Another archive dive today because I went outside, had fun, and took a nap this weekend. Hopefully I will finish what I started on for today, on Thursday! Still deep in the getting ready for my show trenches, but it will be done in the not too distant future!
All My Pandas……Excuse me, Mr. Watterson, but….I love a good art forgery, don’t you?Oh dear, the Mei-hem twinkies have made Pinky mad. Uh oh.He who laughs last, laughs…um…last.
Bill Watterson remains one of the guiding lights for cartoonists of this era. I thought it would be fun to share this whole story line from the archives. Calvin and Hobbes was a force to be reckoned with, and still is to this day.
I’m sure I will get something new done…eventually. Meanwhile, paintings are happening!
Be the Bear Bob T I’d rather be goofing off Panda
BTW, I have finally unearthed my work station in the felty studio and probably late summer or early fall start making some more things.
See how quickly I pivoted to the Thursday Archive dive, as if this is ALWAYS how we’ve done it.
Ahhhh….what to concentrate on. I think I’ll just share some ‘toons from the month of May through Panda Chronicles history, which oddly enough, is now 15 years long!
Let’s start with the Pandarama!
The pandaramaNever underestimate the power of a good “fart joke”
The panda kindergarten would like to point out they were NO WHERE NEAR NOTRE DAME when it caught fire!
So much for those new navigation systems…or is it “nagagation systems”?I have extra frosting!I really had no idea what she was up to.Are you SURE you wouldn’t like to vote for Bob?
Sigh…it could have all been so different…
I hope you enjoyed this dive into the archives! Be sure to ‘toon in next week for a *new* ‘toon on Tuesday (New ‘toon Tuesday?) and another fun dive into the archives on Thursday!
Be the Bear Bob T honestly, I’m working hard Panda
Nooz has just been received at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, that Zoo Atlanta has just signed a new contract with the Chengdu Panda Base to bring a new pair of pandas to Pandalanta! The new pandas are Ping Ping (not the one I met at Gengda in 2017, but STILL!!!) and Fu Shuang.
I guess it was a good thing I was too tired last night to set up an archive pandapalooza, because now we have a theme for today’s dive into the archives!
We bring you PANDALANTA PANDAS PAST AND (UP TO) THE PRESENT!
One of the early appearances of The Meihems, before Pinky…um…poofed them
Huzzah! a guest appearance by little Po!Pinky is VERY powerful. Be afraid, be very afraid, Mr Wu.downloadable paper panda upgradeReady for panda kindergarten!
Of course there was some amount of rivalry between Pinky and the Meihems, but sometimes they cooperated on projects…
we are friendly, not ambitious!I love a good art forgery, don’t you?
And around the time Pinky was getting used to having a little brother, a new set of twins was born in Pandalanta…Let’s have a big Panda Chronicles welcome for Six and Sebben!
Panda Trek 2: The Next GenerationThe little gift that keeps on giving!“Why can’t my children be as well behaved as Lun Lun’s,” mused Mei Xiang
Huh…apparently Six and Sebben started out as well behaved, but…
Will these two ever get along?Well, bless her heart! Are you sure that’s a good idea, Mei?
Sisters!
Well, that’s about all the Meihem we have time for today, but we’ll probably share some more Pandalanta stories from the Sun Sun/ Yang Yang dynasty next week! (If you know who hasn’t blown up the planet by then.)
That’s right! it’s Panda Chronicles Outfit Day for Pinky’s young twins, Four and Five! If the conversations in the private Panda Improv chats is anything to go on, they are going to be an even bigger handful that Pinky herself, or, dare I say their names, Six and Sebben!
I’m sure you’ve been anxiously awaiting what the girls are going to wear, so let’s just get right to it, okay?
What do ya think? I think they are just the thing for the active young cubbies.
Be the Bear Bob T Panda is ignoring the nooz Panda
Oh my…I got all caught up in a lost password for another website and forgot I still had to post today’s ‘toon! It’s been a bit of a poo show out there, between non-repentant sex pest criminals and gestapo like tactics on the streets on Minneapolis.
For joy, I am watching figure skaters at the Olympics. What form! What grace! I tried watching some downhill skiing, but it made my knees hurt just watching them, not to mention make me very anxious, especially after Lindsay Von wiped out. Ouch!
Maybe for Thursday, I’ll replay some of the Panda Olympics greatest hits!
Meanwhile…
Till we meet again!
Be the Bear Bob T what do you mean we have to wear skis to go downhill Panda
There is so much clownf**kery going on right now, it’s hard to know exactly what Mittens is trying to distract us from. Is he using the ICE invasions and murders in Minneapolis to distract us from making a fool of himself and the USA on the world stage in Davos, or is trying to acquire Greenland by means foul or fouler meant to distract us from whatever incriminating evidence might be in the Epstein files?
It’s all too much of a muchness.
Meanwhile is Bearanice’s sojourn to see Josie — who just happens to live in the nation’s Capitol — an innocent visit from a childhood chum, or is it something much more sinister?
Could Bearanice really be an agent provocateur?
Be the mysterious bear Bob T I have no idea what’s going on Panda
Between power outages last week, an overwhelming urge to get some deep cleaning and weeding out of stuff done, I have not made any new ‘toons these last two weeks. But the archives are full of holiday favorites, so I am going to share them with you this week and maybe next week, well, we’ll see about next week.
Who can forget the first time Pinky got to play in the snow?
And it was ever thus….
And when the Meihems came to visit…
Meihem, not Mayhem.
Or Pinky’s first appearance in the Panda-lympics games?
I keep hearing the song “bears on the Run” going through my head…the ski run, that is!
Well, this next one isn’t particularly winter themed, but it is one of my all time favorites, and Bob IS wearing his winter scarf!
See? I told you it was broken!
I hope your holiday celebrations are everything you wish them to be. Me? I’ll be home tending to this, that, and the others, and singing along to your favorite holiday song!
‘Toon in Thursday for our annual replay of the 12 days of Crispmoss! I hope everyone is ready to sing along with Pinky!
The best laid plans and all that. For a change I had today’s ‘toon done in plenty of time, but we had a surprise power outage. (a likely story!) At first they estimated it would be back on by 4 PM, which turned to 8PM which turned to 10PM, which ultimately came on at 9:33PM.
Whew!
There was not heavy wind, but something fell somewhere on the lines which took out about 400+ houses in my area.
Well, as Pinky would say, “enough about YOU! Let’s get these pandas rolling!“
I’m sure there will be no trouble in Trenton! Frank, Mikey, and Ping need to get home in time for dinner on Thursday!
The PandAir Traffic Controllers are getting back to work, and as usual, there is the possibility that things will not go as previously scheduled! But here we are, with a backstage behind the scenes look into The Panda House, as only The Panda Chronicles can show you!
I’m sure Binky Li is just as excited to get back to work as we are to see him! And I haven’t forgotten that Mikey went off to New Jersey to assume his duties as governor…he WAS elected, wasn’t he? Stay ‘tooned!
Be the Bear Bob T is wishing for a little normality Panda
