The Book of Bunny Suicides

Infobox Book
name = The Book of Bunny Suicides
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Andy Riley
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = (Bunny Suicides)
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genre = Humor
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd
release_date = October 27, 2003
media_type = Hardcover
pages = 96 pages
isbn = ISBN 0-340-82899-4 (hardcover)
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followed_by = Return of the Bunny Suicides

"The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want To Live Any More" (2003) is a collection of mostly one-image black comedy cartoons drawn by author Andy Riley. It was a bestseller. Fact|date=October 2007

Overview

Each cartoon shows one or more white rabbits in their creative attempts to end their lives using a variety of items. Revolving doors, a toaster, a cricket ball, a boomerang, a hand-grenade, the shining sun, a magnifying glass, smoking of several cigarettes and bowling balls are all featured as suicidal tools. The book also features a few cultural references, most notably a parody of a scene from "The Wicker Man", where the rabbit is atop the burning figure. A reference to the "Terminator" movies is also included, as well as a reference to the scene from Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" where the captain of the bomber rides the atomic bomb as it drops and explodes. Noah's Ark is also featured. While all the other animals are boarding the ark, two bunnies stay behind suntanning on the beach.

The cartoons are often drawn in such a way that the bunny's exact method is not immediately obvious, leaving the reader to work out exactly how the bunnies plan to end their lives.

In 2004 a sequel was published, under the title "Return of the Bunny Suicides"

The book proved so popular that pirate scans started to circulate heavily online as "Bunnies Suicide " or "Bunny Suicide ", facilitating DMCA notices of cease and desist [http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=43 February 25, 2005 DMCA notice sent to Google about online "Bunnies Suicide"] at ChillingEffects.org. Cartoonist Liu Gang was inspired by the book to create his Suicide Rabbit.

A special edition, The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides, was released in the UK in 2007. It contains every bunny suicide ever.

This book has been withdrawn from bookshelves in Shanghai, China for fear of children imitating the scenes.

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