If you like stories that are simple but also clever, then this is the book you are looking for. The plot is about two boys, George and Harold, who like to draw comics and are famous pranksters in their school.
One day their principal catches them setting up a series of stunts and threatens them. For a while he makes them do his chores, but soon the boys find a way out. They hypnotize their principal and make him into a superhero they drew—Captain Underpants.
The story reveals a lot about the dominating relationship between adults and children. The central source of humor comes from the main characters’ brilliant strategy to reverse this relationship and have fun with it.
The book is filled with funny cartoons and jokes that are sometimes disgusting but always entertaining.
