The Pandamorphosis Report….

Have I mentioned how wonderful you all are?  Not in the last 15 minutes? oh, well…

Thank you for all the pandarific support I am getting over at Kickstarter for Pandamorphosis.  I am now at 159% funded with a little over 9 days to go.  There has been support from so many people, Panda love and support from Pandas International and the folks at Buffoonery/ Grizz coat who had a really successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a panda coat.  (I know! how incredibly cool is THAT???)

If you haven’t been by, I hope you will visit the Pandamorphosis project and support it if you are so inclined.  If you can’t support it, I hope you’ll share it with your friends on Facebook and twitter.  Next to financially backing a project, one of the very best ways you can support it is to share it.  Your endorsement means the world.

Notice the very sensible panda who is walking down the stairs and holding the handrail.  :o)

Notice the very sensible panda who is walking down the stairs and holding the handrail. :o)

I am busy doing the happy panda dance today!
Huzzah!

Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

The Panda Olympics are on a tape delay…

….so here is Princess Pinky with a new episode!  (Apologies to Mr. Wu, for taking over Mr. Wu Wednesday, but he was um…busy.)

Never say "No" to a Pinky!

Never say “No” to a Pinky!

Be the bear!

Remember, there are 9 more days to visit and pledge on Pandamorphosis on Kickstarter, and the same to have any Panda Chronicles Book purchases benefit Pandas International during February.  Huzzah!!!!

Bob T. panda

And now from our bears on the spot at the Winter Olympics

Wow, It has been wild around here this week.  We are having a great response Pandamorphosis has been getting over at Kickstarter, and then all day yesterday, I thought the power was going to go out, because there was so much wind and rain.

But the show must go on, as they say, and the Pandalympics are no exception.  Here we have the latest Olympic sport for the Panda Kindergarten!

hey, are dere any more cuppycakes?

hey, are dere any more cuppycakes?

And don’t forget, there are just 10 more days to have your purchases of all three Panda Chronicles books over on Amazon help to support Pandas International in their work with pandas.  For each panda Chronicle book that is bought this month, I will donate $1 to Pandas International. Come’on. Be the bear.

The panda Chronicles supports Pandas International

It’s just like the panda says! Buy my book and real pandas benefit!

Bob T. Panda

I feel truly Fabulous on Fabulous Furry Friday

…because my kickstarter project is doing so well in the first two days. As of last night we have passed our initial funding goal, but are we stopping there? No we are not! One of the things that Kickstarter advises, is that you ask for the bare (or ‘bear’) minimum that it will take to both do your project, and fulfill your rewards.  This is because it’s an all or nothing deal.  If you really need $10,000 or the project can’t happen, It doesn’t make any sense to give you the $5,000 if that’s all you’ve raised, because then you can’t do the project, or fulfill the rewards, and then people get kind of snarky. (For good reason)

But, if you’re thinking ahead, there are always more parts to the project than you’ve first presented, and if you make secondary goals, maybe you can do some of them too, if you raise enough money. So get on over to the project, and sign up for a book or some original art.  There will be some new rewards later today as well as some clearly stated additional goals.

Of course the panda kindergarten wanted to lend a hand with the fundraising, and who am I to say “no”?  (Nobody says “no” to the panda kindergarten!)

fundraising on Kickstarter

Ha ha! George Clooney… where do those little pandas get these ideas?

But just because we are doing well, it doesn’t mean that we are out of the woods (or that we are doing what bears usually do in the woods!)

The panda kindergarten has been SOOOOOO helpful in past campaigns:

Says Babette de Panda:  "It's all about MOI` "

Says Babette de Panda: “It’s all about MOI` “

And here’s a little something from the panda kindergarten as they celebrate valentines day…

How splendiferous is chocolate? Let me count the ways

How splendiferous is chocolate? Let me count the ways

Princess Pinky Returns in our Salute to the Olympics

Princess Pinky is standing behind me and stamping her little (adorable) foot in impatience, but she is just going to have to wait a few seconds longer, while I send out a HUGE round of thanks to my Pandamorphosis supporters who showed up in the first 24 hours of my 15 day Pledge drive.  I will be listing names on the roll of honor as soon as I get Pinky’s new cartoon posted.

Sheesh! Mr. Wu was never this bad. (Or was he?)

Sochi Winter Olympics, Pandas

I keep hearing the song “bears on the Run” going through my head…the ski run, that is!

Thank you all again for supporting the Kickstarter campaign to fund Pandamorphosis.  Oh, you haven’t done that yet?  You can click the link on the side bar or this one right here.

