underpants

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Everything from Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” to Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People” is being consigned to the metaphorical fire.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022

The publisher's offices are in a warehouse-style building with exposed bricks, subway tiles and a giant sculpture of Captain Underpants busting through the lobby wall.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2021

He wrote several novels about superhero Captain Underpants and co-wrote the resulting film, which I seriously consider a cinematic masterpiece.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020

Two overly imaginative pranksters accidentally hypnotize their principal into thinking that he’s a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019

And reading Captain Underpants on the bench by myself.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff