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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.

Are all Fridays Fabulous, or just Furry fridays?

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The Weather Guessers are giving us one more day of good weather, and then we go back to life as we know it really to be here in the upper left hand corner. Yes, I’m talking about rain, and then perhaps some showers.

Sigh.

Next week Mr. Wu wraps up his big adventure, A Bear of the Air.  Just maybe I might have Mr. Wu Monday as well as Mr. Wu Wednesday.  Wouldn’t that be fun?  Also the threats from people who are getting tired of cliffhangers, well…let’s just say we hear you and feel your pain.

But until Monday, here are a couple of my favorites to entertain you for the weekend!

Be the Bears!

Bob, Bob, Bob...when will you ever learn?

Bob, Bob, Bob…when will you ever learn?

Mehitabel gets even.

Mehitabel gets even.

Love the hobby horse on a spring (inspired by a REAL photo of a REAL panda on one.

Don’t you just love the panda kindergarten?

Have a great weekend!

Bob T. Panda

 

 

Huzzah! it is Mr Wu Wednesday (of COURSE I didn’t forget!)

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Oh my, Mr Wu is in quite the pickle, is he not?  A “generous” gift from the panda kindergarten, a young panda’s thirst for adventure:  These things can go terribly wrong, don’t you think?  But why are we standing around talking about this?  Lets see how Mr Wu’s adventure, A Bear in the Air, is progressing!

Mr wu's cousin, da Sooperpanna, appears courtesy of Bruce Sebring, creator of the Sooperpanna Chronicles

Mr Wu’s cousin, da Sooperpanna, appears courtesy of Bruce Sebring, creator of the Sooperpanna Chronicles

Tune in Next week for the exciting conclusion!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: hey…who is that little panda down in the corner…I thought that….

I’m Late, I’m Late…for a Vewy Important Date!

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So many of you have been sitting on the edges of your seats, wondering, what is going to happen to Mr Wu? Does a 9 month old cubby know how to fly, let alone LAND an airplane?  What was the panda kindergarten thinking when they gave Mr Wu an airplane, and then didn’t go with him on the first flight of The Fuzzy Cubby????? Will Mr Wu ever get out of detention when he gets home?  Are there about cuppycakes in solitary confinement?

So.

To set your minds at ease, we here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire have been working day and night to find a solution to this dilemma.  Pandas are standing by to help, and in fact, we have had an offer from a very famous panda, who has space shuttle experience!  Tune in on Wednesday to see who this mystery panda could be.

But for now…

Nothing like a snappy graphic to um...solve a problem!

Nothing like a snappy graphic to… um…solve a problem!

It’s Fabulous Furry Friday, Once Again. Huzzah!

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One of the downsides of trying to pass myself off as a writer, is that now I feel obligated to go back into my posts and correct nit picky stuff like punctuation, spelling and capitalization.

Sigh.

I am just a simple cartoon panda, trying to make my way in the world. Does punctuation matter?

so what's the big deal...

so what’s the big deal…

...about punctuation?

…about punctuation?

My apologies to the very funny writer, Lynn Truss.

Have a fabulous, furry weekend!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

 

Beware! Bears of the Air! Huzzah! It’s Mr Wu Wednesday!!!!!

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Well….

As you are about to see, Mr Wu is about to have another adventure!  I must interject, however, that from the expression on Mr. Wu’s face in the second panel, he is, shall we say, becoming a member of the panda kindergarten in very good standing.

In fact, he could be stepping into the ring leader position, if you ask me.

Sigh.  His mother had such high hopes for him. (And what will all his girlfriends say?)

"Up in the Air, Junior Pandas..."

“Up in the Air, Junior Pandas…”

Can this cub be saved?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: You KNOW that I would never let anything happen to Mr. Wu, so just relax and enjoy the story.

Beware! Bears of the Air! Huzzah! It’s Mr Wu Wednesday!!!!!

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Well….

As you are about to see, Mr Wu is about to have another adventure!  I must interject, however, that from the expression on Mr. Wu’s face in the second panel, he is, shall we say, becoming a member of the panda kindergarten in very good standing.

In fact, he could be stepping into the ring leader position, if you ask me.

Sigh.  His mother had such high hopes for him. (And what will all his girlfriends say?)

"Up in the Air, Junior Pandas..."

“Up in the Air, Junior Pandas…”

Can this cub be saved?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: You KNOW that I would never let anything happen to Mr. Wu, so just relax and enjoy the story.

Mehitabel Strikes Back!

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Things are hopping here at panda central…paintings to paint, cartoons to draw, airplanes to build!  But in all the confusion, Mehitabel has taken the reigns (for today, at least) although the pandy kindy have a little project they are working on with the Wu self, so I think they will be on the loose very shortly!

Who will let the panda out of the bag!

Let the WHAT out of the bag?

Let the WHAT out of the bag?

Cats!   When you care to send the very best!

Mehitabel

Mehitabel Strikes Back!

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Things are hopping here at panda central…paintings to paint, cartoons to draw, airplanes to build!  But in all the confusion, Mehitabel has taken the reigns (for today, at least) although the pandy kindy have a little project they are working on with the Wu self, so I think they will be on the loose very shortly!

Who will let the panda out of the bag!

Let the WHAT out of the bag?

Let the WHAT out of the bag?

Cats!   When you care to send the very best!

Mehitabel

It’s Fabulous Furry Friday! Mehitabel speaks out!

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Well, I, Mehitabel, have wrested the computer away from those stupid pandas.  There has been way too much emphasis on those darn pandas and it’s time for me to do something about it! Quite frankly, it is much more cost effective to have a cat than have a panda live with you. Do you realize how much pandas eat?  And that’s not even taking panda rent into account.

Enjoy the cartoons from the archives of Mehitabel and those other cats that came before me.

Why Cats are superior to Pandas

Why Cats are superior to Pandas

Say it isn't so!

Say it isn’t so!

See you next week with more…sigh….pandas.

Mehitabel, being the CAT!

 

It’s Mr Wu Wednesday and off we go with episode 2 of Mr Wu’s new adventure!

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Off we go…into the wild blue….oh was that a clue?  What is in THAT BOX that the panda kindergarten brought for Mr Wu? Could it be……

Will the panda kindergarten get it put together before Bai Yun gets home?

Will the panda kindergarten get it put together before Bai Yun gets home?

Did they read the assembly instruction manual? Do they know what they are doing???!!!!!!?  I can hardly stand the wait!!!!!

To see what happens next, tune in next week for Mr Wu’s Big Adventure, Part the third. right here at our regularly scheduled blog.

Bwahahahaha!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

And while you are in the neighborhood, check out my new post on Nothing Overlooked!