I hope all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving will have a wonderful day, spent with people you actually like. And for those of you who don’t celebrate this American holiday, I hope you have a lovely day too. Back to sarcasm and snottiness tomorrow!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
To quote noted philosopher and rock legend Jerry Garcia, “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” I started this drawing with no other idea than “30 pandas, maybe on a slide, and cake.” While I’ve kept a day or two ahead of you, the viewers and panda-maniacs, I really had no more idea where this was headed than you all did. Needless, to say, It’s been fun, and I will do it again, just not next month. There are too many ideas for new cartoons that I haven’t had time to draw and write while I was absorbed in this project (not to mention all the other things I’m supposed to be doing to actually earn a living.) Be that as it may, this drawing will be available as a poster through Pandyland at Cafe Press starting on the 30th of November. (And what a great Christmas, Hannukah or Solstice present, for you or someone else!) Hope you are having as much fun with this as I am.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Well, it’s a good thing the month is almost over, because I’m running out of clever ways to avoid saying “30 days of Pandas, day 20-whatever.” It should now be obvious that this is a tribute to the video, “Pandas on a Slide” which was one of the first I watched, and then completely pushed me over the edge to Panda-mania, till I had absolutely NO choice, but to have a cross species transformation and become a panda,myself. Bring on the cuppycakes!
Be the Bear
Bob T. (maybe a bonus cartoon today later!) Panda
This has been so much fun. If I didn’t have a log of each days drawing to look at, I wouldn’t be able to keep all those naughty little pandas straight. I can tell you on good authority that there is a cake still to arrive, although the panda kindergarten DID eat all the cuppycakes and spilled bamboo soda into the keyboard of Mehitabel’s computer. Cat’s have NO sense of humor!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Be the (Dancing) Bear!
Bob T. Panda.
Well, now we know why the tightrope walking panda was not smiling! I’m almost POSITIVE that the pandas have not eaten the cake and that it will show up at the last minute. I hope that they have a good grip on the cake and are not fooling around with it. Is this foreshadowing? Hmmmm…..Maybe.
Be the Bear
Bob T. (pizza is a FRUIT) Panda
Well, I’m having a really hard time keeping track of the latest panda. They have sworn to me that Po will be arriving any time now, and that he will be bringing the cake! Can pandas be counted on to keep their word? I think so. What do you think?
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
We are heading into the home stretch…over the middle of the month, etc. etc. etc. Who is panda #16 waving at? could Po be coming into view?
Be the (16th) Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Since there is nothing that I like to do more than play around with pandas, I thought I would make excellent use of my time and design a logo for my roll of honor posts. As you know ( or are about to be informed if you’ve just tuned in to the Panda Chronicles), I award the Roll of Honor to people that I feel have made a contribution to the field of Panda Satire. These awards are highly subjective and have no cash value (sorry) but you can sleep well at night knowing that YOU have aided me in my quest to make “Panda Satire” a household word.
Today’s Roll of Honor winner is the person who really started my quest for world panda satire domination. I can’t believe it took me this long to recognize him for his unwitting contribution to panda satire, but hey, what’s time to a panda? (Yes, I know I already used that line, but there is no joke that I won’t beat into the ground, given half a chance.) Will James Fallows come on down and claim his award?
Ok, I know you are all sitting there, grumbling and whispering to one another, “Isn’t he, like, a serious journalist? Doesn’t he write for the Atlantic Monthly and other serious publications?” Yes and yes, but one of his serious articles for the A.M. was about one of the panda ranches in China (the Wolong Reserve, I believe). This article started me on my road to panda-holism. There. So now you know whose fault this whole thing is.
Congratulations, and thanks, Mr. Fallows.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Trying to teach the panda kindergarten complicated concepts like daylight savings time and daylight losing time…well, who has the time?
Be the Bear
Bob T.Panda