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“Captain Underpants” outs a main character
Left: George
Right:Harold
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Captain Underpants is aimed squarely at the middle school set and follows the misadventures of George and Harold, best friends in a small-town fourth-grade class who inadvertently bring their comic-book creation to life.
Selling more than 70 million copies worldwide, the series is filled with silly puns, farcical hijinks and heaps of potty humor. Naturally kids love it.
The 12th installment in the series, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot, hit stores on August 25. In it, young George and Harold meet their future selves and their families:
“Old George, his wife and their kids, Meena and Nik, sat on the couch, while Old Harold, his husband, and their twins, Owen and Kei, plopped down on the giant beanbag chair.”
And that’s it.
Harold, as an adult, is matter-of-factly presented as gay without commentary. In children’s book publishing, this is still incredibly rare and refreshing. Unlike television where we’ve seen a boon of young LGBT people, such characters remain few and far between in kid’s lit.
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Not this series still going and outselling all my faves combined. Slay, Harold! 
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Slay a BIT 