Funding is already at 48% in the first 24 hours. You guys are the bears!
Bob T. Panda

The countdown has begun!

Oh my!

Last night, as I woke up at 4:darkhundred, the sky cleared for a little while, and the moon shone brightly through the trees.  I’m pretty sure it is a sign!

what would YOU wish for?

Is it a sign of good things to come?

There is only about 30 minutes until I kick-off my Kickstarter to fund the publication of Pandamorphosis.  I will do the countdown over at my page on Facebook  (known to pandas everywhere as Fezbook) and on twidder. My twidder name is @pandachronicle and you can look for the hashtag #Pandamorphosis, if you’re into such things.

If you are imaptient to get the link, which I won’t have till I launch, you can search for: Pandamorphosis: A fable of magic wishes, cats, and pandas

I’ll be back here later today with a new cartoon.  I apologize in advance for posting twice in one day, but Princess Pinky told me she wanted her OWN post, and didn’t want to share it with any pandas who were, um..not her.

The minutes till blast off are ticking down!

Be the (excited) Bear
Bob T. Panda

It is Kickstarter eve!

Oh my! It’s kind of like birthday eve and Christmas eve all rolled into one.  You never really know how a Kickstarter campaign is going to go till you are actually in the middle of it,  but I have been working on this book for so long, and have  had so many enthusiastic comments about it, that I believe that you all are going to sweep me off my fuzzy feet.   (You do celebrate your birthday eve, don’t you?)

Huzzah!

Here’s another of my favorite drawings, of the cat telling the stuffed panda just what is what, and who is the boss and the most loved around here.

cat and panda

“I am the favorite around here and don’t you forget it!”

I have apparently messed up the link for the preview of the Kickstarter project in the email I sent out earlier today, but I think I will ask you to go with the excitement of anticipation a bit longer. I will post the link to the live project here and other places as well!

Tomorrow at Noon PST I will let loose the bears on an unsuspecting world. Be ready.

Be the bears!
Bob T. Panda

Getting ready for Pandamorphosis! Huzzah!

Just a quick note to remind you that my Kickstarter project launch will come sometime later this week.  I’m starting to add book images to The Pandamorphosis Project Page (you can get to it by clicking on the link above) and I will feature the “daily artwork rewards” here with links to the Kickstarter project, for those of you who are so inclined.

Here is one of my all time favorite drawings from the book:

pandamorphosis illustration

Don’t you just hate it when your refrigerator is infested by…pandas?

Is it time for cake?
Stay tuned and Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda

It’s the Year of the Horsie!

What with getting ready for our Kickstarter project ready to launch this week, and putting the finishing touches on The Panda Chronicles Book 4: The Book of Wu, we are way behind with everything else.

But here at long last, we bring you The Panda Chronicles Salute to The Year of the Horsie, as only Mr. Wu, the Twinkies, and Princess Pinky can salute! (Does this mean that Wu, Twinkies, and Pinky are the part of the new panda kindergarten class? I think you know the answer to that!)

panda cubs on rocking horses

Huzzah! It’s The year of Pandas on Horsies!

Uh oh, it looks like Princess Pinky found the latest hiding place for her magical wand.  Better find a new, better hiding place, mom!

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. We woke to snow this morning, almost a whole inch! Hey, don’t throw stuff at me! It’s not like we don’t have our own form of lousy weather here in the Northwest!

Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

Stay tuned for some special announcements this week!

The Winter Olympics start next week…

…at the Panda Chronicles.  I know in the “real world” they start today, but what with the panda kindergarten threatening cuppycake mayhem, we just haven’t gotten to our Winter Olympic cartoons yet this year. Just so you can get into the Olympic swing of things, here are some of my favorites from the last Winter Olympics that the pandas participated in….

Pandas using performance enhancing substances? Say it isn't so!

Pandas using performance enhancing substances? Say it isn’t so!

'and for the record, it's just "giant slalom." It's not just for pandas.'

‘and for the record, it’s just “giant slalom.” It’s not just for pandas.’

and who could forget Babette's exciting trip to Rockefeller plaza Ice Rink?

and who could forget Babette’s exciting trip to Rockefeller plaza Ice Rink, as she practiced for the figure skating event? Big pandy thanks to her friend Frances A. who escorted her around NYC!

Ice dancing, the really, really really big ski jump, hurling…oh wait…isn’t that “curling”? all these events will be coming to YOU in the next several weeks!  Stay tuned to the Panda Channel!

Don’t forget that all this month we will be donating $1 to Pandas International for each one of my Panda Chronicles books that sell this month.  Book 4 is coming soon too!

Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda