthetic and its long journey to the screen.

A book that’s a spinoff of author Dav Pilkey’s popular Captain Underpants series will no longer be published by Scholastic, which also asked that copies in circulation at libraries and other ...

Scholastic has pulled a spin-off book to the popular Captain Underpants series after recognizing that the book "perpetuates passive racism." ...

Captain Underpants is not one of them. Indeed, in the world of Harold and George, the books’ heroes, and that of many of the series’ readers, English teachers are the enemy.

A children's book from Dav Pilkey, author of the popular Captain Underpants series, has been pulled from shelves because it perpetuates "passive racism." Last week, children's publisher Scholastic ...