Every day brings a new atrocity, a new incursion against integrity, against propriety, against the country, against the Constitution. Firing of the Librarian of Congress. Another fighter jet sliding into the sea. Another day of chaos at another airport.
The list goes on and on and on.
Now Elmo’s goon squad sent another email demanding daily accounting of where all the federal employees are working from.
Surely you don’t think the zoo is exempt, do you?
That QB is quite the corker, isn’t she? Queen Bee indeed!
Good intentions…blah blah blah…where does the time go…yadda yadda yadda… But every day I don’t get a new ‘toon done, it’s an opportunity to dig into the archives.
Hot on the news of Judge Box-o-Wine being the latest inappropriate pick for one of Mitten’s DoJ posts, I think we need something light and funny, as I think all our pulses are up, our sleep is down, and there aren’t enough cuppycakes to ease our anxiety.
Let’s see now…
I think I may have discovered the origin story for why Canada is not pleased with us…
Bubba: but why should I be in trubble?I’ll talk! I’ll talk!Pinky and the Twinkies, eh?“If Pinky is grounded, can I have her dessert?”uh oh…Um…I think Pinky has Daddee wrapped around her fuzzy little paw. Just saying.Ooooh! Did Daddee actually yell at Pinky?What do you mean you left a note saying they are at my house?Bubba is having so much fun with his new friends!Hey! Where did Bubba and Mr. Bun go?
Of course, there must be an epilogue…
There may be political concussions!
I know I feel a little better after reading this story. I’m not sure it’s a good thing that Pinky’s fibs now sound less preposterous than the lies told by FF45 2.0. I hope you enjoyed this Encore Presentation from 2016. We need all the laughs we can get, don’t you think?
I wasn’t sure if I’d get this done for today, but here we are!
Bears are continuing to behave badly in the Lake Tahoe area (Henrietta says it wasn’t her!) Alert reader Linda L spotted this NooZ story about a bear named Cinnamon (allegedly) who (allegedly) stole a 3 gallon tub of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream from a local shop (allegedly).
“I don’t know what the fuss is all about,” said former Tahoe resident Henrietta the Tank from her new address in Colorado at a luxury “residential facility”. “It’s not like they can’t make more ice cream. Honestly! Nobody wants to share any more!.”
I can’t remember where I first came across this story, but even if it hadn’t crossed my screen spontaneously, at least 3 of my friends shared it “HEY HAVE YOU SEEN THIS????”
Of course this brings to mind another connection and one of my comics inspirations, the one, the only Dr. Lynda J Barry, one of the best cartoonists still writing and drawing today. If you’ve never read her ‘toons, what the hell are you waiting for? She has multiple books out, going back more than 40 years. She also received an honorary doctorate from my Alma Mater, University of the Arts. I hope the school going t*ts up didn’t invalidate her genius. (She also got a MacArthur Genius grant, BTW)
Pay particular attention to her classic Poodle With a Mohawk, which inspired ZooNooz’s special guest’s demeanor.
I thought we needed a bit of silliness to get us through the end of the week.
Why is it that many of our animal tales come from Australia? Is it because they have more things that can kill you? Or maybe they have lots of cute animals, like koalas that would rather bite you than be kootchie-kooed under the chin?
Today’s tail (ha ha see what I did there?) comes from one of our alert readers, Barbara Bee. From the picture shared, it appears that Australian possums are much cuter than American ones.
Oh, possum, I identify with you!
I mean….who wouldn’t want to eat so many pastries you passed out? No? Just me?
Be the Bear Bob T sorry we were late today…not that kind of “late” Panda
Everyone who’s anyone is in on the absolutely if we told you, we’d have to kill you top secret chats coming out of the defense department these days.
I guess they haven’t noticed, SECRET is right in the name SECRETARY, huh?
Fortunately, Frank and Mikey are on the job!
Stuff is getting scary out there. I’m glad Frank and Mikey are on our side.
In other nooz, if we didn’t mention it already, Princess Pinky Junior has arrived in Vienna, to wow the crowds and make her play for world domination, Princess Panda style! Stay tuned!
Hey! Guess what today is? It’s the Ides of April, of course. The day you might be paying your taxes or filing an extension. Of course, since E-loon and his goons have fired a few thousand of the people who work at the IRS, who knows what will happen with your return.
And then there is the whole “yes there are tariffs, no, there are no tariffs…oh wait…just kidding! Let’s make penguins pay tariffs.”
Did someone say Penguins?
Frank and Mikey get in on the action!
And a little tribute to tax days past…
The only sure things are Pandas and taxes.
The nooz is so bad I can’t make fun of it right now…well, other than the penguin thing. I hope you are doing okay and hanging in there.
It was another one of those weeks. Between getting a bit of a cold — first one since covid—and trying to get my tax stuff mailed in (why, oh why?) I didn’t quite get today’s ‘toon done. It will definitely be ready for next week, so in the meantime, I thought I’d pull out some of my Pinky’s greatest hits.
Remember, once an icon, always an icon. It’s not just common sense, it’s the LAW!
Pinky forebber!
oops.Oh Princess Pinky, mom has a trick or two up her paw, I think…Pinky tests her powers….Pinky answers difficult questions from the press in her own way.
Pinky at her poof-iest!
Could Mama Mei Xiang really be contemplating letting Pinky loose on the pandy kindy?If only it was this easy…
I want to acknowledge that weeks (are you sure it hasn’t been years) since Mittens came back into power have been extremely hard, and it’s easy to slip into dark thoughts. I am constantly ricocheting back and forth between oh look! the sun is out and I have leftover pizza, and all is lost! F45 is going to steal every penny in the treasury and murder all sorts of people who don’t deserve it, and, and, and…
It’s a struggle to keep on the path, but hopefully a large dose of baby Pinky will help.
I’m so glad you are all here with me.
Be the Bear Bob T is still listening to Taylor Swift Panda
