A PreChurch Prophet of "Bob" rescuing children from their Slackless Pink parents.
Binky the WonderSkull, skull of a PreChurch Prophet of "Bob", wearing The Lost Panties of Minnie Rae as an eyepatch.
A prophet of "Bob", sometimes called prophet of Dobbs, could include anyone who truly prophesies in "Bob"'s name. When capitalized as "Prophet of "Bob", it usually refers to one of the Ten (or Thirteen) PreChurch Prophets of Bob (who came before "Bob" and thus didn't know to include the quotation marks). Before 1953, they were typically written in plural as Prophetas Roberti),
Ten (or Thirteen) PreChurch Prophets of "Bob"[]
The Ten PreChurch Prophets of "Bob" are the 10 primary people who prophesized the coming of "Bob" before he created the Church of the SubGenius in 1953 CE. However, some suspect there were actually 13 Prophets of "Bob". What happened to the last three is unknown. Their names were allegedly Lariass, Curliass, and Moe.
The best known Relic of the Prophets of "Bob" is the skull commonly called Binky the WonderSkull (not to be confused with the writer Binky The WonderSkull). This either belonged to someone who knew Necronomicon author Abdul Alhazred, or to Alhazred himself.
Perhaps the best know Prophet is Krampus. Krampus is closely associated with the Homes for Slackless Children, and is sometimes called the Patron Saint of SubGenius children.
The second best documented of the Ten (or Thirteen) named Eristotle (1752-1769) dictated the transcribed prophetic tome The Mythicism of Eristotle which unfortunately was never published, although selections do exist.
The tenth and likely final Prophet of "Bob" is the hermaphromorphic JoX the Bobtist. The prophet was known as Charlie Muck to Connie Dobbs and Dr. Philo Drummond. Drummond called "em" "Bob"s "John the Baptist." JoX was born as the infant Mandrake Southcott XL on 19 October 1814 CE to Joanna Southcott, a 64-year-old virgin.
The Anti-Bob[]
The last assignment of the 10th (or 13th) Prophet of "Bob" was to reveal the identity of the Anti-"Bob" right after Bobtizing "Bob". That prophet would then die very soon after, probably by beheading. (The Head of Jox the Bobist on a Silver Platter is destined to become a holy SubGenius relic). But as "Bob" has yet to be Bobtized, and as the Prophet is in no hurry to die, that revelation has yet to occur.
Sources[]
- Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon (1994)
- X Mandragora Amore-Umbra (original publication date and authors unknown)
- "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" by H. P. Lovecraft (written 1927; published 1943)
- "The Gospel According to Philo" by Dr. Philo Drummond (1994)
- The Charter of the Church of the SubGenius (1953; from copy made in 1957)
- "FAQs of the Early Church of the SubGenius" by JoX the Bobtist (publication date unknown)
- "Interview with JoX the Bobtist" (2014)
- "Interviews with Connie Dobbs" (2023)
- "Interviews with Barbara Dobbs" (2023)