We could save you all the trouble of going out to the Black Friday Sales, but then you might miss this experience:
pass the beans!
We could be completely self serving and suggest you head over to our page of books and buy copies of The Panda Chronicles or Pandamorphosis for all your family and friends. We could do that, if we were a different sort of panda. Oh wait…we are that sort of panda.
Be the bear,
Bob T. Panda
Because Mr. Wu got soooooo much screen time in December, he has graciously allowed us to pre-empt his weekly forum today. (XLW: what dat mean grasshusly? is dat ’bout bamboo?)
We are big fans of Pandas International for many reasons. First, they do stuff for pandas (and as we have said before, without pandas, there could be no panda satire!) But also, for some strange reason, they think we’re pretty funny! So of course we can’t help but jump up and down and say, “They like me! They really like me!”
They have asked us to share some of our cartoons with them, for Christmas cards and for their annual auction program. When given the challenge of coming up with a cartoon for a fairly straight/serious subject, it is fun to see where my mind takes me. Last year’s funding focus was for enrichment items to keep the pandas entertained. Of course I had to have my own point of view:
I am such a dork.
This year, they would like to help fund laboratory equipment and so I came up with this idea for a cartoon for their program.
Can you calibrate the cuppycake?
But this was not quite enough help to lend to pandas, and so I thought I’d have a special promotion. To help support the work that Pandas International does, I have decided (because, you know, I’m the decider around here) that for each and every Panda Chronicles book sold through either Amazon or my Createspace stores during the month of February 2014, I will donate $1 to Pandas International. Really!
It’s just like the panda says! Buy my book and real pandas benefit!
So, if you were thinking about adding to your collection of Panda Chronicles books, February would be a great time to do it. There are now 3 books in the series, starting with The Panda Chronicles Book 1: Your Brain on Pandas, moving on to The Panda Chronicles Book 2: Wheel…of….Pandas! and my most recent release, The Panda Chronicles Book 3: Nobody Expects the Panda Kindergarten! and soon, very soon, maybe even before the end of February (no pressure, of course) The Panda Chronicles Book 4: The Book of Wu, which contains all the cartoons to date starring Mr. Wu! It will start with his early days in the den and continue with all five of his extended play adventure stories! Huzzah!
I know I always say this, but this really is my best book yet.
So…support pandas, buy my books and be there bear!
Bob T. Panda
It was bound to happen, sooner or later! As you may recall, we launched the idea of a panda clan tartan a full two weeks before the Edinburgh Zoo announced that they had commissioned one.
And now, British Airways has painted one of their jets just like the one that I drew more than 4 years ago, for PandAir Airlines, the only airline run by and for pandas. How do you like them cuppycakes?
bears in the air…
Beware…..
Pandas have a better idea…
notice the stylish design….
please have your tray table in their upright position for take-off…
…and most of all, don’t panic.
see, doesn’t this look just like British Airways’ new paint job?
I rest my case.
You’ll notice the older, less polished style (and very poor image clean-up skills, I might add) of the cartoon, which makes my point, I said it first. Really, all these corporate entities should check with me before they launch these things!
Well, till next week, when we predict the next trend in panda themed promotions,
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I know, that in reality the pandas “Sweetie” and “Sunshine” have already arrived in Britain, but as usual, I’m a tardy bear. So here is the first episode of the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire’s version of the events that are unfolding in Scotland.
Also, Babette has been posing for photos everywhere! Stay tuned for new outfits and photos of our favorite bears about town.
Also, a brush with fame to report. The image of the 30 days of Pandas poster (available from Pandyland at Cafepress) appeared in an ad for Cafe Press on The Daily What’s page with a video of ….ooo get ready…MISERY BEAR!!!!!!!!!! Our hero! Check out our Pandyland link on the right. But really, Misery Bear is our personal hero. Check out M.B. too.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I know, that in reality the pandas “Sweetie” and “Sunshine” have already arrived in Britain, but as usual, I’m a tardy bear. So here is the first episode of the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire’s version of the events that are unfolding in Scotland.
Also, Babette has been posing for photos everywhere! Stay tuned for new outfits and photos of our favorite bears about town.
Also, a brush with fame to report. The image of the 30 days of Pandas poster (available from Pandyland at Cafepress) appeared in an ad for Cafe Press on The Daily What’s page with a video of ….ooo get ready…MISERY BEAR!!!!!!!!!! Our hero! Check out our Pandyland link on the right. But really, Misery Bear is our personal hero. Check out M.B. too.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Well, we’re not entirely sure, but we think the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire has officially launched our new Panda Commerce Division: PANDYLAND on Cafe Press. You can follow the link in the sidebar under the heading Panda Commerce Division. ( http://www.cafepress.com/pandyland) I am still working out some of the bugs as I am not the most techno sort of panda and I will be adding more designs and cartoons of Bob and his friends to the page. I hope you will feel inclined to invite some pandas to come and live with you! Black and white goes with everything, don’t you think? We really thought it was time that the pandas got off their furry little butts and helped buy all the ink and paper that we use here to make cartoons. The fast food thing was really not working out.
Let me know what you think, and if there is something you would like to be on a t-shirt or anything else, really!
Be the (well dressed) Bear!
Bob T. Panda