Pet Robots

by Scott Christian Sava

When four students - Jake, Chris, Tammy, and Tommy - get lost while on a field trip to the Rooty Tooty Toy Company, they're followed home by four military robots, Skye, Rock, Aqua, and Wind. Now, the owner of the Rooty Tooty Toy Company wants his robots back and he's willing to do anything to get them!

Genres: Graphic Novels

168 pages, Hardcover

First published July 4, 2007

About the author

Scott Christian Sava is an artist, animator, illustrator, director, writer, producer, and part-time Hobbit! Over the last 30 years, Scott’s work has brought some of the world’s most beloved characters to life in film, television, comics, and games, from Casper the Friendly Ghost to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to Star Trek to Spider-Man. Scott’s unique talents and vision have been called upon by Marvel Comics, Disney, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, and more.

In 2000 he founded Blue Dream Studios, which has produced work for Star Wars, X-Files, Aliens vs. Predator, Spider-Man, and other franchises, in addition to creating its own line of kids’ graphic novels. The studio’s first feature film, Animal Crackers, is on Netflix and was the summer of 2020’s #1 animated movie in the world.

Currently, you can find Scott making videos online to his over 4 million followers where he talks about art, autism, and how to be a kinder artist… and human.

Scott lives with his wife and two kids in a Hobbit Hole in Tennessee. Scott’s mission, simply put, is to “make the world a kinder, gentler place, one story at a time.”

Reviews

[Randy Lander · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll be honest, I find this book a bit cheesy, definitely "kids graphic novel" rather than "all ages graphic novel." The dialogue is wooden, the gags obvious and juvenile and the plot predictable.

*But*... my daughter loves it. So while it might take a bit of teeth-grinding for the adults to get through it, the kids might want to read it over and over again.

I don't know if that's a recommendation or a warning.

[Karla · Rating 2 out of 5]

A graphic novel for younger kids with bright, fun illustration and a rather predictable plot. Not really for "all ages" - kids will enjoy it, but it isn't clever like Calvin & Hobbes or even Garfield.

[Anne Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kids will like this book, if they like full color illustrations, active robots who stand up for the children that brought them to life, and the occasional potty humor.