Everyone loves robots. At this point it’s in our blood. We can’t get enough of them, whether it’s Transformers or Cybermen or Brassneck or whatever, we can’t help ourselves but love them.

That’s why it’s so jarring to read Break-up Bots, in which our love since we were children heartlessly dumps us, over and over again. 52 images of robots telling the reader that it’s over, in no uncertain terms. The comic is drawn in a clean, precise style that you can’t help but warm to, and the robot designs are inventive and strange enough that you’ll be able to look at them more than once.

In some ways this could be seen as a cold kiss-off to childhood. A stern reminder to the reader that they have to get their heart broken if they want to grow up. As an idea it’s as mechanical and heartless as the robots themselves, but it is executed with a great deal of charm.

$4.00 American from In Absentia Press at www.breakupbots.com