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It’s Fabulous Furry Friday, tra la, tra la!

Although I miss those elevated readership numbers that come with posting a new cartoon every day, (and didn’t I do a fabulous job with that?  pats self on back) It is good that I can get to some other projects that have been in the works for a while.  If you subscribe to my newsletter, you’ll know what they are.  If you don’t…well, you’ll find out eventually!

In the meantime, here are some encore presentations from the archives to get you in the mood for the weekend!

Inspector Panda, Bob T. Panda

..in which we introduce Inspector Panda….

THIS is a case for Inspector Panda!

THIS is a case for Inspector Panda!

inspector panda and cuppycake pushers

Inspector Panda says, “Know the signs of cuppycake dependency”

Legalize cake today!  Prevent illicit cuppycake activities.

Legalize cake today! Prevent illicit cuppycake activities.

 

It IS all about the cuppycakes!

Princess Pinky returns on Sunday in a new cartoon! Huzzah!!!!!!! (And…um…she might have found mommee’s hiding place for her magical wand!)

Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda

I resolve not to make any resolutions….

…although it MIGHT be a good idea for the panda kindergarten to resolve a few things, and then the there’s Princess Pinky….how do you solve a problem like a princess?

Hey! here I am on Sunday afternoon, working on my new schedule, which is to bring you the Monday cartoon on Sunday! Huzzah!  Of course, if you don’t check in until Monday, well, the pandas will be here waiting for you.  Mr. Wu Wednesday will continue, although he doesn’t have any adventures planned for a while. I think maybe he should stay home for a little bit, don’t you?

Speaking of planning (who was speaking of planning?….Oh wait, it was me!) If you want to be the first to hear about what I have planned for the next year, you still have time to sign up for my once-in-a-while newsletter.  (I’m sending it out on Tuesday morning) This month, not only is it chock-a-block full of news, I also have prepared a PDF of the entire Wizard of Wu adventure story.  Huzzah!  Buuuuut, the only way you’ll get it is to sign up for my newsletter. It’s the second from the top sign up form on the right hand column, just under the sign-up to get these posts delivered to your inbox.

And now, bring on the bears!

Princess Pinky helps with new years resolutions

You say you want a resolution, well, you know, it is hard to change a bear….

 

Oh, that adorable Princess Pinky! What will she do next?

Keep Being the Bears,
Bob T. Panda

Day 21: The wait is over! the finale of the Wizard of Wu

Hard to believe this adventure started all the way back in September, but there you have it! It’s all over but the flashbacks! And now, for the final episode of The Wizard of Wu!

finale of wizard of wu

All well that ends well. Now let’s have some cuppycakes!!!

See, I told you that I wouldn’t do anything dastardly to Mr Wu.  But will we let Mr Wu just relax at home and eat cuppycakes and drink hot cocoa with his mom and the twinkies (not to mention Princess Pinky, who is NOT a bear to be messed with!)?

No, we will not! Tune in Monday for episode 1 of It’s a WUnderful Life, starring, (of course,) Mr wu and all your favorite pandas!

And if you haven’t bought YOUR copies of all the Panda Chronicles books, what are ya waiting for? They make great presents for anyone on your gift list (including yourself!)

31 days of pandas continues tomorrow!

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

Day 19: O-REEE-O, and CUUUppycakes, O-REEE-O….

Mr Wu is in the thick of it now! Captured by the Panda Kindergarten, who are under the evil spell of the wicked witch (played brilliantly by Mehitabel the cat, if we do say so ourselves,) and it looks like there is…

No

Escape…….

escape from the wicked witch

Well,lookee here! isn’t that….?

Ha ha! Oh that Princess PinkY! What will she do next?  Stay tuned for the next two episodes of The Wizard of Wu!

Huzzah!

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

Day 16: Don’t leave the newest Atlanta Belles out of the fashion parade!

Oh dear, new wardrobes, new names, what’s a panda to do?  Lun Lun claims that she knew all along, and I, for one believe her. (Never argue with a full grown mama panda!)

Editor’s Note: after consultation with several fans and noted pandologists, it has been determined that changing the twinkies on screen names here could cause grave psychological damage to their personalities. Therefore, since Bert and Ernie could be nicknames for Roberta and Ernestine, I have decided to let their cartoon identities stand.  Plus then I don’t have to go in and change their names on the paper dolls. Just ignore the monograms on todays uniforms. These were hand me downs from older pandas. (Why changing their name would be more traumatic than changing their gender, is a mystery for the pandologists.)

“I couldn’t understand why those silly humans didn’t see it all along,” said Lun Lun in a recent ZooNooz interview. “Anyone could see how my sweet Po had my beautiful fluffy cheeks! The twins are too young to be traumatized by the misidentification, but I worry about my darling Po in her new life in China.  Some girls can be so mean.”

downloadable paper panda upgrade

downloadable paper panda upgrade

school uniforms for pandas

Ready for panda kindergarten!

Stay tuned for future panda satire on the subject of incorrect gender identification amongst pandas! Fun!

Meanwhile, may we make a helpful suggestion to aid your holiday shopping? The Panda Chronicle’s three books are all available on Amazon (not to mention Moonraker Books in Langley!) Huzzah!

Back to the drawing board! Panda satire waits for no bear.

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

 

Day 15: Princess Pinky takes responsibility

The recent news of not one but THREE “gender re-classifications” has us so excited at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire! Ideas are rampaging through our skulls at a breakneck pace. We can hardly write one idea down before another one springs to mind.  We plan to spread them out over the next month or two, as we have much seasonally relevant material already planned.  Just hold that thought….

