Category Archives: the essential pandaness of being

More about studying from the masters….

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No, I’m not talking Rembrandt here, although once in a while I channel Carravagio in my compositions.  What I’m talking about are the cartooning greats:  Gary Larson, Bill Watterson, Scott Adams….recently I’ve been devouring Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau and the late, and extremely great Walt Kelly’s Pogo.  “We have met the enemy and he is us.”  Were truer words ever spoken in cartoons, let alone real life?  For some one who is notorious for only looking at the pictures in art books and not reading the text,  I am lovingly absorbing every word in these books, written by and about these cartoonist.  One comment made by Walt Kelly that was reported in the book struck a cord with me.  On being asked about the 500+ named characters, plus hundreds of un-named characters that appeared in his cartoons, he replied, “Well, I just assume that they have jobs in other cartoons when they are not here.”  People sometimes ask where I come up for the ideas for my cartoons.  I can now authoritatively say that my characters are really in charge.  I am just the person holding the pen.

new years eve party, panda kindergarten

The panda kindergarten at their best...

 

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Bob T. Panda

Bob Throws His Bamboo into the Ring

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bob for pres

Vote the Panda Party!

It had to happen.  Even with the trials and tribulations of controlling  (HA!) the panda kindergarten, Bob feels that he has no choice but to declare his candidacy  for President.  Of course, there are many questions to be answered.  Does he have to declare zoo panda rental fees in his financial disclosures?  Will Babette be his “first lady”?  Will the panda kindergarten obtain positions in his cabinet?  And what about his birth certificate from the San Diego Zoo?

You can declare your support for a panda in the White House (the first since the Nixon Pandas took up residence there in 1972) by acquiring a Bob T. Panda for President bumper sticker from www.cafepress.com/pandyland

Now, a portion of our meager profits will be donated to Pandas International (no, really, you can ask them!) to support real, actual pandas!  After all, our cartoon ceases to be funny if pandas go extinct!  So, you can skin 2 cats with one purchase, aiding real pandas and declaring your fed-up-ed-ness with politics as usual.  Buy stuff with pandas at Cafe Press Pandyland.  Pandas everywhere will appreciate it.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Alas, Poor Twinkie…we will miss you……

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cuppycakes, ode to a twinkie Cuppycakes are in the news once again!  This time, it’s not cuppycake confiscation, but the demise of an American institution…yes, those little packaged snack cakes that are alleged to have a shelf life of a million years, are on their way out!.  I suppose that it is no mystery why the maker of Twinkies and Wonderbread has filed for bankruptcy.  I can’t remember the last time I ate one.  But still….

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Bob T. Panda

And Now, The Panda Kindergarten’s Tribute to the Year of the Dragon

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Well, I wasn’t going to post this until tomorrow, but since in China it is already the Year of the Dragon, I thought I should go ahead and let you in on the P.K.’s celebration.

the year of the dragon, panda kindergarten

I’d also like to once again thank all my friends, old and new, who have succumbed to pandaphilia!  It’s more fun with you than without you.

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Bob T.(do you smell smoke?) Panda

And Now, The Panda Kindergarten’s Tribute to the Year of the Dragon

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Well, I wasn’t going to post this until tomorrow, but since in China it is already the Year of the Dragon, I thought I should go ahead and let you in on the P.K.’s celebration.

the year of the dragon, panda kindergarten

I’d also like to once again thank all my friends, old and new, who have succumbed to pandaphilia!  It’s more fun with you than without you.

Be the Bear!

Bob T.(do you smell smoke?) Panda

There is no amount of procrastination that can’t wait until tomorrow…..

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Recently TWO generous (and, may I say astute?) readers of The Panda Chronicles have bestowed the Versatile Blogger Award on me, and I have been MOST negligent in fulfilling all the requirements of the office.  I really have no excuse, other than that I have been busy drawing new panda cartoons, and the panda kindergarten hid my laptop.  I think they have been watching panda videos on YouTube and then used the power cord to tie Bob up in the basement.

According to the rules of the Versatile Blogger Award, I must:

  1.  Thank the award-giver and link back to them in your post.
  2.  Share 7 things about yourself.
  3.  Pass this award along to seven others.
  4.  Contact your chosen bloggers to let them know about the award.

Right now I have two different people to thank and do all the other stuff, so I am going to multitask and combine these two award.  What are you going to do? take it back?  First I need to thank hungry4momos at http://stowawaytrain.com/2011/12/28/the-versatile-blogger-award-merry-christmas-to-me/ because, well, she nominated me first.  And then, before I even finished all this WORK I now had to do, Then The Rubbe at http://therubbe.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/were-famous/ went and gave it to me AGAIN.

Ok, so…thanks.  Don’t do it again. (Just kidding…It’s kind of like being prom queen, except I don’t have to wear a dress.)  ( Now could someone give me “The Humorous Blogger Award?”)

My favorite part is coming up with 7 things that people might not know about me, so here goes:

1.  I like to watch movies where lots of things blow up, usually after a very destructive car chase.

2.  Mehitabel is a real, actual cat.  She REALLY doesn’t like pandas.

3.  The panda kindergarten is the expression of my deepest, inner self.

4.  I have actually seen “the Nixon Pandas”  (look it up).

5.  In addition to cuppycakes, I am particularly fond of those little pink and white frosted animal crackers.

6. I do “voice overs” when watching panda videos, where I do dramatic presentations of what I think the pandas are saying.

7.  I am not really a panda.

In the interest of further procrastination, I will nominate my versatile bloggees um…later.  OK?

Well, you read this far, you should get a cartoon, so here it is!

Well, it is an election year!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Really, I am going to get the panda kindergarten to behave better…well maybe tomorrow

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this old den 2nd episode

I don’t know what to tell you.  The panda kindergarten swore to me that if I let them be in another cartoon, they would behave better.  What can I say?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Really, I am going to get the panda kindergarten to behave better…well maybe tomorrow

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this old den 2nd episode

I don’t know what to tell you.  The panda kindergarten swore to me that if I let them be in another cartoon, they would behave better.  What can I say?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda