Dog Man

Dog Man is a graphic novel published by author Dav Pilkey. It is the very first book of the series, and the spin-off of the Captain Underpants series. This book is based off of George & Harold’s first comic when they were in Kindergarten.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The idea of George & Harold’s very first comic hero turning into a graphic novel is a amazing idea, even for Dav Pilkey standards.
 * 2) At the beginning of the book, there’s a recap on how George and Harold started making Dog Man novels, and their crazy adventures with Captain Underpants, in case people haven’t read the Captain Underpants books.
 * 3) A ton of great characters, such as Dog Man, Petey, Chief, Sarah Hatoff, The Weenies, Philly, Milly, Nurse Lady, etc.
 * 4) Flip-O-Rama, a technique used in the Captain Underpants series, returns in this book, along with the other Dog Man books.
 * 5) In Chapter 3, there’s a comic from George & Harold’s past called “Book Em, Dog Man!”, and the spelling in that comic was improved.
 * 6) Officer Knight & Greg the Dog’s backstory is kinda heartwarming to some.
 * 7) Aside from Petey, there are other villains too, such as Philly, The Weenies, Evil Mayor, Robo Chief, & Dr. Scum.
 * 8) Good ending where Philly exploded from the fire, & all the dogs eat the hot dogs, and Petey is sent back to jail, while everyone cheers for Dog Man.
 * 9) The “How to Draw” section is very useful for people who want to draw the characters.
 * 10) At the end of the book, there’s a promo to Dog Man: Unleashed, telling people to read that book to see what happens next.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some of the characters are unlikable:
 * 2) *The Evil Mayor is extremely unlikable, as she gets Chief fired from his job, only to make every cop have a new boss called ‘’Robo-Chief’’, even though she literally made Petey escape by giving him a Invisible Spray can.
 * 3) *Chief is a bit unlikable in chapter 1, as he yells as Officer Knight & Greg the Dog for getting dirty shoes & dog hairs everywhere on his new cops and tells them that they’re the worst cops ever. and later yells at Dog Man.
 * 4) *Petey is somewhat unlikable, as he makes the Evil Mayor’s stores haunted by pulling down the other bad guys’ clothes.
 * 5) Dog Man’s backstory, while good, can be very disturbing to some people, especially considering the fact that Greg’s head was cut off so that it could be sewn onto Officer Knight’s body. In reality, if you do that, they could actually get killed.
 * 6) There are only 4 chapters, which is a pretty lame chapter amount for a graphic novel.
 * 7) There are no table of contents, which sucks, as it makes people lose what page they were at and what chapter they were at.
 * 8) Overuse of potty humor in Chapter 3.