Scholastic has revealed the cover for Dog Man: Big Jim Believes, the newest book in Dav Pilkey’s #1 worldwide bestselling literary phenomenon. Releasing simultaneously on November 11, 2025, in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the latest epic adventure in the hit graphic novel series featuring the lovable canine superhero and his “supa buddies” will delve into the importance of friendship, truth, integrity, and gratitude.
As a writer and illustrator who has inspired kids around the world to read for fun and made his ADHD and dyslexia his “superpowers,” Pilkey’s Dog Man books explore multi-generational family and champion empathy and doing good.
The Dog Man series follows the hilarious and heartwarming adventures of the “Supa Buddies”: Dog Man, a lovable canine superhero, and his friends Li’l Petey, a curious kitten who embodies love, optimism, and hope, and 80-HD, a robot who expresses himself best through his art. The series explores universally positive messages including empathy, kindness, and striving to become a better version of one’s self, while it also tackles more complex themes including death, shared custody, and forgiveness.
Since Dog Man launched to critical acclaim in August 2016, there are more than 70 million copies of the books in print to date, with translations in 48 languages. In the U.S., every installment in the series has clinched the #1 spot on national bestseller lists. Year to date sales in the U.S. for Dog Man are up 34% over the prior year with the most recent book, Dog Man: Big Jim Begins (published in December 2024), selling nearly 1.1 million copies to date in the U.S. alone*. In the U.K., where Dav Pilkey has been shortlisted for a British Book Award for Illustrator of the Year and Dog Man shortlisted for Book of the Year/Children’s Illustrated, one in three graphic novels sold are books by Pilkey*. Dog Man also saw tremendous growth in Canada where combined English and French sales for the series are up 73% over the prior year and continues to be the #1 bestselling children’s book series. In Australia, where a Dog Man book is sold every 2 minutes, Dog Man reigns as one of its bestselling children’s series of all time. Dog Man book sales in Spanish in Spain and Latin America are up 101% from prior year. Screen Rant recently crowned Dog Man, “the biggest comic book hero in years,” besting long-time classics Super-Man and the Hulk. (*Source: Circana Bookscan/U.S., The Bookseller/UK)
Following a successful theatrical run debuting at #1 at the box office, the Dog Man film adaptation from DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures will exclusively stream on Peacock starting May 30th. The critically-acclaimed Dog Man: The Musical and Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical from TheaterWorksUSA, stage adaptations of Dav Pilkey’s hit graphic novel series, will be touring across North America through 2026.
