Background
Bob the Angry Flower is the creation of Canadian cartoonist Stephen Notley, a native of Edmonton, who has been based in Seattle since early 2005. The cartoon has been carried, at different times, by several local newspapers and magazines including See magazine, Vue Weekly, the Edmonton Journal, and The Gateway. Notley also generally posts new strips to his website every Friday.
Bob the Angry Flower has had one spin-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 collection Bob the Angry Flower: The Ultimate Book of Perfect Energy, and ran in color on the subscription site Graphic Smash.
There are currently seven 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 with Sinistar (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)
Notley is the son of politician Grant Notley, a former leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party, and the brother of Rachel Notley, a current Member of the Legislative Assembly.
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