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Just a quick post….

…to let you all know that my kickstarter project has reached it’s goal!! Thank you all for watching, cheering me on and most of all contributing! People can still pledge through Noon PDST on Thursday September 20th if they want to add more on top, so that I can do more sending of books to various venues, send a book as a gift to panda keepers around the world, and do more book promotion. Getting a book into print is just the beginning! Thank you again for all your support. I look forward to sending you your copies!

you are the bears!

Bob T. Panda

Huzzah, Huzzah! A Panda is Born!

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The pandasphere is buzzing with the news that Mei Xiang of the National Zoo in Washington D.C. has just exceeded expectations and produced a brand new bouncing baby panda! She has not had a cub since her first little miracle bear 7 years ago, when Tai Shan, darling of the pandaratti, was born. He moved to China in January of 2010 and we have been waiting and hoping ever since that Mei would rise to the occasion once again! Huzzah!

Here’s the thing about panda reproduction: It’s really kind of tricky. A female panda is only in season for between 24 and 72 hours in a YEAR, and then you can’t distinguish between a real pregnancy and a pseudo-pregnancy until, HEY! look at that! there’s a cub! Top that off with the fact that pandas are really …well…chubby to begin with, and a cub at birth weighs about 1/4 pound. Could you tell if a panda was preggers just by looking at her? I don’t think so….

will the pitter patter of little paws soon follow?

Congratulations, once again to Mei Xiang, husband Tian Tian, and of course all the nanny keepers at the National Zoo! It is a happy day indeed.

Meanwhile, back at the Kickstarter ranch, we need at least $434 to make our goal by this thursday at noon. If you were waiting until the last minute, that last minute is here now! If only 18 more people pledge $25, the first book of the Panda Chronicles will be a reality! Huzzah!

This is a day to be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

The Panda Kindergarten is now in session….

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I always like September, well, at least now that I don’t actually HAVE to go back to school, that is, but it still, oh these many years later, (don’t ask) gives me a burst of energy to get back into the studio and actually get something done. The panda kindergarten is no exception and they absolutely PROMISE to be much better behaved this year. (Although I think I saw some paws crossed behind their backs when they said that.)

Meanwhile, back at the Kickstarter ranch, we are at 86% with only 6 days to go! For those of you not following or yet on board with the Kickstarter project (ahem) hope you will check it out, because we have big, pandy plans here at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire! I’d like to unveil the third in the triumvirate of panda posters (starting with “30 days of Pandas,” moving on to “Bee, the Bear,” and now we present:

Fezbook: The Mobile App!

What could be more fun than a car full of pandas?

and now, for our “back to school cartoon feature”, we present the panda kindergarten in “Classroom Follies!”

Huzzah!

“Class….Claaaas….CLASS!!!!!!!!!

Bee, the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

To Bee, or not to Bee…that is the bear!

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The path of creativity is usually a twisting path. You just never know what thing you see or read or hear, that will spark a connection, and I am no exception to this process. For instance, my Scottish Panda cartoons, which had some Shakespearian inspiration, in turn sparked my brother’s imagination and resulted in his 31 plays in 31 days project, The Scottish Panda Plays.

When David Neel Of Island Apiaries offered an add on bonus of honey to my Kickstarter project (now in it’s last 6 days! Visit it before it’s too late!) I started thinking about bees and bears and how they both started with the letter ‘B’ and came up with Bee, the Bear. (OK, it seemed like an obvious connection to me!) Bee was an instant hit when I posted her picture on facebook and so I decided (well, actually, she insisted) to make a poster for her.

Bee, the Bear.

Meanwhile our Kickstarter project is at 80% with only 6 more days to go! If you’ve already supported it, many, many thanks (and tell all your humor loving friends) and if you haven’t you know what to do!

Bee, the Bear says Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

9 Days to Go and it’s No Teddy Bears’ Picnic!

Um…excuse me but…..

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Well, here we are, almost halfway through our Kickstarter campaign and let’s face it folks, pandas are lookin’ a LITTLE endangered, if you know what I mean. Is everyone on vacation, or what?

So just a word to the wise(guys)…to those who have already pledged, HUZZAH! and thank you, but your work is not done! Spread the word of panda satire and let all you friends know how gosh darn funny it is, and how their lives would be so much better with this book on their books shelf!

And those who haven’t gotten around to it yet? No time like the present, I always say. and, then after you pledge, tell 5 of your friends! They’ll thank you later. really, they will.

Mehitabel thanks you!

And by the way, I just read a few of the plays that my brother wrote, which were inspired by The Panda Chronicles (and that playwright…what’s him name? Shakspur or something like that?) and written for the 31 Plays in 31 Days writing challenge. Ha ha! I will attempt to transform a few into cartoons! We shall see…after all, the playings the thing!

Here is the obligatory Kickstarter link for today! Huzzah! http://kck.st/Qn6uAg

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Um…excuse me but…..

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And those who haven’t gotten around to it yet? No time like the present, I always say. and, then after you pledge, tell 5 of your friends! They’ll thank you later. really, they will.

Mehitabel thanks you!

Here is the obligatory Kickstarter link for today! Huzzah! http://kck.st/Qn6uAg

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

Bob and Mehitabel apologize for tasteless, sophomoric cartoons.

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For those who are not following my Kickstarter project, (hint, hint) here’s the most recent update from Bob and Mehitabel.

Our lack of taste is only exceeded by our sense of the absurd.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

http:/www.kickstarter.com/projects/arttraveler/your-brain-on-pandas-book-1-of-the-panda-chronicle

Please excuse my technical incompetence ….

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For some reason, the share buttons did not show up on the last post (AND I forgot my daily Kickstarter link!) so here is a repeat of the cartoon I included with the reblog from Exit, Pursued by a Lark) sorry if you are getting this twice.

After all, the playings the thing….

Be the bear and visit

http:/www.kickstarter.com/projects/arttraveler/your-brain-on-pandas-book-1-of-the-panda-chronicle

Bob T. Panda!