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Bob the Angry Flower is awebcomic by Stephen Notley, published weekly starting in 1992. It tells the exploits of an easily angeredanthropomorphicflower named Bob and his interactions with the world, often in search of either global domination orlove. Though thecomic strip features a range of recurring characters, most strips stand alone with little or no continuity.

Bob has an intense hatred of the incorrect use of theapostrophe to form plurals,^[1] and is also often found in outlandish but self-inflicted predicaments. The strips themselves range from absurdist humor todadaist "anti-humor".

Bob's two sidekicks are "Stumpy" (a talking tree stump) and "Freddie the Flying Fetus". While Stumpy's appearance and demeanour epitomise existentialennui, Freddie – as befits his tender years – is a vital and innocent spirit, insuppressibly enthusiastic and trusting; the pair provide two different counterpoints to the single-minded irascibility of the protagonist.Other recurring minor characters includerobots (and their natural enemies,bears),ninjas,Daleks (fromDoctor Who) and various evil masterminds.Dick Cheney,Kofi Annan, and other world leaders have also appeared as characters on occasion.

Bob the Angry Flower is the creation ofCanadian cartoonist Stephen Notley, a native ofEdmonton, who has been based inSeattle since early 2005. The cartoon has been carried, at different times, by several local newspapers and magazines includingSee magazine,Vue Weekly, theEdmonton Journal, andThe Gateway. Notley also generally posts new strips to his website every Friday.

Bob the Angry Flower has had onespin-off series,Lovebot Conquers All, featuring Lovebot, a robot built by Bob and then abandoned, and who reappears occasionally in the strip to bring readers up to date on his fruitless quest for love. It appeared in black and white as a bonus feature in the collectionBob the Angry Flower: The Ultimate Book of Perfect Energy, and ran in color on the subscription site Graphic Smash.

There are currently fourteen books published, mostly consisting of compiled cartoons from the weekly series, with a few extra features. They are:

• In Defence of Fascism (1997) (ISBN 978-0968217504)
• Coffee withSinistar (1999) (ISBN 978-0968217511)
• Everybody vs. Bob the Angry Flower (2001) (ISBN 978-0968217528)
• Bob the Angry Flower: The Ultimate Book of Perfect Energy!!! (2003) (ISBN 978-0968217535)
• Dog Killer (2005) (ISBN 978-1892391346)
• Pamplemousse (2008) (ISBN 978-0-9817241-0-2)
• Rothgar (2010) (ISBN 978-0-9817241-1-9)
• How to Operate a Chair (2012) (ISBN 978-0-9817241-2-6)
• The Unthinkable (2015) (ISBN 978-0-9817241-3-3)
• X (2017) (ISBN 978-0-981724140)
• exciting space adventure (2019) (ISBN 978-0981724157)
• An Excellent Use of One's Time (2021) (ISBN 978-0981724164)
• Different Dooms (2023) (ISBN 979-8393152239)
• The Machines (2025) (ISBN 979-8283729039)

Notley is the son of politicianGrant Notley, a former leader of theAlberta New Democratic Party, and the brother ofRachel Notley, the former leader of theAlberta New Democratic Party and formerPremier of Alberta.^[2]

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Bob the Angry Flower was referenced by science fiction writerMichael Swanwick in a September 2002 short story about an encounter with Notley. Swanwick writes, "Bob the Angry Flower experiences all emotions at exaggerated levels. He builds giant killer robots, he deploys world-destroying lasers. He's sort of like yourid with an unlimited budget. The cartoons involve irrational and surreal menaces that are resolved, usually, through abrupt changes of mood and subject."^[3]

Notley has released hisBob the Angry Flower work under an original license. The license only enables sale of T-shirts withBob the Angry Flower material from CafePress stores, and also requires that the image is sent to Notley, and by implication the link of the relevant CafePress store.^[4] In 2006,Bob the Angry Flower was released as a collection byTachyon Publications.

• Rall, Ted (2004).Attitude 2: The New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists. pp. 104–109.ISBN 978-1-56163-381-4.
• Review ofCoffee with Sinistar, inFlak Magazine
• Stephen Notley atLambiek
• Interview with Stephen Notley in ComixTalk, 10 November 2003.
• Interview with Stephen Notley in Sequential Tart, July 1, 2006.
• "Bob the Angry Flower wilts with love: Stephen Notley's new comic collection as hopeful as it is hostile",Edmonton Journal. November 18, 2003. page C1.
• "Bob's 'explosive hope'; the angry flower wants to save the world",Edmonton Sun. November 16, 2003. page SL5.
• "Bob the Angry Flower: Dog Killer".Publishers Weekly. May 22, 2006. page 38.

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