SOPHIE

More “Dog Eat Doug” adventures, starring a chocolate Lab and her two-legged rug rat brother.

In a dozen loosely linked chapters with titles like “The Bark Knight” and “Cat-ificial Intelligence,” sudden imaginary costume changes mark further high and low moments in Sophie’s ongoing relationships with an expanding cast of arrivals—from eloquent, if monosyllabic, toddler Doug (“Bak!”) to several shelter dogs fostered by the household’s humans. Meanwhile, the family’s two house cats, Chewy and Equinox, who are bent on world (or at least family) domination, summon mystical superbeing “Cat-Thulhu” for advice. The “great and powerful Cosmic Muffin” also explains that “a dog’s purpose is to love unconditionally,” and in the midst of an identity crisis, Sophie pursues a rabbit down a hole into a strange land where a pudgy caterpillar in a onesie (“Bak!”) tells her from atop a giant mushroom to follow her heart. Along with borrowing characters and running themes from the original webcomic, these fresh episodes preserve both its sly brand of humor and solid-gold values on the way to a cozy closing snoozefest…and a final bit of squirrel-based play on the side. Anderson’s lively panels accentuate the charming animal characters’ rounded faces and bodies.

Doggy delights continue. Bak!