Today is the day when we revisit cartoons that have relevance to items in the news. Since this is the “Panda Season of Love” and we have been focusing on our Scottish pandas, I thought a glimpse of the early days of pandas in Scotland would be in order.
Enjoy!
What could be more scottish than Pandas?
Save some pie for me!
Pand-Air…it’s the only way to travel
Be the bear!
Bob T. Panda
What X-citement we have had the month! Despite the X-erable weather and heck…I can’t hardly find any words that start with X without cheating. X-scuses, X-scuses…
Meanwhile, we are recovering from our X-hausting bout with yet another version of this winter’s cold and flu season. On Wednesday we will be back with a new cartoon (a REALLY new cartoon!) and hopefully, we will resume our normal schedule of a new cartoon every Sunday and Wednesday, as well as an “encore presentation” for Fabulous Furry Fridays.
Thank you to all the A to Z-ers who came to visit this month. I hope you will stick around and say hi from time to time. There are some new blogs that I am now following, as well as a couple that I already followed. Posting daily did not give me as much time as I had hoped for visiting other blogs, but with the list still accessible (yes?) I hope to rectify that situation.
And now, here are some X-cellent encore presentations. (I’m X-cited about tomorrow, Y? Because, duh, Panda Yoga, hello?)
X-cessively bad taste
X-treme jealousy
X-treme angst
And to all you folks out there that are thinking of launching your own crowdfunding project out there in the real world, my radio interview on Whidbey Air got rescheduled to next week, due to my sore throat and fever that I was X-periencing this weekend. I’ll post the link here next Sunday so you can tune in, because it gonna be LIVE!!! See ya then!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
Veritable verisimilitude and vice-versa, vis-a-vis this month of alphabet charms! I vacillate between vast and vacuous vacancies in my mind.
But what does this have to do with pandas? Verily, I say verbosely, these valiant bears are valuable, to the tune of a million dollars a year rent per panda pair. Well, better vamoose, before the vandals (aka the panda kindergarten) vanish with the cuppycakes!
There is a cake in the vicinity!
See you tomorrow, hopefully with a little longer post. Time is vanishing today!
Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda
Mmmmmmmm….me thinks there may be many messages and mottos that my minions might merit, starting with the letter “M” And of course, we must not forget Mehitabel!
Mwahahahaha!
But just a moment…there are monumental Machiavellian maneuvers and maledictions in the making. On Monday, oh malicious Monday, the Pulitzer Awards of Merit were made public.
Did you know there is no Pulitzer awarded in the field of Panda Satire?????? Likewise, those misanthropic mucky-mucks at the MacArthur Foundation also have marginalized Panda Satire as if it were miniscule rather than mighty.
Why IS there no MacArthur Fellowship for Panda Satire, anyway?
Nice to know that there are at least two times a year when panda satire can be overlooked, spring and fall! My oh my!
Meanwhile, motherhood is in the air, as the panda season of love continues. But you might want to think this through lest mischief manifest itself. Enjoy this episode about how Princess Pinky got her Magical Wand.
oops.
Oh Princess Pinky, mom has a trick or two up her paw, I think…
Thanks again to the folks who made the A to Z challenge manifest itself in such a marvelous manner. What a merry madcap mis-adventure we are on.
Thanks to all who have checked out my books here. Who wouldn’t want to take the pandas home with them?
Till tomorrow, may we meet again!
Be the bear,
Bob T Panda
In the words of a true fan of the pandas (OK and Mehitabel too,) “Cats are Jerks.”
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Jacuzzi….
What cats are reading at the beach this summer!
Really, we can hardly wait till tomorrow when we can write about Kickstarter, the Panda Kindergarten and many other things that start with “K” But that’s tomorrow. Today is the day of “J”. This one is for you, Jude.
Well, heck, everyone deserves an “off” day from the A to Z. Here’s a few other cartoons to get you through the weekend. (I’m going to take off tomorrow and post on Sunday instead, just sayin.)
sorry, Judge.
So much for those new navigation systems…or is it “nagagation systems”?
Nothing like the panda kindergarten, out for a joyride in their…um… Bob’s jalopy!
Be the bear!
Bob T. Panda
Well, OF COURSE it is.
Inspector Panda, that insouciant investigator of illicit idiots, that ironic icon of mystery and intrigue, living the idyllic existence while idling indolently on islands of igneous rock, while inscribing on his ipand and listening to his ipawd, and of course, is in touch with his inner panda.
Gee, I like “I”, which brings you today’s offering in the A to Z Challenge!
..in which we introduce Inspector Panda….
Inspector Panda says, “Know the signs of cuppycake dependency”
Inspector Panda has appeared in several of the panda stories, including Mr Wu Joins the Circus. I hope to start working on an extended Inspector Panda story soon.
This is a case for…Inspector Panda!
I’ll be in touch!
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
What with all the delightful day-trippers descending on The Panda Chronicles to visit during the A to Z Debacle (okay, it’s not really a debacle, but I needed a word that started with “D” – tomorrow it will be an extravaganza) I thought it a good idea to acquaint you with some of the major players here, the Dramatis Bearsonae, so to speak:
But first, a word from our sponsor: Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “D”
Our Dominant Doyenne of Discipline (or the lack there-of): Mehitabel the cat! (Huzzah!)
The panda kindergarten is “busy” …can you call back later?
Next up, the Dynamic Director of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, Put your paws together for Bob….T…..PANDA!!!!!!
And of course, The Panda Chronicles wouldn’t be what it is today, if not for that Delegation of Devious Delinquents, THE PANDA KINDERGARTEN!!!!!!!
…if I were a panda, yadda dah dah da- da- da- AAARGH! I can’t stop!!!!!
And everyone’s MOST favorite Descendant of the San Diego Dynasty, let’s give a big howdy-doo to MR WU!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Wu in his first dramatic role
And just because I like this cartoon soooooooo much,
Today, you are a bear.
My A to Z pick of the day is Rebekah Loper. Huzzah! Join me tomorrow as I continue to challenge myself to find words through the alphabet that relate to pandas!
Meanwhile, back at the Pandamorphosis ranch, things are moving ahead with publication to come later this month! stay tuned!
And tomorrow we continue with our cast of characters list with The Cublanta Twins, Princess Pinky, Babette de Panda, Bee (the bear) and Inspector Panda
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
Special what? Oh, I don’t know…I was looking for a word to go with “Sunday”, and “special” popped into mind. Just ignore me. It’s OK.
Well, meanwhile on the Pandamorphosis front, preparations are proceeding apace to launch Pandamorphosis into the world. Thanks to all of those who have offered their support, not only with my Kickstarter project, but also with the upcoming book launch, now scheduled for April 16th (yes, THIS April 16th) just in time for International Panda Day. And no I am not making this up!
Meanwhile Friend to Pandas, Henry Nicholls posed the question, “which would the panda kindergarten prefer: Regular Pepsi or new Pepsi Max? ”
Whichever one has more sugar in it would be my guess. Afterall, scientists have now determined that pandas have a “sweet tooth.” Hello? cuppycakes? Just sayin’.
enquiring minds want to know….
And a quick note, I’ll be participating in the A to Z challenge, where I will be posting daily for the month of April. We are to use a letter theme for each day (A to Z, right?) Ah, if only every day could be the letter “P” but I’m sure somehow I’ll manage to make everything panda related.
Till Tuesday, then,
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
What could be more exciting than a road trip, especially when you have an adorable yellow car and a good kerfuffle in store for you at the end of the road?
And, yes, Inspector Panda does have his very own Twitter account. You can find him at @NoirPandas on Twitter. He would really like it if you followed him. Maybe you could help him with this case.
Will the twins get a merit badge for their road trip? Will Lun Lun fess up to where the girls are? Will Inspector Panda get a clue, or at least more twitter followers. Stay tuned!
I want to give a quick shout out of thanks to all who have bought The Panda Chronicles Book 4: The Book of Wu since it’s release just a couple of weeks ago. Huzzah! not to mention, shazaam! I’m also happy to see that there must be some newcomers to the world of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, because you’ve bought the earlier books too. You are the bears!
And speaking of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, we now have our own Facebook page. Head on over if you are a facebookian, and give it a like. Or a cuppycake. But don’t get frosting in your keyboard. It is a bear (ha ha, get it?) to get out.
Till next time,
Be the Bear!
…to some of my guiding lights of writing and illustrating for children.
You know how sometimes someone plants a little seed of an idea in your head, and for a while you don’t notice that it’s growing. Say for maybe, for example, 20 years or so, and then one day, it just springs forth with a great big duh!?
My friend, writer and teacher, Deb Lund and her husband Karl Olsen used to house sit for my landlords, when Deb and Karl first moved to Whidbey Island. I got to know them and they came to know and admire my artwork. One day Deb said, “You know, you would be really good at illustrating children’s books.” I said something like, “yeah, yeah, in my spare time,” because I was kind of on a fine art mission, and I didn’t want to get distracted.
So, fast forward 20 years and one day, after I had been panda-ing around with my cartoons for a year or so, it popped into my head that It. Was. Time, and so I called Deb up and said, “It’s time!!! NOW what do I do????” Deb pointed me in the direction of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and I went to a conference, started paying attention, took a class with Deb, and soon Pandamorphosis started on it’s long journey.
Don’t you just hate it when your refrigerator is infested by…pandas? Especially when you need a snack for a long journey!
There are some other big influences in my trip to writing and illustrating for children, but they are people I have never met. (OK, one of them signed the book I bought, but that doesn’t really count.) The author/illustrators I consider to be my primary guiding lights are Chris Van Allsburg, and David Wiesner. They create art and stories that inspire me. The paintings they create for their books are brilliant in their own right, and when put in service of whatever tale they are telling, pure magic happens.
When I was making the rounds of publishers and agents with Pandamorphosis, one agent who turned me down commented, “don’t you think the artwork is too good for children’s books?”
‘Scuse me?
I don’t think that’s possible.
So I will try, to do my duty, to art and illustration, to aspire to the quality of art and the rich and quirky story telling, of my heroes.
And here is a Fabulous Furry Friday Funny, cause, like, I did NOT forget!
And just how did the panda kindergarten get her address?
What’s that stuff getting all over my paws? Oh…it’s frosting!
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda