Mr Z has been enjoying a new story recently – Robotslayer. Robotslayer is a comic book which is a new genre for Mr Z but is perfect for his age (5 years old) and slightly older children too.
Robotslayer is a gripping story of a town where robots have gone from being the friends and helpers of the city, to a danger and menace, thanks to the dastardly Grububble who has programmed them with a virus! The heroes Leo and Benny and brothers – one boy and one robot – who want to set thing right together with their grandfather Prof. Robotolis. Robotolis had been the mastermind behind the Robot City and had taught Grububble all he knew about robots, before he turned bad!
The story is quite detailed so I do think it would be best for children of at least 5. I read the story to Mr Z so that he could focus more on enjoying the story than on trying to read the words, but as he continues getting confident with his reading he will be able to enjoying reading this himself. The comic book format is a really fun way of presenting the story and means that even if he does struggle with a few words he can still follow a lot of what is going on!
The heroes Leo and Benny are based on author Vincent Kamp’s own two boys, which is lovely to know. The whole comic book has been hand drawn so you can see how much dedication has gone into it!
There is also a Robotslayer app which is great to link between reading and gaming, which can be useful if you have a child who is very motivated by playing iPad games. (Mr Z can be like this!) The app includes the Robotslayer3000 game which is featured in the story, and trains Leo how to become a real Robotslayer!
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You can see more on building robots and the rest of this story at
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I think this book looks fantastic my son would love it
K9 – he is my favourite robot!
The Iron Giant
cp30
My older son has a Robosapien which is quite cool.
The book looks really great – I will go and have a look at the Robotslayer app as my the book and app would be perfect for my younger son 🙂
This book looks really good and i’m sure the children would love reading it
johnny 5 is my favourite robot, the book sounds great, I like that theres an app too
r2d2! great book 🙂
My favourite type of a robot is one that cleans! Wish they would hurry up and invent one!
K9 , best robot ever xxx
think it’s a great book and am sure my grandchildren would enjoy it
Fav Robot is one that goes to work in my place so I can sleep till midday
K9 and he could be trained to do the housework! 🙂
A lovely book my son will enjoy reading
I always loved K9
Love the idea and so would my son!
it looks really good for boys.
The book looks like it would mainly appeal to boys. I like the comic book format. I would love to win, as this may be a book to encourage / motivate boys to read.
I love the idea of the book, my son would think it was great
K9 brilliant robot xx
the iron giant
Great idea, kids love robots – as do adults like me who perhaps should have grown out of it 🙂
Any robot that would save me doing housework – they got one that hoovers now
Just thought about it more – the housemaid in The Jetsons !!!!
Just thought about it more – the housemaid in The Jetsons !!!!
I think it sounds great! I know my son would love it!
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A cleaning robot – specifically ironing would be good.
Has to be Robocop.
The Iron Giant
My favourite Robot is one called ‘Clunk’ from my kids books – Wendels workshop! Give us a laugh!
This book looks great, My monkey man would love it!
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The book looks great
I love this idea, my 3 children would love to read this! Well done!!
I think it will really appeal to boys which is great!
I still miss Metal Mickey, but I bet if was on tv now it would look so outdated!
my son would love this book, it would capture his interests better than football books
C3PO
This looks like a great graphic novel, fab illustrations, fave robot in our house has to be R2D2.
totally fab book
Wall-E because he cleans up and hes so cute
cp30 and r2d2 i think.
Rosie from the Jetsons!
wall-e is my ultimate robot, so cute 🙂
We love WALL-E, this book looks great.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
I like the idea of this story. I think my son would love it as he really likes robots.
My favourite robot is Bender from Futurama 😉 x
K9
R2d2 is the favourite robot in this house.This looks like a wonderful story with a character that my 6 year old will love.Im struggling to get him to read but this will appeal to him and I’m hoping he may pick it up andread it himself!
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I love the droids from Star Wars. I have also crocheted some mini robots in the past and they were really sweet.
Johnny 5!
R2D2
K9 the best
C3PO
the iron giant
I like the idea of this book as our young son wants to read comics like his older siblings.
I would like a robot that washes, irons and puts Away the clothes!!!!
my son would enjoy this book
a hoover robot
I think the book sounds fab! My 6 yr old loves robots
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My favourite type of Robot would be a cleaning robot.
R2D2 is the best
r2d2
My son loves robot’s, and I think he would love this story
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cp-30 ^^
K9
johnny 5
K9
Great Idea, Im sure my son would love this x
rollie pollie ollie
Wow this is really cool, love that its based for boys- and younger ages as well whoot whoot
Looks like a great book 🙂
the iron giant. he’s hilarious
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The book looks great, I’m sure my Grand-Daughter would love it.
Sounds great, my son would love it
Wall-e is the best
I like the style of the book, my godson would enjoy it. I like small robots.
R2D2
The book looks delightful and I am sure it would really appeal to my son.
green x code robot 🙂
I love Asimo – he’s so real looking.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
K9 has always been a big favourite
The art work looks amazing I know my son would love this.
Was going to go for K-9, but then saw someone had mentioned Jonny 5 in the comments….Have changed my mind to him. Def Jonny 5
Robots are always popular in this house so I’d be interested to see what my son thinks of the book.
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K9 is definitely our favourite!
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My daughter has just got into books and is learning about robots at school this book would be great for her x
transformers!!
K9 – he’s a legend!
C3P0 is my favorite robot 🙂
Love the idea of the book,and my son’s would too.
Jonny 5!
My kids would both love this book and my favourite Robot would be K9
this book look great
I love the idea of the book, I love the robot on confused.com advert hehe x
K9
JOHNNY 5