Category Archives: the essential pandaness of being

Another Entry to the Roll of Honor

What was I thinking? no Roll of Honor could be complete without listing my very first readers and supporters in my quest for Panda Satire World Domination.  Of course I am talking about Catherine and Jason DeWitt of DeWitt Custom Framing in beautiful and bucolic Freeland Washington!!  I probably used up several reams of paper and fax film sending them my first cartoons, until they got rid of their fax machine. ( Hmmmmmm. do you suppose all those cartoons had anything to do with that decision?)  Well anyway, thanks for helping start me on the road to panda satire!

The Atlanta Surprise! (part 1)

Well knock me down and put feathers up my nose, I couldn’t have been more surprised at the news coming from the Panda Ranch and Day Spa in Chengdu.  Yup,  Mei Lan, Atlanta’s Beauty turns out to be a boy!  I suppose Lun Lun knew, but for some reason she didn’t say anything.  Panda watchers are all scratching their heads in wonder and embarrassment, no doubt.

Here’s the first of 2 cartoons on the subject, so hot off the press our pen is still smoking!

Stay tuned for the 2nd installment (Yes there really is one, it’s just not done yet)!

Till then, here is a little seasonal cheer from the Institute of Contemporary Panda Satire!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Coming SOON to the World of Internet Commerce….

Here at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, we are pleased to announce that we are taking the leap to bring about panda proliferation!  Invite Bob T. Panda and friends into your home! Introducing the ShowUsTheMoney division of P.A.N.D,A. International and Way Better Than Working Cartoons:

I’ll let you know when things are up and running.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Once again it’s time for WHEEL….OF…PANDAS!

OK, because I just think they are so much more funny when seen all together, here are all three episodes of Wheel…of…Pandas!  Yes it’s true, a new episode was completed today! Pretty neat, huh?

Episode 1

And yes, the new episode presented, of course by the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, in all it’s glory,episode 3:

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

And Now, We Return to All…My…Pandas! (swelling music)

Yes it’s time for another episode of All My Pandas Time of Our General Pandamonium, brought to you by our sponsors at Pandyland Productions, a division of the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. (whew!) Let’s see what is about to happen at the Hospital for Indigent Pandas, founded by the lovely and philanthropic, Babette dePanda.

Will Doctor Bob T. Panda ever notice the lovely and lonely Babette?  With whom was the good doctor drinking bamboo-tinis?  Where did Nurse Babette get her lovely uniform?  Will Mehitabel survive her attack of “A-Pandacitus”?  Tune in next time to All My Pandas yada-yada-yada.

Be the Bear,

Bob T. Panda

 

And Now, We Return to All…My…Pandas! (swelling music)

Yes it’s time for another episode of All My Pandas Time of Our General Pandamonium, brought to you by our sponsors at Pandyland Productions, a division of the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. (whew!) Let’s see what is about to happen at the Hospital for Indigent Pandas, founded by the lovely and philanthropic, Babette dePanda.

Will Doctor Bob T. Panda ever notice the lovely and lonely Babette?  With whom was the good doctor drinking bamboo-tinis?  Where did Nurse Babette get her lovely uniform?  Will Mehitabel survive her attack of “A-Pandacitus”?  Tune in next time to All My Pandas yada-yada-yada.

Be the Bear,

Bob T. Panda

 

School Days, School Days, Good Old Panda School Days…

No matter how old I get, September always means back to school, or at least back to work full steam ahead.  We at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire are very glad to see the panda kindergarten back in session. Very, very glad.

I’m sure lots of people are happy to see students head back to school.

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

How many pandas are there? Let me count the bears….

In a recent post by Henry Nicholls, author of The Way of the Panda, he talked about the upcoming panda census.  The various methods for counting wild pandas are fairly, well, quite frankly, some of them are just gross.  We at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire feel we have a better idea.  Just mail out the forms to the pandas and let them fill them out.  Don’t have their addresses?  Just leave them where pandas are sure to find them.

Ok, well, maybe not.

We thought it would be a good idea to re-run a quiz we gave last year in honor of the panda census.  Find out right now how far your panda obsession has gone!

Please answer the questions as honestly as possible as this will go on your permanent record.

1. How many stuffed pandas do you now own?

a) Oh, just a couple.

b) You can still see parts of my bed

c) None of your business

2. What percentage of your friends are now sending you pictures of pandas, panda cards or emails with pictures of the earthquake pandas?

a) 10%

b) 25%

c)I have no friends anymore, except for pandas, which all love me.

3.  What portion of your time do you spend thinking about pandas?

a) Just when I have my coffee in the morning.

b) Only when I’m awake.

c) What else could I possibly want to think about?

3.  Do you feel that your obssession with pandas is interfering with your daily life and ability to earn a living?

a) No, no, it’s no problem. Just talk amongst yourselves, while I look at pictures of earthquake pandas.

b) None of your business.

c) No, the cardboard box that I now live in is quite comfortable and I’ve drawn pictures of pandas all over the inside.

Hope this little quiz has been instructive!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

I’m Ready for My Close Up!

Just a quick note to let you know that I am now famous.  OK well, maybe not completely famous, but Sue Frause interviewed me for her Seattle Post Intelligencer blog on Life on Whidbey Island.   Here’s the link: http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey

Rumor has it that my cartoon-ographer is working on a new cartoon today!

Till then,

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

 

 

I’m Ready for My Close Up!

Just a quick note to let you know that I am now famous.  OK well, maybe not completely famous, but Sue Frause interviewed me for her Seattle Post Intelligencer blog on Life on Whidbey Island.   Here’s the link: http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey

Rumor has it that my cartoon-ographer is working on a new cartoon today!

Till then,

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda