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About Panda in Chief

Anne Belov paints, writes, makes prints, and is the founder of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. You can find her paintings at the Rob Schouten Gallery and Fountainhead Gallery, her cartoons on The Panda Chronicles, and her new book here. She also writes regularly for The Whidbey Life Magazine, a free journal of art and culture on Whidbey Island. Her main regret in life is that there is no MacArthur Grant for Panda Satire.

Why Did The Plane Turn Around?

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So many things coming at us from all angles! And what could be more fun than a bear in a candy shop?

Did you take our little quiz?

Do you want some more options than I had room for on the ‘toon?
How about:
1. Mittens got so mad that the pilot wouldn’t agree to bomb France on the way to Davos, that the pilot said, “Okay! I’m turning the plane around right now if you can’t behave!”
2. The “electrical” problem was one of those “lights on, no one’s home” kind of things
3. Stephen Miller’s coffin latch got stuck and he couldn’t get out when it was time to feed.
4. All the couches on the plane refused to have JD sit on them, and they kept ejecting him.

I could go on…but you probably are wishing I would get on with it and post today’s ‘toon!

So there ya go!

Bee the Bear
Bob T now I’m REALLY mad Panda

Do We Really Need To Endure Three More Years?

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I really don’t know how much more of this we can take.

It’s gonna take a lot of cocoa, little marshymallows and whippy cream to get through this.

Be the Bear
Bob T close to the end of my rope Panda

There are Food Pyramids and There are Food Pyramids

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So apparently, Brain Worm Guy has decreed a new food pyramid, (Make Beef Great Again) ignoring decades of nutrition science (ooo! Science! bad Word) and the effects on climate of massive beef consumption. Now, I like a good hamburger as much as the next bear, but it’s more a couple times a month treat and not a daily item on the menu.

Of course, civic minded bears have their own Food Pyramid, with a mind to ridding the world of some invasive species…

Sending love, strength and light to the people of Minnesota.

Be the Bear
Bob T is there a children’s menu Panda

No Room For Bears

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Of course, when I say “no room for bears,” I don’t mean here at Panda Satire headquarters. Oh no! I mean that homeowner down in California who objected to an adorable little 500 pound bear moving in under his house.

Here, with the NooZ, is Mehitabel…

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. I thought we might need Frank and Mikey to make us feel better.

Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda

We Need More Bears

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It’s a heck of a day in the nooz, so I’m going to dig into the archives to give us all a little psychic relief so we can BEAR what is happening in our country.

There are a lot of bad people to eat.

Be the Bear
Bob T you can’t say we didn’t warn you Panda

More Bears In the NooZ!

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While we should not forget the violence and criminal behavior on the part of Mittens supporters of January 6th 5 years ago, we do need to reward ourselves for surviving through it with the ongoing antics of Frank and Mikey, our favorite bears!

Of course, there is always the possibility that we won’t survive the present clusterfuck, but at least we’ll go down laughing and thinking of Stephen Miller being chased by bears! Wouldn’t that be special?

and because it is the 5th anniversary of January 6th…

If we don’t stand for justice, we stand for nothing.

Thank you for bearing with me (get it? bearing?hee hee)

Be the BEAR!
Bob T I’m a laugh a minute Panda

From One Dumpster Fire to the Next

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It’s 2026, MoFos! Bite me!

The first day of the New Year dawned gray and foggy and if that’s not some kind of metaphor, I don’t know what is! NYC has a young, progressive mayor. The pandas formerly known as the DC Pandas are living in China, but one thing Pandyland has, is suspension of reality and really high speed public intercontinental transportation! So you just never know where any one of the pandas will pop up. Even pandas (and cats) who have allegedly departed the temporal plane!

The younger generation of pandas now living in DC and Pandiego are getting ready to make their mark on Panda Satire. Will they get help from good pandas or will they take the council of…um…Six and Sebben.

Ya pays yer cuppycakes, you take yer chances!!!

Yes, yes, Crispmoss is over, but time has no meaning here in Pandyland. Before you know it, the Lunar New year will roll around and then there will be the Winter Panda Olympics, and there have been quite a number of bears in the NooZ, on which Frank and Mikey may have a lot to say!

As always, I’m so glad you all are here! I think it’s going to be a crazy year, here in the US and we are going to need to support each other through this. I’ll bring the Panda Satire. You bring the cuppycakes and whippy cream, and somehow, we might just get through this.

Panda on in 2026
Bob T rabbit rabbit Panda

It’s New Year’s Eve EVE!

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I’m working on some new ‘toons, but in the meantime, I did some freehand (no pre-drawing) pandas with this ink brush that I’ve been playing with and want to get better at, so I drew some pandas. I also thought it would be fun to post my favorite New Year’s Eve ‘toon!

And of course, the classic, New Year’s Eve with The Panda Kindergarten!

The panda kindergarten at their best…or is that worst?

I’d like to think that next year will be better, but I have no evidence that will be the case. Even if I fail on timely productions of new ‘toons this week, I’ll still be posting stuff from the archives, of which there are about 15 years worth. Wow! How did that happen?

Anyway, I hope we continue to survive!

Be the Bear
Bob T will not be staying up till midnight Panda

And a Pinky in a Hemlock Tree!

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Back by popular demand (okay, one person) we return with this holiday classic!!! You know you wanted this!

Everyone sing along!

feel free to sing along.

I can’t hear anyone singing…..

I swear, I had nothing to do with Pinky’s let night sit in.

four pandas sneaking…

…and a Pinky in a Hemlock tree!

FIIIIIVE cuppycakes!

whew!

HOW many more days are there?

whew!

Oh no! Not again!

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

No WONDER I didn’t get any presents!

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

OOOOO! Pinky is a star!

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

Okay…we are going to skip ahead here!

On the twelfth day of Crisp-Moss, My Panda cam Did See….

MX: no, Pinky, you may NOT have a Bamboo-tini!

I can’t hear you….

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

And…

Everybody sing!

Are you happy now?

Be the Bear
Bob T I’m writing my resolutions Panda

Maybe we’ll have an encore presentation of Beary Poppins later this week!

Encore Presentations for the Holidaze!

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Between power outages last week, an overwhelming urge to get some deep cleaning and weeding out of stuff done, I have not made any new ‘toons these last two weeks. But the archives are full of holiday favorites, so I am going to share them with you this week and maybe next week, well, we’ll see about next week.

Who can forget the first time Pinky got to play in the snow?

And when the Meihems came to visit…

Or Pinky’s first appearance in the Panda-lympics games?

I keep hearing the song “bears on the Run” going through my head…the ski run, that is!

Well, this next one isn’t particularly winter themed, but it is one of my all time favorites, and Bob IS wearing his winter scarf!

I hope your holiday celebrations are everything you wish them to be. Me? I’ll be home tending to this, that, and the others, and singing along to your favorite holiday song!

‘Toon in Thursday for our annual replay of the 12 days of Crispmoss! I hope everyone is ready to sing along with Pinky!

Be the Bear!
Bob T Pass the Cookies Panda