Bao bao changes panda cub gender

Pinky is VERY powerful. Be afraid, be very afraid, Mr Wu.

And we did not forget another outfit for Princess Pinky! Perish the thought.

Bao Bao paper doll

Just the thing for family parties!

Hope everyone is having a restful weekend.  Unless of course you are working, shopping, or keeping up on the latest panda world scandals! Huzzah!

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

 

Day 14: Oh Atlanta, hear me calling…

Well.

You knew I was going to have to come up with a response to the astounding news out of Zoo Atlanta yesterday morning, didn’t you?  What? You haven’t heard?

Well.

It turns out that not one, not two, but THREE pandas born at Zoo Atlanta had gender misidentifications.  Actually, that’s really four, since first born Atlanta panda Mei Lan was thought to be female until reaching the age of five when they discovered: wait no! it’s a boy.

Now, it turns out that not only the twinkies are girls instead of the “absolute, no mistake here” gender identification as boys, but also, three year old Po is female as well.  I always thought that Po was a particularly pretty panda, but really, we all kind of look alike, so what do I know?  Needless to say, it was quite the chatty day in the pandasphere!

panda cub gender switch

We would like to thank Zoo Atlanta for providing us with new material for WEEKS to come!

Meanwhile did any of them think about ME and all the work I would have to do, new names for Bert and Ernie, (front runners: Thelma and Louise), new wardrobes, going back and drawing eyelashes on the previous drawings of the twins…it’s not like I don’t have enough to do already!  Zoo officials have no idea how time consuming panda satire is!

If you missed the earlier “expose`” about the gender reassigning of Mei Lan, here it is: Huzzah!

first panda gender misidentification at zoo atlanta

Well, we do all look alike.

first panda gender misidentification at zoo atlanta

Love the hat!

Tomorrow! a new outfit for Princess Pinky! (at last!)

Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

 

Day 13: Oh no, It’s Friday the 13th!!!!!

Oh, they are back in the soup now! And on Friday the 13th to boot!

Wizard of Oz spoof

But we’ve come such a long way already….Bwahahaha!

I have NO idea how they are going to get out of this dilemma! (OK, not really, but I’m trying to build some dramatic tension here!)

And since it is Fabulous Furry Friday (the 13th!!!!) here are some encore presentations of some seasonal pandas!

Day 17...Naughty or Nice?  you decide!

Day 17…Naughty or Nice? you decide!

'Tis the Season!

‘Tis the Season!

babette at radio city music hall

Babette de Panda, celebrating the season at Radio City Music Hall, in the company of her good friend Frances A….

…which serves as a reminder of how much fun YOU can have with panda paper dolls! (And a kind of cheesy reminder that there will be more outfits for Princess Pinky and the Twins coming up this weekend! Huzzah!

A big pandy thanks to all of you who have bought books this month, a portion of which will be sent to Pandas International (huzzah!) to support actual panda stuff! But don’t stop now! Perhaps more people on your christmas list would enjoy one or more of The Panda Chronicles books! Visit our book page here.

Another big pandy thanks to all who have supported Whidbey Life Magizine’s print project on Indiegogo.  You guys are the bears!

 

 

It’s Day 6 AND Fabulous Furry Friday! Pandas Abide!

I hope you are having fun with Princess Pinky and all her new outfits.  Wait! All, you say? Yes! Here is another new outfit for Pinky, inspired by my recent tour of 19 Art Museums (yes! 19! really!) on the East coast of the US of A.

Since my return, I’ve been attempting to catch up on new pandas for you, oh loyal fans of panda satire! Just to give you a few hints, more of your beloved pandas will get their own paper dolls (move over Babette de Panda!), Mr. Wu will finish his current adventure, and then appear in a short holiday special (It’s a Pandaful Life) and who knows WHAT the panda kindergarten is now getting up to, except that it might involve operations at the North Pole AND cuppycakes!

And without any further delay, we bring you Princess Pinky’s next outfit!

Edgar Degas Little Dancer outfit

Inspired by one of Pinky’s favorite artworks, a sculpture by Edgar Degas, which seems to be in every art museum on the east coast.

And for those of you who are technically challenged (like my self), here is pinky in her new outfit!

Bao Bao in Edgar degas inspired outfit

Isn’t she a vision of loveliness?

And because it’s Fabulous Furry Friday, there must be an encore presentation for the folks playing along at home!

yoga for pandas

All salute the sacred cuppycake!

Stay tuned through the weekend for MORE 31 Days of Pandas! And don’t forget, The Panda Chronicles book make EXCELLENT holiday presents!

Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda

 

 

Oh yes, it’s time for 31 Days of PANDAS!

I bet you woke up at 3 AM this morning, while it was still dark, and tried to stay in bed, but you were so excited to see if it had really happened…you snuck down the stairs drawn uncontrollably to the glowing light coming from your computer, just to see if it had arrived….

Was it really the day that EVERYONE waits for all year?

Yes, it is…It is Day One of 31 Days of Pandas!  Huzzah.

Princess Pinky announces 31 days of pandas

I don’t know, Princess Pinky…I think Mr. Wu is going to have something to say about this.

I know you are going to want to clear your calendar, and put all those Holiday parties on hold, because you will want to be the first on your block to read each day of pandas.

Welcome to Pandyland!

Be the Bear,
Bob T. panda