Author Archives: Panda in Chief

About Panda in Chief

Anne Belov paints, writes, makes prints, and is the founder of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. You can find her paintings at the Rob Schouten Gallery and Fountainhead Gallery, her cartoons on The Panda Chronicles, and her new book here. She also writes regularly for The Whidbey Life Magazine, a free journal of art and culture on Whidbey Island. Her main regret in life is that there is no MacArthur Grant for Panda Satire.

Fabulous Furry Friday

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With all this talk about Pinky running for President, I thought a look back at Bob T. Panda’s run for the White House back in 2012 was called for, don’t you? Who could forget those dramatic days….First Girlfriend candidate Babette de Panda, Bob’s vile opponent, Mittens the Cat? It was a non stop political pandarama!

Babette has ..um...toned her wardrobe down in honor of this important occasion.

Babette has ..um…toned her wardrobe down in honor of this important occasion.

In the words of Winnie ther Pooh, "I think it's time for a little something.

In the words of Winnie ther Pooh, “I think it’s time for a little something.”

Huzzah!

Does being endangered have NO privileges?

Does being endangered have NO privileges?

Cats....you just can't trust em.

Cats….you just can’t trust em.

Keep cool, cat, and don't go blaming women for stuff. That is SO not the way to get votes...

Keep cool, cat, and don’t go blaming women for stuff. That is SO not the way to get votes…

Wasn’t that trip down memory lane fun? I can’t hardly wait to see what Pinky has up her paws to help her win this election. And we know Pinky can’t help but win, what with being an icon and all …. and the Winner of the Smithsonian icon Smackdown is…

A special thanks to all of you who have supported panda satire through purchases of my books and stuff with panda satire on them from PandyLand on Cafe Press. Some new designs will be coming out in the next couple of months. In the works are designs for Bee, the Bear, the Meihems, Inspector Panda, the Wu Self, Babette de Panda, and who knows what other panda characters will be commemorated this way? If you have a special request, please feel free to share it in a comment, or on the contact us page.  10 % of revenue from Pandyland sales will go to one of several Panda Support organizations. In April, we supported (or will, as soon as we get our proceeds from Cafe Press!) will go to Pandas International, to help assist them in all that they do for pandas. Huzzah!

Be the Bear, and have a fabulous furry, FRIDAY!
Bob T. Panda

We Need to Talk

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Has there ever been a phrase that strikes terror into a …um…panda’s heart like we need to talk?Just when mama Mei Xiang thought that things would be calming down, and she could think about whether it was time to start knitting some panda booties…..

Pinky for what??????

Pinky for what??????

Pinky has a surprise up her sleeve for mommee and daddee, I think. Well, at least it will distract her from the prospect of having a sibling (or two!) to contend with. Oh my…the fur may fly this summer.

Be the bear!
Bob T. Panda

We are not done yet

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We are not done yet, talking about the power outage that happened some time back in Washington DC (Known around here as the “other” Washington). Princess Pinky has some ‘splainin’ to do, I think.

Zoonooz is on the job. Can you say "cover up"?

Zoonooz is on the job. Can you say “cover up”?

Bob has always turned a blind eye to anything Princess Pinky might be getting up to, but developments are developing that he may not be able to ignore!

Stay tuned to this here station!

Be the Bear
Bob T Panda

Fabulous Furry Friday Returns

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What would we do without Fridays? That gateway to the weekend and relaxation…or maybe you work weekends or have saved up all the chores you don’t have time for during the week, so really, wouldn’t it be better if you could just sneak back to the office so you could watch panda videos of Fezbook, when you think no one is looking?

Not of course that I am suggesting that you do that. I’m just saying….

From a true story!

From a true story!

this old den 2nd episode

The panda kindergarten is so very helpful.

You know we're just kidding about this, right?

You know we’re just kidding about this, right? And besides…you can never have too many cartoons about cats!

Aren't you done yet?

Aren’t you done yet?

Thanks for joining us for Fabulous Furry Friday!

Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda

Attention Must Be Paid

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Attention must be paid…to Pinky’s mommee, if no one else. Watch as Pinky plays a round of Evade the Question!  (Thank you Jasper Fforde!) ( I excelled at this game as a teenager.)

Cause and effects are very complicated concepts for baby pandas, don't you think?

Cause and effects are very complicated concepts for baby pandas, don’t you think?

But don’t try to pin this on your minions, Pinky. You are going to need them later when you…um…make your big announcement. Every politician needs some minions who are willing to do their bidding, don’t you think?

Maybe no one will be able to trace the outage back to the panda house.

Maybe.

Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda

Fabulous Furry Friday: the classics….

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what to do, what to do….why don’t I present some of the ‘toons from the way-back machine, when panda satire was young….

Oh those polar bears! What jokers they are!

Oh those polar bears! What jokers they are! This remains one of my favorites!

And then there is um….cake.

yoga for pandas

All salute the sacred cuppycake!

What do you mean, "Other guests?"

What do you mean, “Other guests?”

can't I have just one more cuppycake?

can’t I have just one more cuppycake?

And love of cake is not limited to pandas….

Thanks again to Henry Nicholls for alerting me to this story

Thanks again to Henry Nicholls for alerting me to this story

Have a fabulous furry friday!

Huzzah!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda

Um…did someone turn out the lights?

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Okay, I think this is just a really cheesy ploy to get out of doing all that composition and cross hatching you do in order to draw all the pandas. Are we going to let her get away with this?

did someone turn out the lights?

did someone turn out the lights?

Hey, everyone needs a day off once in a while.

Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda

Fabulous Furry Friday presents…Tales of Wu

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Oh heck…I don’t know! lets just do something random….maybe Wu related, since Princess Pinky has many of the new featured spots in the coming weeks…

Let’s have some Wu-wu-wu-weally good times for Fabulous Furry Friday!

Yo ho ho and a bottle of boo beer!

Who can forget Mr Wu’s first adventure with the Panda Kindergarten?

episode 11

And what about when he met Bee, the Bear, when he ran away to Join the circus?

Mr Wu speaks out!

And then there was his reaction when he learned about the birth of the Meihems!

(Thanks to one of my FB friends…was it you Debbi Z? who quoted Mr Wu’s line ” Dis. Is. A. Travesty!!!!! last week over on FB….if it wasn’t you, maybe someone will correct me. :o))

it's a wonderful life

And, yes, it IS a Wu-nderful life!

We're in for it now, Binky!

We’re in for it now, Binky! Who could forget The Wizard of Wu?

If you wish you could read the whole of these tales of Wu, hop on over to my book page, where you can order the Book of Wu, with a handy link to Amazon. You know you want to.

Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda