Happy New Year from The Institute of Contemporary Panda Satire!
You say you want a resolution, well, you know, it is hard to change a bear….
Are you one of the resolution people?
Bob still likes to get out in the field once in a while.
…Or are you more the polar bear plunge type?
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
See you on Sunday with a brand new ‘toon, when Pinky takes on the new zoo opening times!!!!!!!!
Having finished up with The Wizard of Wu this week, I thought I would wait until next Monday to start the next Encore Presentation of another Panda-Adventure story. Because it ’tis the season, next week get ready for…
Quiet in cheap seats! I’m allowed to play favorites, and since Pinky just got a whole ‘nother book, almost to herself, I thought the Wu-Self should get a little more air time. Plus Pinky and Bubba will be here with an all new cartoon on Sunday where we reveal Bubba’s official Panda Chronicles outfit! Huzzah!!!!!!
I’d also like to take this opportunity, as it is also Fabulous Furry Friday, to mention that there is no better time than now to give the gift of panda satire! With >6< books plus the all new Panda Chronicles Coloring Book, not to mention Pandamorphosis, to choose from, and lots of goodies available from The Pandyland Store on Cafe Press and suitable for framing illustration reproductions from Pandamorphosis, there is something for everyone on your gift giving list.
Okay, comercial over! Bring on the bears!
I’m ready for my close-up…um..I am, aren’t I?
Remember the early days of Pinky and her magical wand? Here’s Pinky’s first news conference!
Pinky answers difficult questions from the press in her own way.
You say you want a resolution, well, you know, it is hard to change a bear….
Sometimes I think that I shouldn’t comment on the serious issues of the day. Then I remember that bringing light and laughter into the world is important. That’s our mission here at The Panda Chronicles. The news has been far too seriously ugly of late. I say embrace your inner panda and let’s be kinder and gentler. Okay?
Don’t try this at home….
Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow for some more panda fun from The Panda Chronicles!
Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda
I am making a bit of a change to this years festivities, as with my various projects, I am a bit overloaded to do a new cartoon every day. (Booo! Hisss! Quiet in the cheap seats, you pandas!)
As you might remember, I am working on revising my story about Mr. Wu and Inspector Panda, where they are faced with a painting that may (or may not) have been stolen. Not to mention an international panda of mystery! Anyway, here is my plan for this year’s 31 Days of Pandas:
A new cartoon posted every Sunday, multiple episodes each day from some of my longer stories, and, sketches from my work in progress, staring the aforementioned Mr Wu in what I hope will be my first traditionally published middle grade graphic novel. But have no fear! Should the folks in trad. publishing say, “oh no! this is too weird! We can’t publish this! A Panda Detective? Bah, Humbug!” We will bring it to you as all the other Panda Chronicle books have been brought to you, via Leaping Panda Press! Huzzah!
So to get us off to a good start, here are the drawings that I have come up with so far, along with some colorful character sketches.
Yes, Mr. Wu gets to be the smart one!
Hmmm…there is something familiar about this scene…
Mr Wu and Inspector Panda…a dapper duo, if I ever saw one!
Babette, Minette, and several views of Mr Wu.
And because we need to laugh….
“I didn’t know lawyers could run so fast” hahahahahahahaha!
Be the bear!
Bob T. Panda
Happy 31 Days of Pandas!
Oh yeah! and don’t forget to give the Gift of Pandas this year! Please visit my book page as well as my page on Fine Balance Images’ Gratitude Gallery, where you can buy beautiful full color reproductions of some of my favorite illustrations from Pandamorphosis. and for you black and white Friday special, don’t forget Pandyland, where you can buy “Vote for Bob” and “Pinky for President” gifts to delight your friends and family. Or buy them for yourself…I won’t tell.
Wouldn’t you know it…a little while ago I had an idea about what I wanted to post for this week’s Fabulous Furry Friday offering, and now I can’t remember what it was. This happens more often than I wish it would. I don’t know if it indicates impending dementia, or that there is just too much going on in my life and my brain is full so nothing new sticks to the surface. Is that really a thing?
Meanwhile, as I write this, the wind is howling, small branches are hitting the roof, and who knows how long we will have electricity?
Hey! That reminds me….
where happy pandas eat bamboo, oh why, oh why, can’t…Wu?
We’re in for it now, Binky!
Hang on to your hats, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
I don’t think we’re in Pandiego any more, Binky….
I’m really hoping this doesn’t happen here. In the meantime, if you had your own copy of The Panda Chronicles Book 4: The Book of Wu, you could read the rest of this story of The Wizard of Wu, even if your power went out. well, if you had a flashlight. You do know where your flashlight is, right?
Baby, it’s cold out there!
Be the Bear, Bob T Panda
Because it is my Birthday Season, it is also the Season of Cake. so today, for fabulous Furry Friday I rounded up a bunch of cartoons about…
just in time for the upcoming onslaught…a visit to Bob’s First campaign!
