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.

#7 Mr Wu Wednesday: Even with NO Flying Monkeys, it’s Scary

Oh dear, I just can’t look.  You look and tell me what’s happening! Is Mr Wu OK?  Are you on the edge of your seat?

Good.

The wicked cat of the west attacks Mr Toasty

That cat is pure evil!

I know, I know, I’m introducing the bucket of water too early, and the witch is supposed to be afraid of water.  I could have had Mr. Toasty’s bread catch fire, but somehow, I didn’t think he’d recover from that.

Cats get no respect around here

It is a sad, but true fact, that this cartoon feature once belonged to Mehitabel. Oh, she’d occasionally allow another cat, or maybe a bunny to appear, but mostly, it was all about her.  The one day a panda showed up, and then another, and then yet one more.  Finally the panda kindergarten came on the scene and it hasn’t been the same since, for poor, poor, Mehitabel.

Cats are no match for pandas

What’s a cat to do? Pass the cake, please.

Happy panda birthday season! Huzzah!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

Hey, it’s Fabulous Furry Friday, once again!

Huzzah! Pandas are on the move and here are some pandas on a journey!

say it isn't so!

say it isn’t so!…

Thank goodness Mehitabel escaped this fiasco...

Thank goodness Mehitabel escaped this fiasco…

what was Bob thinking?

what was Bob thinking?

the best laid plans of cats and bears....

the best laid plans of cats and bears….

Will Mehitabel survive this flashback experience? Or will it turn her against pandas, once and for all?

Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

 

 

 

No Princess Pinky :o( Huzzah! It’s the Twinkies!

What with all the attention Princess Pinky has been getting in this cartoon, the Atlanta Twinkies feel they have been slighted.  get in line behind Mr. Wu, fellas.  You ain’t seen nothing yet.

Today, however, is Pinky-less. apologies to her fans.

Atlanta twin panda cubs Mei Lun and Mei Huan and older prother Po

Huzzah! a guest appearance by little Po!

Me me me! Gimmeee!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

It’s Fabulous Furry Friday!

Now, there was something that I was going to use one of my cartoons to illustrate, but darn if I can remember!

Maybe it was related to writing my Pandafesto, Letting Loose the Bears: The Panda Chronicles guide to Embracing your Inner Panda.  Oh yeah. I think that was it!

Just how hard would it be...

Just how hard would it be…

...to embrace your inner panda?

…to embrace your inner panda?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

 

 

Uh Oh… the trouble is starting in episode 9…

…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.

Mr Wu meets up with someone who looks a lot like his brother, shortly after setting out on his journey

I have a bad feeling about this….

What ever will happen next????

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

It’s Mr Wu Wednesday! Look out Mr Wu!

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’

Mr Wu hears a cry for help

Are you SURE there will be no flying monkeys?

The adventure continues!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

 

 

Princess Pinky’s Mom Knows a Thing or Two

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.

Princess Pinky is fooled by Mei Xiang at the National Zoo

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

Fabulous Furry Friday Celebrates Daylight Losing Time!

One the one paw, I love it when we go back to daylight losing time, because it means I get to sleep an extra hour Sunday morning before I go off to my yoga for pandas class. But, on the other paw, it means that while it was kind of not completely, but almost dark by 6:30 in the evening, now it will be dark at 3 PM.  Okay, not instantly, but soon.

But the time change (for those of us who do this twice a year) gives me the opportunity to run one of my all time favorite ‘toons again! Huzzah!

Bob explains daylight savings time to the panda kindergarten

spring back, fall forward?

Now I must be off to start writing my Pandifesto, Letting Loose the Bears: The Panda Chronicle’s guide to Embracing Your Inner Panda.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda