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Look out Mr Toasty! It’s Mr Wu Wednesday….

…and we are back with episode 12 of The Wizard of Wu! Huzzah!

But before we get to that, let me give you a few hints about what is to come in the next month. A couple of years ago, I was inspired by Kevan Atteberry‘s 31 days of monsters in October. So, I …um…”borrowed” the idea and did 30 days of pandas in November, in honor of Zoo Atlanta’s panda Po, for his first birthday. I added one panda a day to a single drawing, and everyone had fun figuring out where the next panda would go, and just when  the birthday boy was going to appear.

So last year, I changed it to December and did 31 days of pandas, which let me tell you was an over 600% increase in the number of pandas that I ended up drawing. What was I thinking?

I was thinking I would do it again! So hold onto your panda hats and get ready for another 31 days of pandas, starting on Sunday…(note to self…get some ideas of what to do next month) If you are signed up for my newsletter, you may have noticed that I didn’t get around to last month’s newsletter, but I will definitely send one early in December, with news about some upcoming panda projects that I have up my…um…paws.

And now would I just shut the heck up and post the %#**& cartoon already?

Mehitabel soaks Mr Toasty

Sorry, no photo bomb from princess Pinky. her mother thought todays cartoon was too scary for her

See you on Fabulous furry Friday with a recap of our story so far!

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

Bringing Culture to the Panda Kindergarten

You can lead a horse to water, or as Dorothy Parker once said, You can lead a…oh well, um…never mind about that. Bob has decided to hold some cultural events for the panda kindergarten, in hopes of civilizing them a bit.

Ha ha.

panda poetry slam

The cake abides….

I will…be…the cake. I love poetry, don’t you?

Be the …cake!

Bob T. Panda

Fabulous Furry Friday…again?

Whew…one more week closer to the end of the year. I wonder what resolutions the panda kindergarten is considering.

Meanwhile, get ready for another 31 days of Pandas coming to you in December. Don’t even plan to go into work. Spend the month with pandas, pandas, pandas! I have an idea, which I shall reveal to you soon.

Say it isn't so!

Mehitabel takes over….

Um...Bob?  It's not that sort of bucket.

But not for long!

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

 

 

#7 Mr Wu Wednesday: Even with NO Flying Monkeys, it’s Scary

Oh dear, I just can’t look.  You look and tell me what’s happening! Is Mr Wu OK?  Are you on the edge of your seat?

Good.

The wicked cat of the west attacks Mr Toasty

That cat is pure evil!

I know, I know, I’m introducing the bucket of water too early, and the witch is supposed to be afraid of water.  I could have had Mr. Toasty’s bread catch fire, but somehow, I didn’t think he’d recover from that.

Cats get no respect around here

It is a sad, but true fact, that this cartoon feature once belonged to Mehitabel. Oh, she’d occasionally allow another cat, or maybe a bunny to appear, but mostly, it was all about her.  The one day a panda showed up, and then another, and then yet one more.  Finally the panda kindergarten came on the scene and it hasn’t been the same since, for poor, poor, Mehitabel.

Cats are no match for pandas

What’s a cat to do? Pass the cake, please.

Happy panda birthday season! Huzzah!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

Hey, it’s Fabulous Furry Friday, once again!

Huzzah! Pandas are on the move and here are some pandas on a journey!

say it isn't so!

say it isn’t so!…

Thank goodness Mehitabel escaped this fiasco...

Thank goodness Mehitabel escaped this fiasco…

what was Bob thinking?

what was Bob thinking?

the best laid plans of cats and bears....

the best laid plans of cats and bears….

Will Mehitabel survive this flashback experience? Or will it turn her against pandas, once and for all?

Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

 

 

 

It’s Fabulous Furry Friday!

Now, there was something that I was going to use one of my cartoons to illustrate, but darn if I can remember!

Maybe it was related to writing my Pandafesto, Letting Loose the Bears: The Panda Chronicles guide to Embracing your Inner Panda.  Oh yeah. I think that was it!

Just how hard would it be...

Just how hard would it be…

...to embrace your inner panda?

…to embrace your inner panda?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

 

 

Uh Oh… the trouble is starting in episode 9…

…of Mr Wu’s adventure in Pandyland. Is this a good time to point out that Monday’s post of Princess Pinky was very popular? The Wu Self does not think it is appropriate to promote Princess Pinky on Mr Wu Wednesday. He wants to know if there could be at least ONE bleeping day that Princess Pinky DOES NOT push her way into every cartoon??????

Um….not really.

Mr Wu meets up with someone who looks a lot like his brother, shortly after setting out on his journey

I have a bad feeling about this….

What ever will happen next????

