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Time for one of my favorite stories: Boopie and the Pandas

This week’s special Encore Presentation is one of my earliest stories, and still one of my favorites!

Get your popcorn and hot cocoa and get ready to enjoy Boopie and the Pandas. (And yes, I had one of the original Barbie dolls dressed in the black and white striped swimsuits, with a blonde pony tail!)

Boopie and the pandas…
a morality tale…

Not unlike the current state of events, this is so disturbing on so many levels. Can I just go live in Boopieland with Boopie and the pandas until it’s all over?

Be the Bear
Bob T I hope you are coping with all the crazy Panda

Bears are On the Move!

All bears, Fat or otherwise, are on the move! Pinky is almost at the zoo, if she can just lose her police escort…Wasn’t it nice of Mittens to leave a bunch of really fast cars just idling by the train station so that Pinky didn’t need to hail a cab to get to the zoo to visit Binky Li!

Frank and Mikey have found an RV and are making tracks up to the annual Festival of Fat Bears up in Katmai National Park in Alaska. I sure hope it goes better than last year!

And Binky Li, QB, and Ping are waiting in the kitchen of the Panda House for Pinky to arrive….

I feel like breaking into a chorus of “Bears on the Run!

Things are getting worse and worse in our Nation’s capitol, but as long as we have bears, we might make it through!

Be the Bear
Bob T I’m trying not to think too much about it Panda

Bears For Democracy

Oh dear, the week got away from me again. Here are a couple of Protest Bears which coincidentally are available as Tee-shirts, posters, and coffee cups over on Redbubble!

I will try very hard to get a new ‘toon done this week, after all, Fat Bear Week is Coming!

Be the Bear!
Bob T what? I was busy making art Panda

Fat Bear Week is Coming

I do love the whole air of festiveness as we head towards the elimination finals in about a month for Fat Bear Week 2026! Will Frank and Mikey make an appearance?

I’m working on some designs for t-shirts and stuff with Frank and Mikey

In keeping with the Fat Bear Week theme, let’s look back through the archives on Frank and Mikey’s last trip to Brooks Falls to visit their old friends…

Uh oh…how much trouble are Frank and Mikey in? Will they be welcome at the Falls this year? I guess we’ll find out!

In the meantime, don’t forget to check your voter’s registration no matter where you live!

Till next time…
Be the Bear!
Bob T pass the cuppycakes Panda

One More All About Pinky!

Yes, Pinky’s Birthday is officially over (say it isn’t so!!!!) but there are So! Many! ‘toons about PINKY!

So what can we do? Just go with it, I guess!

Pinky answers difficult questions from the press in her own way.
Could Mama Mei Xiang really be contemplating letting Pinky loose on the pandy kindy?
Pinky needs stuff and she needs it now!
What is Pinky reading?
Isn’t that the whole point of being presydent? Pinky.

It is sad, isn’t it, that the current WH resident has taken his legal philosophy from a cartoon panda.

Maybe Mommee Mei might have some influence over Pinky…dream on!
Did you want to rephrase that last statement?

I guess that’s enough of Pinky…at least for now!
Be the Bear
Bob T you can’t ignore Pinky Panda!

It’s Still Peak Birthday Season at the Panda House

Binky Li and QB celebrated their birthdays earlier this summer, but this past weekend it was all Pinky, Pinky, Pinky…oh yeah…and Bikkie and Bubba too! Binky Li thought maybe his mommee would show up for his birthday, but that didn’t happen….

After, everything IS all about Pinky, right? RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!

Be the Bear
Bob T will our national nightmare ever be over Panda

Oh Yeah…Time To Celebrate Our Favorite Panda Icon

This has nothing to do with the fact that I didn’t get a new ‘toon done.

Yes, We are fast approaching Pinky’s Birthday weekend. Actually, it’s ALL the DC panda kids (except Tai…sorry, dude!) birthday weekend. Bikkie on Friday, Bubba on Saturday, and Pinky on Sunday!

