…where I congratulate myself for how many people came and visited The Panda Chronicles yesterday. 614 of you thought we were worth visiting. Either that, or something went wrong with 614 different computers and you were inexplicably sent to this site. Well, however you got here, I hope you’ll keep coming back and invite your friends to come too. After all, everyone loves pandas.
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Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
It’s Monday morning, and I want to welcome all the new pandateers who have visited the Panda Chronicles for the first time. One of our most important concepts here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, is that of Embracing Your Inner Panda.
I also have to give myself a big dope-slap for missing the opportunity to add a relevant and irreverent caption to Saturday’s cartoon. As it was Bastille Day, the caption to this cartoon SHOULD have read: “Let them eat cake.” (go back and look if you missed it)
And now, on to today’s cartoons!
But wait, there’s more!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
We were so happy when we heard about Panda Awareness Week on Facebook the other day, that we could hardly contain ourselves! So, we had to postpone the continuation of the saga of the panda kindergarten in Italy for just a few more days…(and then there is the upcoming Panda Olympics and what ever happened to those torch bears after they sold their torch?)
And then, coincidentally, I heard a story about the annual Running of the Bulls, in Pamplona, Spain, and I thought, wouldn’t THAT be the perfect event to hold during panda awareness week? Not the running of the bulls, of course, but the running of the BEARS!!!!!!
What makes a panda run? Cuppycakes, of course!!!!
Be the bear!
Celebrate Panda Awareness Week by telling 3 of your friends about the Panda Chronicles!
Bob T. Panda
Tonight, Bob has a show of paintings! Huzzah!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Here are the next two panels of the Italian panda saga. Sorry to be so slow, but there is a little bit of other work that I must do. Sigh…a pandas work is never done. A thanks in advance to Bob’s fezbook friends with excellent suggestions for panda kindergarten mayhem and mischief. Huzzah!
be the bear!
Bob T. Panda
Here are the next two panels of the Italian panda saga. Sorry to be so slow, but there is a little bit of other work that I must do. Sigh…a pandas work is never done. A thanks in advance to Bob’s fezbook friends with excellent suggestions for panda kindergarten mayhem and mischief. Huzzah!
be the bear!
Bob T. Panda
Yes, I’ve got the pens refilled and fired up, ready to start on the chronicles of the panda kindergarten‘s trip to Italy. I can tell you right now, that over 1000 years of civilization is no match for the panda kindergarten. Rather than make you wait till the series is completely done, I will post the panels as I do them, which has it’s up and downsides. (waiting versus cliffhangers, don’t cha know) So, hold on to your cannolis and get ready to follow the pandy kindy to sunny olde Italy!
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of the Italian Adventure, starring the panda kindergarten!
be the bear!!!!!
Bob T. Panda
It has come to my attention via a faithful reader, that there was a shooting tragedy in a Seattle coffee shop in the past week or so. She suggested that I pull this cartoon and at first I agreed, but then I had another thought (which is probably NOT a good thing, as I am sleep deprived and extremely jet lagged, having just returned from foreign lands.)
Throughout cartooning history, cartoonists have walked a very fine line between commenting through satire and just being in extremely bad taste. It’s what we do to make sense of the world around us and sometimes the “funny” is overpowered by well, powerful sentiments. (As evidenced by death threats against cartoonists.) This cartoon was originally drawn in protest of open gun carrying policies and through the absurdity of an over caffeinated cat with a gun, show that maybe, just maybe, carrying weapons in public is just a bad idea. So, I’m going to let this cartoon stand, with deepest apologies to anyone who has ever had to deal with the aftermath of violence. Big pandy hug.
Just a quick note to let you all know that I and the panda kindergarten have returned from our “cultural enrichment excursion” to Italy and Holland. All rumors of Interpol involvement and international crimes against property and good taste have been vastly exaggerated. In any case, the panda kindergarten would like to apologize (yes they WOULD…NO BACK TALK) for any unintended “mishaps” that may have occurred as a result of “cultural misunderstandings.”
Until we have time to start drawing the saga of the pandas in Italy, here is a classic offering from the Panda Chronicles to keep you amused.
What could be more Italian than espresso?
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I have to admit, I had thought that Maurice Sendak was gone years ago. Maybe because his books were among my favorites as a young cubbie. His quirky and dark sense of humor continues to be an inspiration to me with my own work. Imagine my surprise to find that he was still alive, at least until this past Tuesday. I have to admit, that the idea of honoring him with a wild rumpus was not my original idea. On Tuesday night there was a meeting of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in Seattle. So, thanks for the idea. I do believe I was the first to have the panda kindergarten rumpus in his honor.
Nobody can rumpus like the panda kindergarten!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I was listening to NPR last night (that’s National Panda Radio, you know) and heard a story about researchers giving orangutans iPads in order to teach them to communicate with people. I would respectfully (of course) point out that pandas have been using mePhones for several years in order to track each other (and occasionally order pizza) with great success.
Remember, you heard it here first!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda