The guerilla feel of Dav Pilkey's graphic novels has given way to a deep message film about fatherhood, optimism and love.

My kids just missed out on the books and I was bummed. A cop and his K9 partner were hurt in the line of duty and a groundbreaking surgery resulted in “Dog

Fortunately, the more traditionally kiddie-coded animated feature “Dog Man” has arrived to right the scales: While its hero is a formerly human police officer with a Very Good Boy’s head stitched on in place of his own after an explosion injures them both,