Hastings and team maintain the childlike illustration style of the books, with crayon lines and shading on the somewhat simply designed characters, and the colloquial, slangy writing (the law enforcement officers are “supa cops”; various important buildings are “ova there”).

The 'SNL' alum voices a villainous cat in DreamWorks' animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's best-selling series of children's graphic novels about a half-human, half-canine police officer.

Davidson's claims of the late January release being his best job thus far are exciting. I've loved him since he was first hired as one of the youngest Saturday Night Live cast members (even though he asked to have Lorne Michaels fire him after the first year), and I've been looking forward to seeing him expand out into other projects and genres.

The playful anarchy of author-illustrator Dav Pilkey's bestselling "Dog Man" series, about a hero cop who is part-man, part-police dog, is now on screen in a new animated film, with comedian Pete Davidson playing Dog Man's arch-nemesis,

Peter Hastings directs a sweet, silly animated film about a hybrid creature who patrols the streets and goes after a villainous cat, voiced by Pete Davidson.

Never fear, “Dog Man” is here — to save your families from the doldrums of January moviegoing. The popular children’s books by Dav Pilkey (a spinoff of the “Captain Underpants”

Dav Pilkey’s superhero-satirizing graphic novel series gets a kinetic adaptation.

Whether or not you’ll enjoy the “Dog Man” movie is sort of dependent on how much you’re a fan of the graphic novels. Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy is split.

Irreverent jokes have little time to land in a graphic novel adaptation centered on a canine policeman protecting his city from his cat arch-nemesis.

"Dog Man," the latest from "Captain Underpants" creator Dav Pilkey, hits theaters Friday and will delight young fans.

A police officer and a dog get fused into one crime-fighter in this antic, enjoyable adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s comic series.

Comedian Pete Davidson gets top billing in the film ... All the young kids in my family, they all read 'Dog Man,' they're obsessed with 'Dog Man.' And then right around the time I started ...