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

The Wizard of Wu: Episode 8

Is it here yet? Did Bob post the newest episode of The Wizard of Wu, Mr. Wu’s exciting adventure, yet? No, Oh heck…my boss just went by again and saw the pandas on my screen. Okay, wait… Yay! It’s here!

Xiao Liwu has to journey to see the wizard

Okay, now it’s getting exciting! Scary parts dead ahead!

Binky and Pinky and Bunnies, oh my!*  Mr Wu is in for it now! He is going to have to follow the cuppycake road, in order to find the Wizard of Wu, who will help him (we hope!) find his way back home to his family and some of that happily ever after stuff.  Is this getting exciting or what?  WE don’t even know what is going to happen next or who Mr Wu will meet along the way. Or is that “whom”?  Anyway, we’re in for a bumpity ride!

In other exciting panda satire news…..
There has been a small bit of movement on my wordless children’s picture book, Pandamorphosis.  I don’t want to reveal too much before it’s time, but no matter what the Chinese calendar says, I believe that next year will be the year of the panda.  Huzzah!

I will tell you a bit about Pandamorphosis’ news in my monthly newsletter that I hope to have out…um…next week. So, if you’re not signed up yet, just get yourself up to the top of the right-hand column and make sure you’re signed up! Newsletter subscribers get the news first, even before the panda kindergarten. Don’t worry about signing up twice.  The smart folks over at MailChimp won’t let you do that.  Also, if you used to get The Panda Chronicles in your inbox or news  reader, your subscription went away when I switched to a self hosted website (here) so you will need to re-sign-up if you want to get this sent to you. Hey it’s free, and this way you don’t have one more thing to remember to do. Again, the sign-up is at the top of the right-hand column.

But Wait, There’s More!

I’m taking part in Dana Sitar’s ManiWriMo, which stands for National Manifesto Writing Month, which is inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) both of which take place in November.  She has formed a group of (mostly) writers to spend the month writing their personal manifesto, as a group, with the goal of publishing it as an e-book.  You don’t have to publish, but as a long time artist, I know how valuable a tool this is in clarifying your creative vision, to yourself, as well as others.

The title of my Pandafesto (you know I had to change this to a panda word, didn’t you?) is:

Letting Loose the Bears: The Panda Chronicles’ Guide to Embracing Your Inner Panda.

I think there will be cartoons in the pandafesto, in order to illustrate some of my key points.
If you’re interested in joining in with your own personal manifesto (or pandafesto) there’s still time.  It’s free, it’s fun, and you might get clarity about your creative goals, and maybe even a book! Join me at ManiWriMo!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: Thanks for joining me here at the Panda Chronicles. While this content is free for you and everyone else to enjoy, I would love it if you decided you wanted to have the pandas come to stay with you, in book form, of course. (those pesky zoos won’t even let me have one for the weekend!) Just click on one of the handy buttons in the right hand column, which will take you to Amazon, where you can buy one or more of my books. Huzzah, and thank you!

Oh That Evil Cat! Episode 7 of The Wizard of Wu

Helloooo fans of Mr Wu.  Oh, what a couple of exciting weeks it’s been! What with the Princess Pinky panda cam shutdown, and the twinkies about to get their real names (I don’t know why Zoo Atlanta has NOT returned my many phone calls lobbying for the names Bert and Ernie!)

But now it is Mr Wu Wednesday and all those other pandas should just step aside and let Mr Wu have the stage!  For those of you who have just started following The Panda Chronicles, we have a new practice here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire.  At least once a month, I will run ALL the cartoons that are part of an extended story series, thus relieving you of the tedious chore of sorting through all the previous posts to try to find out where the story started.

Of course, if you sign up for my mailing list, once a month you will get a little communique from me, which contains a downloadable pdf of one of Mr Wu’s earlier adventure and other panda satire news!  Huzzah! Commercial over. Huzzah! BTW, in the works is a collection of ALL the Mr Wu cartoons, from the beginning of his adorable life. Okay, NOW commercial over. Huzzah!

where happy pandas eat bamboo, oh why, oh why, can't...Wu?

where happy pandas eat bamboo, oh why, oh why, can’t…Wu?

We're in for it now, Binky!

We’re in for it now, Binky!

Hang on to your hats, kids, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

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 don’t think we’re in Pandiego any more, Binky….

What could be waiting outside?  Where the heck ARE we, Binky?

What could be waiting outside? Where the heck ARE we, Binky?

Mr Wu landas in the cuppycake region of pandyland in this episode of his new adventure

Don’t I know you from somewhere?

and now, for the latest installment of The Wizard of Wu!

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Mehitabel would like to register her protest about given the least sympathetic role in this adventure.

Okay pan fans! time to get back to…um…at least pretending that you are working!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda