Yes, yes, you’re a Lebowski, I’m a Lebowski…so what? Oops. wrong line. I’m late, I’m late, so without any further ado…
Babette de Panda: I have got to get some new minions!
Sometimes 31 Days of Pandas gets the better of me… Not to mention the power outage.
More tomorrow!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Here we go with days 12, 13, and 14, delayed by the windstorm and power outage (which was finally over at about 1 AM this morning) that commenced Thursday evening, of December 11th. All is well here at headquarters of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. Well, now it is, anyway. The sun is shining and it was a lovely day to go out and move fallen branches from the yard and driveway to spots that are less inconvenient for them to exist in.
But enough about you and your problems, I hear coming from the cheap seats. Where are all these panda cartoons that you were allegedly working on by candle light while you had nothing better to do, since you couldn’t check your twitter feed ad infinitum?
OK, OK, already. Here’s the next episode of The Case of the Picturesque Panda:
Oh, Inspector Panda! What a surprise!
And for those of you who follow the antics of Bob T. Panda and his Junior Panda Friends on Facebook, you may have seen a notice that Princess Pinky has something dastardly in mind, to perhaps skew the voting in the Giant Zoo Panda Awards.
Pinky, I thought we agreed you wouldn’t do anything naughty.
This will not stand!
A big pandy thank you to all of you who have ordered books this month. Remember, I will make a donation to Pandas International for each copy of Pandamorphosis or any of the Panda Chronicles series books that you buy this month, so now’s the time to buy, buy buy!
We’ll be back sometime tomorrow with the next episode of Inspector Panda and then I have a special Holidays with Pandas surprise (that just popped into my head a few days ago!) Huzzah!
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear<
Bob T. Panda
The panda kindergarten (with the impressionable young Mr. Wu in tow) is speeding towards the exciting conclusion of The Case of the Picturesque Panda, but we are going to stretch this out a bit. BwaHaHa!!!!! And as one of our faithful readers has commented, “the only thing scarier than a panda driving a car and not looking where he’s going, is a panda driving a car not looking where he’s going and eating a cuppycake!”
So, on with the show! Not to mention, 31 Days of Pandas!
Look out for that car!
Don’t you hate it when the driver turns around to talk to someone in the car while they are speeding down the…um…sidewalk?
See you tomorrow for the Friday cliffhanger. Bwahahahaha!
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
Inspector Panda is back, and he’s loaded for bear! I can’t believe I used that joke, and actually, while the esteemed Inspector Panda’s story The Case of The Picturesque Panda has returned, those rascally darlings of the art history department, the panda kindergarten, has seized center stage, with Mr. Wu along for a very wild ride! But the very Inspector Panda will be along shortly.
Of course, we need our omniscient narrator to bring us up to date. It is Monday, after all!
Let’s ride like the wind! Away, pandas, away!!!!
Huzzah! Princess Pinky has inserted herself into the narrative, but who will protest? Not I, not I.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Oh the suspense is building! The Case of The Picturesque Panda is rocketing to it’s dramatic conclusion sometime this month! (We don’t know exactly when, because, quite frankly, we really don”t know entirely where this story is going.) But one thing you can be sure of, there will be pandas, cuppycakes, and at least several cases of bears behaving badly!
As we near the end of our first week of 31 Days of Pandas, we are happy to report that we are not yet behind in our panda-ing to the masses! We hope that if you are enjoying these comics, that you will share them with your friends, whether you tweet them, post on Facebook, or print them out and *chase people down in the grocery store and don’t let them leave until they read them all and tell you how funny they are, or until their ice cream starts to melt.
(* I’m kidding about this, don’t get arrested, ‘kay?)
Hmmm…it seems that Babette de Panda has enlisted some hench-pandas. They look just a liddle bit familiar…
And while this is the season to…um…buy stuff, consider that prints from our book, Pandamorphosis would make a lovely gift (for others, as well as for yourself). 16 different images are now available in several sizes from The Gratitude Gallery of Fine Balance Imaging. They have all of my available images on their website on my very own page. (And they are very nice people!)
