In 1980, two smart, goofy nerds in Dallas decided to start their own religion. Their names were Doug and Steve, but in the grand tradition of charlatans everywhere, they invented new names for ...

The Church of the SubGenius may not be a household name across the country, but beginning in the early 1970s, a pair of enterprising Texas-area satirists turned one wildly overt religious experiment ...

You couldn’t escape his ubiquitous mug back when Austin was truly weird. It appeared on bumper stickers, bulletin boards, telephone poles, streetlights, bathroom walls, and more: A perfectly coiffed ...

The Church of the SubGenius may have originated from the minds of two good ol’ boys living in Texas, but it’s more of a “universal thang” than a “Texas thang.” The future founders of the Church of the ...

On behalf of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, Black and Boone Productions announces the first ever documentary on the Church of the SubGenius, Slacking Towards Bethlehem: J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the ...

In the 1980s and ‘90s, among various American undergrounds, knowledge of the Church of the SubGenius, the teachings of J.R. “Bob” Dobbs or the doctrine of “Slack” was a pretty good way to identify ...

Exclusive: Sandy K. Boone's new film looks at how a fake church in Texas became way more real than anyone involved could have possibly imagined. The Church of the SubGenius may not be a household name ...

Like 8mm films of 1960s “happenings” or videos of 1970s performance art, “J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius” chronicles a cultural footnote that perhaps should be filed under the ...

Sandy K. Boone tells the surprising tale of a Texas-born fake religion in 'J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius.' By THR Staff I first learned of the Church of the SubGenius in a small ...