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Cat Kid Comic Club
''Cat Kid Comic Club'' is a children's graphic novel series by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. It serves as a spinoff to the ''Dog Man'' series of books, which itself is a spinoff in the ''Captain Underpants'' franchise. Plot The series stars Li'l Petey (also known as Cat Kid), his friend Molly the tadpole, Molly's 21 frog siblings, and the frog siblings' adoptive father Flippy the Fish, as they create comic books. There are multiple art techniques used in the comic books. Theatre adaptation In 2023, an adaptation of ''Cat Kid Comic Club'', created by TheatreWorksUSA, premiered as an Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ... show. Reception According to the New York Times Graphic Novel Bestseller list, ''Cat Kid Comic Club'' topped the best sell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dav Pilkey
David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. (; born March 4, 1966) is an American comic book writer of children's fiction. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the children's book series ''Captain Underpants'' and its spin-off children's graphic novel series ''Dog Man'', the latter published under the respective writer and illustrator pen names of George Beard and Harold Hutchins, which are also the names of the two protagonists of the ''Captain Underpants'' series. Life and career Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 4, 1966, to the Reverend David Pilkey, Sr. and Barbara, who was the Organist, church organist. He has one older sister. Pilkey was brought up in a conservative Christianity, Christian household and went to Christian schools throughout his life. Pilkey was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia as a child. In elementary school in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Pilkey was frequently reprimanded for his behavior in class and thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Man
''Dog Man'' is a children's graphic novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. A spinoff and story within a story of Pilkey's ''Captain Underpants'' series, ''Dog Man'' revolves around the adventures of the titular character, a half-man, half-dog hybrid who works as a police officer. As of 2025, there are 13 books in the series. The latest book, ''Dog Man: Big Jim Begins'', was released on December 3, 2024. A 14th book titled ''Dog Man: Big Jim Believes'' has been announced and is set to release on November 11, 2025. The ''Dog Man'' series has been hugely popular, selling a total of over 3.8 million copies, 13% of all total comic book sales, as charted by BookScan, not including digital copies or any copy sold by Scholastic through school book fairs. Starting in 2020, the series received its own spin-off focusing on Dog Man's sidekick Cat Kid (Li'l Petey's superhero form), entitled '' Cat Kid Comic Club''. The series has been adapted into two stage musicals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Underpants
''Captain Underpants'' is an American illustrated children's novel series and multimedia franchise by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. From the third book onwards, Mr. Krupp also possesses superhuman strength, durability and flight as a result of drinking alien "Extra-Strength Super Power Juice". Currently, the series includes 12 books, two activity books, colored versions, and 15 spin-offs. As of 2014, the series has been translated into more than 20 languages, with more than 80 million books sold worldwide, including over 50 million in the United States. DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the series to make an animated feature film adapta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reader, ranging from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction for those nearing maturity. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, which have only been identified as children's literature since the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, which adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholastic Publishing
Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. Products are distributed via retail and online sales and through schools via Book discussion club, reading clubs and book fairs. Clifford (character), Clifford the Big Red Dog, a character created by Norman Bridwell in 1963, is the mascot of Scholastic. Company history Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be a publisher of youth magazines. The first publication was ''The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic''. It covered High school (North America), high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. More magazines followed for Scholastic Magazines. In 1948, Scholastic entered the book club business. In the 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheatreWorksUSA
TheatreWorksUSA is a professional, not-for-profit theatre for young and family audiences founded in 1961. The company is based out of New York City, but has touring productions that run through forty-nine states as well as parts of Canada. Plays and musicals produced by Theatreworks have reached over 90 million children, teachers and families since the company's founding. Free Summer Theatre Since 1989 TheatreWorksUSA's Free Summer Theatre has provided young people and families with original, professional theatre free of charge. Each summer, tickets are distributed to children in over 200 social service and youth programs throughout the five boroughs. To date, over 300,000 children have attended free productions of some of the company's most popular shows, including ''Junie B. Jones'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', and ''Sarah, Plain and Tall''. According to its own literature, TheatreWorks believes "all children should experience the excitement of going to the theatre, regardles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production" is a production of a play (theatre), play, musical theatre, musical, or revue that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway. History The term originally referred to any venue, and its productions, on a street intersecting Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in Midtown Manhattan's Theater District, New York, Theater District, the hub of the American theatre industry. It later became defined by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in Manhattan with a seating capacity of at least 100, but not more than 499, or a production that appears in such a venue and adhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholastic Corporation
Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. Products are distributed via retail and online sales and through schools via reading clubs and book fairs. Clifford the Big Red Dog, a character created by Norman Bridwell in 1963, is the mascot of Scholastic. Company history Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be a publisher of youth magazines. The first publication was ''The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic''. It covered high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. More magazines followed for Scholastic Magazines. In 1948, Scholastic entered the book club business. In the 1960s, international publishing locations were established in England (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works By Dav Pilkey
Works may refer to: People * Caddy Works (1896–1982), American college sports coach * John D. Works (1847–1928), California senator and judge * Samuel Works (c. 1781–1868), New York politician Albums * ''Works'' (Pink Floyd album), a Pink Floyd album from 1983 * ''Works'', a Gary Burton album from 1972 * ''Works'', a Status Quo album from 1983 * ''Works'', a John Abercrombie album from 1991 * ''Works'', a Pat Metheny album from 1994 * ''Works'', an Alan Parson Project album from 2002 * ''Works Volume 1'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * ''Works Volume 2'', a 1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album * '' The Works'', a 1984 Queen album Other uses *Good works, a topic in Christian theology * Microsoft Works, a collection of office productivity programs created by Microsoft * IBM Works, an office suite for the IBM OS/2 operating system * Mount Works, Victoria Land, Antarctica See also * The Works (other) * Work (other) Work may refer to: * Work ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Series Introduced In 2020
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mostly of writing and images. Modern books are typically composed of many pages Bookbinding, bound together and protected by a Book cover, cover, what is known as the ''codex'' format; older formats include the scroll and the Clay tablet, tablet. As a conceptual object, a ''book'' often refers to a written work of substantial length by one or more authors, which may also be distributed digitally as an electronic book (ebook). These kinds of works can be broadly Library classification, classified into fiction (containing invented content, often narratives) and non-fiction (containing content intended as factual truth). But a physical book may not contain a written work: for example, it may contain ''only'' drawings, engravings, photographs, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinoffs
Spin-off, Spin Off, Spin-Off, or Spinoff may refer to: Entertainment and media *Spinoff (media), a media work derived from an existing work *''The Spinoff'', a New Zealand current affairs magazine * ''Spin Off'' (Canadian game show), a 2013 Canadian game show * ''Spin-Off'' (American game show), a 1975 American game show *Spin-Off, a game mode in '' Wii Party'' *"Spin Off", a season 2 episode of ''The Casagrandes'' *"The Spinoffs", a season 6 episode of ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' Other uses *Corporate spin-off, a type of corporate action that forms a new company or entity * Government spin-off, civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research ** NASA spin-off, a spin-off of technology that has been commercialized through NASA funding, research, licensing, facilities, or assistance * Research spin-off, a company founded on the findings of a research group at a university ** University spin-off, a subcategory of research spin-offs *Brand extension ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