Inspector Panda will be gathering his thoughts over the weekend, but will return on Monday with the next installment! Stay tuned tomorrow for the scandalous expose` of one of kiddie lit’s most beloved characters!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I know, I know, you’re thinking “WTF! Why are we only getting one panel a day of Inspector Panda? Sometimes we got two, or even THREE!!!” Well, if you think about it, with only one episode of Inspector Panda per week when it’s not PanDaWriMo, you would only be getting two panels per week and now you are getting five! Just saying, OK?
Well, actually no one has said any such thing. Nevermind. :o)
And now, on with today’s show! We don’t call it 31 Days of Pandas for nothing!
And just who is that sneaking a peak from under the curtain?
Meanwhile, yesterday was “Giving Tuesday” when everyone was supposed to reach deep into your wallets or your well of compassion for others, and give to the worthy cause of your choice. I am a little disappointed to say that fans of Panda Satire did not flock to Amazon and order piles of my books, for which I was going to make a donation to Pandas International. I’m not trying to make you feel guilty, because that doesn’t usually get the desired effect. (right mom?) But unlike much of life, you are going to get a second chance. For any order for the entire month of December for any of the Panda Chronicles Books or for Pandamorphosis, I will make a donation to Pandas International. Just follow the handy link to my book page and click on through to Amazon or Createspace. They make great gifts!
Huzzah!
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
…and I’m not behind YET, but it was kind of close! I thought I’d get ahead during November, while I was bringing the Inspector Panda saga up to date, but alas…I took a vacation instead. I’m pretty sure that was a good thing. Tis the season to be exhausted after all.
But now, there is no time to lose! We must follow Inspector Panda as he leads us into the den of the mysterious and perhaps devious Babette de Panda!
Oh where, oh where, will Inspector Panda Find Babette, not to mention Mr. Wu and the panda kindergarten art history squad?
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
… from Inspector Panda!
Today has been decreed Giving Tuesday (really, who comes up with these names for things?) and putting my curmudgeonly leanings aside, I’m pretty sure that it is always better to give than receive (really?) especially when you are giving to pandas! With this in mind, I am donating $1 to Pandas International for each copy of the Panda Chronicles series books and Pandamorphosis that sell today, December 2nd, 2014. It’s a great excuse to stock up on any of the Panda Chronicles books you might not have yet and buy them as presents for all your friends and relations! I appreciate your support and so do the pandas.
And now, we continue with…
This case is not what it seems….
And for those of you who are looking for something really special for the panda lover in your life, prints from Pandamorphosis are now available through The Gratitude Gallery of Fine Balance Imaging on beyootiful Whidbey Island! Who could resist these pandas?
Who could resist pandas in the refrigerator?
16 images in a variety of sizes are available! Check them out today!
See you tomorrow, and thanks for being generous bears! If Pandas International is not your cup of Boo Tea, think about who that might be, and give what you can, whether it’s your dollars, your time, or your kindness. The world needs lots more of the latter two.
Bob T. Panda
…that this is the next to the last recap of our story so far, The Case of the Picturesque Panda. But a little gratitude about a few other things is in order, so here goes:
I am thankful for my friends who have encouraged and supported me all these years, in all of my many creative pursuits, even when they thought I was being a little nutty (pandas). I am thankful that there are still pandas on the earth, and while I wish there was more undisturbed habitat for pandas to live wild and free, I am glad there are safe places for pandas to live among the people who love them, with all of their needs taken care of. I am thankful that so many people have found my cartoons and stories amusing or entertaining or life affirming and even that these bits of panda silliness help them survive the hard and sad events that are a part of everyone’s life.
I am grateful that I met my dear friend Jude Bulman, and that I was one of her many friends who loved her and depended on her to help them with all sorts of stuff. The world is a grayer place without you and I need pandas more than ever. Wherever you are, I hope there are pandas there too, and that they are making you laugh.
Personally, I’m planning on eating my weight in Dinner Rolls today.
And now, on with our story:
I didn’t get a decoder watch when I graduated from art school!
Why that Babette is nothing but a scoundrel!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Okay, I’m not really going to do that tomorrow, but on the other paw….
We are almost all caught up with Our Story so Far. I hope you are getting excited about PandaWriMo (otherwise known as 31 Days of Pandas) and the continuation (and hopefully the conclusion of The Case of the Picturesque Panda.
Here’s the next episode!
What you don’t know about your favorite art museum….
And look at those stacks of paintings! Did you realize there were so many fine art pandas in existence?
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda