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.
I WAS kind of hoping that once President Biden took office and started, you know, doing helpful presidential things, that the crazy insurrectionists would calm down, but no.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
But we CAN have some panda ‘toons! Here are some now! Just the thing for Mother’s Day! (I’m pretty sure this is what your mom wanted!)
Our lack of taste is only exceeded by our sense of the absurd.
I hope your taxes are done!
Will Bob ever learn? will Mehitabel ever get the better of the panda kindergarten?I love a good art forgery, don’t you?Oh dear, the Mei-hem twinkies have made Pinky mad. Uh oh.Is this any way to treat our Nation’s most adorable icon?The forces of Meihem are only barely in check.
Panda Birthday season is approaching! Order your cake now! (Don’t flunk cake!)
The Panda House is big, but with a couple of grizzly bears around, it’s starting to get a little…um…close. Sometimes a bear just needs to feel the wind in their fur, stand in a rushing 37 degree stream, and go for the gusto…
Know what I mean?
A bear’s gotta do what a bear’s gotta do! I’m sure they’ll be back…sooner or later!
I’m sure Mei hates to see the boys go, but I’m sure they’ll be back after they have their fill of fishing in a cold Alaskan stream! I hope they can get along with their brother and sister, Scooter and Josie! After that “incident” last year…
I had so hoped that once President Biden (No Quotation Marks Needed!) took office, I could stop hearing or thinking about politics, but no…alas, the hypocritical hits just keep on coming!
Sigh…
Meanwhile, the former guy is doing stand-up of his greatest hits, (“the election was stolen”, “I’ll be coming back into power” “The Democrats are destroying democracy”) at any wedding held at his club where they don’t have the sense to lock the doors after all the guests have arrived. There is probably a ‘toon there, although I’m not sure I have the stomach to stand drawing him again.
The recent Doctor Panda felty was suggested to me by one of my long time followers/supporters, but those who have been following panda satire from its earliest beginnings, know that there were some early appearances by a certain panda (“I’m not a Doctor, but I play one in a cartoon”) and also, Nurse Babette, founder of the “Home for Indigent Panda Stuffies” which was just one of her many…um…enterprising enterprises!
Let’s ‘toon in to the way back machine…
All My Pandas……I’m not a Doctor but a play one in a cartoon!
And who could forget everyone favorite game show?
Episode 1Huzzah! More Wheel…of…PANDAS!!!Doctor Panda is making house calls now!
I hope everyone has a good day, but remember, Doctor Panda is in the house!
Be the bear! Bob T Panda
Note: some people are still having trouble getting in to the contact form on the Buy Stuff with Pandas Page. Feel free to email me via the contact form or paper airplanes across the transom if you have a need for felty pandas!
SOME of you have expressed worry that Pinky is being distressed by her dream. I can assure you that Pinky is fully committed to her dramatic roles and intends to see this little drama to its end. She is a professional, after all! (Pinky: I hopes to win da best panda in a dramatic role at next year’s Oscar fingies!)
But meanwhile, if Pinky was awake, this is what would be going on in the Panda House right about…now…
There is nothing like a nap!
Well, now that Frank and Mikey have emerged from hibernation, we can go on with Pinky’s dream next week! Stay ‘tooned!
Be the Bear! Bob T Panda
Hey, there’s a new bear on the block!
Calling Doctor Panda!Of course Doctor Panda always remembers to wear his mask!
This week we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the first Earth Day! Pandas, of course are well versed in the environmental realm (“We R Endangered!!!!) so it is no surprise that pandas have embraced science!
are you SURE it’s not “carbonated”?well, what if I….but…WeREndangered!No nonsense to be found here!Or how about some cuppycakes?pass the beans!
Hey! it’s Earth Day! Could it possibly be the 51st anniversary of the very first Earth Day? I think it could be, and if I told you how old I was when the first Earth Day happened, you would know that I’m old! But I’m not going to tell you that. Suffice it to say, that I was there when it happened!
We’ve come a long way since then, and not especially in a good way. But here we are still. Pandas have always been aware that we have to take care of the planet. And to take care of the planet, we have to take care of pandas! At least I’m pretty sure that is a major goal of Earth Day!
But meanwhile, Pinky’s dream is mebbee about to turn into a nightmare!
Cut to Mei Xiang, drinking a bootini and quietly chortling to herself…
What will Pinky find when she returns to the Panda House? Stay tuned till next week and find out!
It is such a wonderful thing to have furry inhabitants in the White House again. (Stephen Miller, who seems to be some variety of lizard, doesn’t count) But it not been all rawhide chews and squeaky toys for the canine cohorts of the West Wing! There have been *incidents*!
And weren’t we promised a White House cat? (Please don’t name it Mittens!!!)
It’s all fun and games till someone poos on the Oval Office carpet!