All salute the sacred cuppycake!
There must be cake!
another cartoon inspired by real news!
Thanks again to Henry Nicholls for alerting me to this story
Good enough for a princess to eat! The Princess Pinky Cuppycake, Recipe by Vicky Vladic, Cuppycake portrait by me!
If it’s my birthdaycseason, there must be cake!
let there be cake!
Be the Bear! Let’s all have cake!
Bob T. Panda
Halloween and Daylight Losing time!
But first, a word from the serious side of the mirror. Last week another friend passed away suddenly, much too early, too much loved by his friends and family. I didn’t know him well, but he and his wife are dear friends of a dear friend of mine. The several times I met him, I felt as if I was instantly accepted, so warm and caring was his personality. Life is so short, too short for some; too short for those who love them and are loved by them. You want to say that it will be okay, but really, this will never be okay.
It is by going on that we heal ourselves, our bruised hearts. And laughing. Laughing helps, and pandas help with that. I like to imagine that all the people I loved who are gone, meet in the afterlife. For someone who doesn’t subscribe to any religion, it is kind of funny that I imagine a hereafter. These people may not have ever met on this earthly plane, but that doesn’t matter. They are all connected by my knowing them, and this gives me comfort.
I hope it gives you comfort too.
For my departed friends….
And now for some Fabulous Furry Friday encore presentations!
Fabulous Furry Friday KNOWS that this is one of your favorites! Don’t forget to turn your clock back…or is that forward.?..this weekend!
Trick or Trick!!!!!!!
Darn those Meihems!!!!
Peace through pandas…..
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
…better late than never.
It is Fabulous Furry Friday once again, and it is time to dive into the archives to share some vintage panda satire with you, so that I send you smiling into your weekend.
As Bubba packs on the ounces, I am reminded of Pinky’s early days as a Panda Princess, quickly gaining the control of the previous class of the panda kindergarten…
Pinky tests her powers….
But then she acquires some unusual powers for a panda…It appears that she had an elevated sense of self worth from a very early age….
Princess Pinky is drawing a line in the sandbox.
oops.
Oh Princess Pinky, mom has a trick or two up her paw, I think…
Hmmm….I think perhaps Pinky has always felt she was born to rule….but meanwhile, in the panda kindergarten….
What’s a cat to do? Pass the cake, please.
Ya’ll have a pandy weekend! Pass the cake, please.
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Sometimes it’s easy to know what to post for Fabulous Furry Friday, and sometimes it’s not. The news continues to be depressing; more school shootings, lion killers going unindicted, the coming of daylight losing time, not to mention the lack of a MacArthur Fellowship being awarded for panda satire…
It’s enough to make a sensitive panda crawl under the covers and not come out for weeks. But there are paintings to paint, and pandas to draw. Maybe I’ll have a cuppycake and all will be well.
Or maybe I’ll just watch some panda videos. That always helps.
Yep, it’s true! pandas are under contract!
Is it that time already?
Can Mehitabel endure the tidal wave of pandas?
Will Mehitabel ever free herself of pandas? Stay tuned!
just in time for the upcoming onslaught…a visit to Bob’s First campaign!
Be the bear!
And if you are behind on your Panda Satire reading, now would be the perfect time to stock up on all six of The Panda Chronicles Books!
Huzzah!
Bob T Panda
Today, Fabulous Furry Friday celebrates WOOZPAH* and all those who want to bring pandas to Washington State. Yesterday this news story crossed my path, thanks to alert pandanista Diana Sutton! I say go for it! Washington State NEEDS pandas. and while I would rather they be in Seattle, than Tacoma, It’s all a heck of a lot closer than any other pandas!
Woozppah!
Huzzah! Bring pandas to Washington State!
*Woodland Park Zoo Project Panda
Hope your Friday is Fabulous and Furry!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
Yes, it is Fabulous Furry Friday once again! Huzzah! This week we look back on some of our favorite moment with the panda kindergarten.
Let’s start with one of the most important events in a young panda’s life, the Bear Mitzvah!
Today, you are a bear.
…if I were a panda, yadda dah dah da- da- da- AAARGH! I can’t stop!!!!!
And what would you get if you put an infinite number of pandas (highly unlikely, We ARE endangered, after all!) in a room with an infinite number of typewriters?
After all, the playings the thing….
And what happens in the panda kindergarten, stays in the panda kindergarten….
What? Pandas are ALWAYS naked.
Bob, Bob, Bob…when will you ever learn?
Is it any wonder that Princess Pinky was a first round draft pick for the panda kindergarten?
Pinky is VERY powerful. Be afraid, be very afraid, Mr Wu.
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend, and remember, it’s never too late to have some cake! And…um… you could read ALL of these cartoons, any time you wanted to, by buying all of the Panda Chronicles Books! Book 6 coming soon! Just Sayin.’
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda