34 pages 1 hour read

Dav Pilkey

Dog Man

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

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Prologue

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue: “Dog Man: Behind the Series” Summary

This short chapter presents a fictional documentary of Dog Man’s creation. Harold and George—the protagonists of Captain Underpantswrite about themselves from a third-person point of view. They describe becoming friends in kindergarten, which led them to make comic books together.

The first character that George and Harold created together was the superhero Dog Man. In fourth grade, they created Captain Underpants comics together based on their real-life adventures with the titular hero. After living through “dangerhorror…and ridiculously convoluted plotlines” (6-8) with Captain Underpants, George and Harold find their old Dog Man comics stored in their treehouse. They reread their old work and decide to reboot Dog Man with improved spelling and art. The Prologue ends with a panel that shows George and Harold presenting their new Dog Man book to the reader and telling them to enjoy it.

Prologue Analysis

This brief prologue serves as an introduction to the frame story surrounding Dog Man’s creation. It introduces the book’s fictional authors, George and Harold, who are also the authors and main characters of Pilkey’s earlier graphic novel series Captain Underpants. Captain Underpants ran for 17 years prior to Dog Man’s publication and developed a large international

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