But in other political nooz, it looks like Pinky has picked up an endorsement for 2028…

Could this be the endorsement Pinky has been waiting for? Noted political journalist David Rothkopf* seems to think that the zoo would be a better place to find a presidential candidate more qualified than the Secretary of War Crimes. And who could he have meant by “at the zoo” other than our very own American Smifsonian Icon, that perpetual candidate, Princess Pinky Panda??????

  • apologies to Mr. Rothkopf by dragging him into this debacle. No harm, no foul, right? Your sister likes me.

So let’s revisit some of Pinky’s best (?) campaign moments through the years, as we prepare to celebrate her birthday!

Pinky, please do not get your brother all wound up!
Aren’t you already in enough trouble, Pinky?
“Just run along and put these brochures where people will see them!”
You knew Mommee was going to get angry, didn’t you?
Pinky did something wrong? I’m shocked!
Pinky: first you tell me I CAN’T cubpaign in da zoo, now you won’t let me LEAVE!!!
Remember the song “The Eve of Destruction”? That’s what today feels like.

and then it was worse than we could ever imagine….

We might have some more Pinky ‘toons next week, if I can’t rouse myself to get a new ‘toon done! Stay ‘Tooned!

Be the Bear
Bob T please don’t sue me for suggesting you endorsed Pinky Panda

Next up on the Birthday Archive Review List is…

Bubba!

Pinky: wait…what do you mean boo boo?
Bubba: ha ha!

Here we go! Don’t worry Pinky. You are in almost all of these.

He’s small for now, but Bubba Bei Bei is shaping up to be a whole lot of panda!
Feed me, Mama!
Really, Pinky….It’s not nice to tease your little brother.
These paws are made for walking….eventually.
Happy 100th day Birthday! More frosting!

And now for one of my all time faves!

What the well dressed panda cub is wearing this season!
I didn’t THINK that Pinky knew the “share” word.

And then there is THIS one of my all time favorites…

See? I told you it was broken!

I think we need (at least) one more. We have a lot of cheering up we need to do.

You can’t just DO stuff. You need instruction from an expert!

I thought this would be a ‘toon without Pinky, but apparently, there is no such thing!

I hope these ‘toons about Bubba as a baby have helped you make it through the day. The rat fuckery that Mittens his doing with the help of his henchpersons is truly mind boggling, rage making, and honestly I don’t know if we are going to get through this.

I’m hoping to finish a new ‘toon for Thursday and then next week will be all Pinky, all the time! Her actual birthday being Sunday, don’t cha’ know!

Be the Bear
Bob T don’t call mee Boo Boo Panda

You Say It’s Your Birthday…

We are moving into high Birthday Season for the National Zoo-born bears and you know what THAT means!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BISCUIT!!!!

Pinky:…um…wait a minute. what do you mean BISCUIT??? isn’t my beardy first?

Well, actually it isn’t! Your birthday isn’t until the 23rd! Bubba’s is on the 22nd, and Bikkie’s is on the 21st.

Pinky: hmmmph. dis. will. not. stand.

Bikkie: yoo shut up!

You might remember Frank (aka Mister Poppee) and Mikey went on a road trip right before Bikkie’s first birthday…

Here come’s trouble!

This one just gets me right in the feels!

Yes, this was one of the early appearances of Princess Pinky Junior!

Wasn’t that heartwarming? Did it help you forget about Mittens for a few minutes? You’re welcome!

Be the Bear
Bob T pass the cake Panda

Return to Camp Grandmei

Well, well, well..what have the little darlings been up to since Pinky dropped the twins at her mommie’s house and skedaddled for parts unknown? She SAID she was going to DC for Binky Li’s birthday, but she hasn’t made it there yet.

But in the meantime, Camp Grandmei is going about how you might expect.

How could you be mad at such little angels?

Be the Bear
Bob T oh no, not Mei’s convertible! Panda

As you might have read, things are going from bad to worse on the Mitten’s front. Read more panda satire, watch some panda videos, write your congress people to tell them WTAF, and check your voter registration! Also eat more cookies!