…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.
I have a bad feeling about this….
What ever will happen next????
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
This is the part in the movie version, that stars the girl and a dog, where I put my head under the covers and don’t come out till…well, you know, the end part where Dorothy finds out it was all a dream.
We did promise that there would be no flying monkeys, but we didn’t promise that it wouldn’t be scary. Just sayin’
Are you SURE there will be no flying monkeys?
The adventure continues!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
Surely you didn’t really think I made Princess Pinky’s mom go >poof< last Monday. A little princess panda needs guidance, no matter how big a girl she already thinks she is. The eyes of a nation are watching you, Princess Pinky.
Oh Princess Pinky, mom has a trick or two up her paw, I think…
Is there anything cuter than a princess panda throwing a little tantrum? No, I didn’t think so either.
Oh geez it’s Monday.
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
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!
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!
Better late than never, is the usual order of the day, and better early than late! Or better to have a full plate of cuppycakes than a measly bowl of granola.
Anyway….
It is the time of year when little pandas dress up and go door to door, begging and threatening to get treats. In today’s classic cartoon, Bob attempts to teach the panda kindergarten the fundamentals of Trick or Treat.
Trick or Trick!!!!!!!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
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?
We’re in for it now, Binky!
Hang on to your hats, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
I don’t think we’re in Pandiego any more, Binky….
What could be waiting outside? Where the heck ARE we, Binky?
Don’t I know you from somewhere?
and now, for the latest installment of The Wizard of Wu!
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
Woo hoo! Okay, there a few other elements to the government shutdown that were really bad for the national and world economies, but shutting down the National Zoo panda cam was the final straw. Princess Pinky must be able to address her people, people!
So, in celebration of full access to all pandas everywhere, we bring you several of our all time favorite panda ‘toons for your quick while the boss is out of the office Friday entertainment.
What’s that stuff getting all over my paws? Oh…it’s frosting!
What happens in the panda kindergarten, STAYS in the panda kindergarten
..in which we introduce Inspector Panda….
Inspector Panda says, “Know the signs of cuppycake dependency”
Well, that’s it for this week! Be sure to tune in next week when Princess Pinky returns and we continue with Mr. Wu’s adventure! And remember, buying my books supports the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, which draws and publishes these cartoons for everyone’s enjoyment of this blog! (kinda like National Panda Radio, you know?)
Have a great weekend! Be the Bear.
Bob T. Panda
…well, we don’t actually know where this land is, but it sure isn’t Pandiego, or even Kansas, for that matter. From Mr Wu’s former black and white world, he enters a land of ..um…well, it’s still glorious black and white, but if I ever had the time to do it as a full color picture book, this is when we would shift to glorious color!
There are some folks in this strange new world that Mr Wu will meet that remind him of those he knows back in the real world, including some that he considers interlopers into his world domination of cuteness. Sigh. Are even our dreams and fantasies subject to all those annoying elements of our life that we would like to escape?
Apparently so….
Don’t I know you from somewhere?
Aren’t you glad we’ve returned to Mr Wu’s adventure? (although we can’t exactly promise that we won’t comment on current events…in fact there could be some similar events taking place in the land of Wu….)
Meanwhile, we seem to have resolved our technical difficulties of Monday. It seems I used a picture with the wrong 3 letters at the end. Sigh. That’s what happens when you are a bear on the run. I’ll try to pay more attention!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
PS: I’m devastated to say that I was not selected to win the all expenses paid trip to Atlanta to be present at the naming ceremony of the Atlanta Twin pandas. I guess that makes it okay for me to continue to call them Bert and Ernie.
See what happens when I try to get some actual work done? I forget all about my duty to provide and perpetrate panda satire upon the world. What was I thinking?
While the nation still waits for someone to turn the NZ panda cam back on, you can relax, sit back, and get a dose of panda satire to get you through the weekend. I shall now dive into the archives, and see what looks funny this evening.
“You are right and Wu is wrong…I’ll never do it again, mommy.” Perhaps Mr Wu should have thought of this before he shut down the government.
I just heard tell that the 2014 Winter Olympics are right around the corner, and that means this years torch bears will be back in action!
Recent reports of the continuing survival of Tao tao, an actual panda, raised in a semi wild area and released to the wild, is alive and well, and adjusting to life as a wild panda.
Well, till next week when we return with more from the Twinkies and princess Pinky, not to mention the next installment of Mr Wu’s adventure, buy lots of my books and be the bears!
Bob T. Panda
Hello panda fans! Mr Wu has had to step out of his new adventure, due to certain allegations regarding the NZ panda cam shutdown, but he will be back…um..where ever that adventure is taking place, next week. We pandy promise!
Are you now, or have you ever been a panda?
Really, if we couldn’t laugh about this, we would start crying.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda