Oh That Evil Cat! Episode 7 of The Wizard of Wu

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Helloooo fans of Mr Wu. Oh, what a couple of exciting weeks it’s been! What with the Princess Pinky panda cam shutdown, and the twinkies about to get their real names (I don’t know why Zoo Atlanta has NOT returned my many phone calls lobbying for the names Bert and Ernie!)

But now it is Mr Wu Wednesday and all those other pandas should just step aside and let Mr Wu have the stage! For those of you who have just started following The Panda Chronicles, we have a new practice here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. At least once a month, I will run ALL the cartoons that are part of an extended story series, thus relieving you of the tedious chore of sorting through all the previous posts to try to find out where the story started.

Of course, if you sign up for my mailing list, once a month you will get a little communique from me, which contains a downloadable pdf of one of Mr Wu’s earlier adventure and other panda satire news! Huzzah! Commercial over. Huzzah! BTW, in the works is a collection of ALL the Mr Wu cartoons, from the beginning of his adorable life. Okay, NOW commercial over. Huzzah!

where happy pandas eat bamboo, oh why, oh why, can’t…Wu?

We’re in for it now, Binky!

Hang on to your hats, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!

I don’t think we’re in Pandiego any more, Binky….

What could be waiting outside? Where the heck ARE we, Binky?

Mr Wu landas in the cuppycake region of pandyland in this episode of his new adventure

Don’t I know you from somewhere?

and now, for the latest installment of The Wizard of Wu!

Mehitabel would like to register her protest about given the least sympathetic role in this adventure.

Okay pan fans! time to get back to…um…at least pretending that you are working!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

Princess Pinky makes a move…Pandas beware!

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Oh my, despite the fact that we missed two weeks of Princess Pinky’s formative …um…weeks, she is still small and cute. She is starting to assert herself as seen in the recent exam video shared by the National Zoo panda cam. I can relate. If someone was measuring my …um…girth and then broadcasting the numbers across the web for all eternity, I would squawk too. Just sayin’.

Today, the little princess is making a play for power from the Wu-self, to be recognized as the only panda worth watching. I just don’t know what his reaction will be.

Princess Pinky is drawing a line in the sandbox.

Well!

Mr Wu is probably going to have something to say about this. Will the twins side with Mr Wu in boy panda solidarity, or will the panda kindergarten step in? I guess you’ll just have to come back to find out!

Be the Bear! (All Hail Princess Pinky!)

Bob T. Panda

Fabulous Furry Friday celebrates the return of the NZ Panda cam!

Mr. Wu continues his adventure in the mysterious land of….

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…well, we don’t actually know where this land is, but it sure isn’t Pandiego, or even Kansas, for that matter. From Mr Wu’s former black and white world, he enters a land of ..um…well, it’s still glorious black and white, but if I ever had the time to do it as a full color picture book, this is when we would shift to glorious color!

There are some folks in this strange new world that Mr Wu will meet that remind him of those he knows back in the real world, including some that he considers interlopers into his world domination of cuteness. Sigh. Are even our dreams and fantasies subject to all those annoying elements of our life that we would like to escape?

Apparently so….

Don’t I know you from somewhere?

Aren’t you glad we’ve returned to Mr Wu’s adventure? (although we can’t exactly promise that we won’t comment on current events…in fact there could be some similar events taking place in the land of Wu….)

Meanwhile, we seem to have resolved our technical difficulties of Monday. It seems I used a picture with the wrong 3 letters at the end. Sigh. That’s what happens when you are a bear on the run. I’ll try to pay more attention!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

PS: I’m devastated to say that I was not selected to win the all expenses paid trip to Atlanta to be present at the naming ceremony of the Atlanta Twin pandas. I guess that makes it okay for me to continue to call them Bert and Ernie.

Huzzah! Here we are again….

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Despite the fact that the weather has been marvelous, a cool but sunny typical Northwest fall, The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire never rests, knowing how much you depend on your weekly doses of panda satire. In other words, there is no shutdown going on here!

Is that the twins I see before me? Don’t tell Lun Lun

Meanwhile in Atlanta, next week is the naming ceremony for the panda twins born this July. I’m guessing my suggestion of “Bert and Ernie” has not been given the full consideration it deserves. Go figure.

Tune in on Wednesday, when Mr Wu resumes his new adventure!

Be the Bear,

Bob T. Panda

Oh My Goodness, I forgot it was Fabulous Furry Friday!

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See what happens when I try to get some actual work done? I forget all about my duty to provide and perpetrate panda satire upon the world. What was I thinking?

While the nation still waits for someone to turn the NZ panda cam back on, you can relax, sit back, and get a dose of panda satire to get you through the weekend. I shall now dive into the archives, and see what looks funny this evening.

“You are right and Wu is wrong…I’ll never do it again, mommy.” Perhaps Mr Wu should have thought of this before he shut down the government.

Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of this story!

I just heard tell that the 2014 Winter Olympics are right around the corner, and that means this years torch bears will be back in action!

Recent reports of the continuing survival of Tao tao, an actual panda, raised in a semi wild area and released to the wild, is alive and well, and adjusting to life as a wild panda.

Well, till next week when we return with more from the Twinkies and princess Pinky, not to mention the next installment of Mr Wu’s adventure, buy lots of my books and be the bears!

Bob T. Panda

It’s Mr Wu Wednesday!

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Hello panda fans! Mr Wu has had to step out of his new adventure, due to certain allegations regarding the NZ panda cam shutdown, but he will be back…um..where ever that adventure is taking place, next week. We pandy promise!

Are you now, or have you ever been a panda?

Really, if we couldn’t laugh about this, we would start crying.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

It’s Mini-Mei Monday!

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Okay, okay, let’s not get spoiled and expect that Princess Pinky is going to have a new cartoon every Monday, but she really wanted this one to be posted, and with the National Zoo pandacam still down, I felt compelled to provide this public service to the nation. And don’t think there will be a Twinkie Tuesday every week either! The young pandas of this nation are just going to have to share Mondays for a while.

Pinky tests her powers….

Meanwhile, if you didn’t already know, the third book in The Panda Chronicle series, Nobody Expects the Panda Kindergarten, is now available on Amazon. Just click on the handy button over there on the right hand column! I know that not everyone has book buying in their budget and that’s why I share my panda satire here and on Facebook and Twitter for free, no subscriptions needed. But of course, writing and drawing take time and buying my books is an excellent way to support panda satire. And while you’re at it, buy them for your friends too! Okay, commercial over. Now go out there and be the bear!

Bob T. Panda

It’s Fabulous Furry Friday!

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Wowee, a big day at the Panda Chronicles just because I shot my mouth off. There are (and will continue to be) some who disagree with me. It’s not only the role of cartoonists to entertain; sometimes we have to poke gentle fun at people and events we think need poking. Sometimes it gets us in trouble, and sometimes people who don’t agree stop listening, and that’s OK. Art is about expressing what the artists feels, not saying just what they think people want to hear, which would be tough, since there are many points of view. Just sayin.

Now let’s have some fun, relax and embrace our inner pandas, ‘kay?

What's that stuff getting all over my paws? Oh...it's frosting!

The inside of my brain is a complicated place.

The secret lives of the wild panda!

Maybe if you do a little yoga, you’ll feel better. Just breathe, ‘kay?

OK, folks! have a good weekend, relax, have a cuppycake, and think good thoughts.

‘kay?

Bob T. panda

Princess Pinky wants her pandacam back on NOW!

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Sigh….I try not to be too blatant in my personal opinions, but ya know, sometimes a bear just has to put his two-cents in the hat in the ring. Or something like that.

Two news stories today made me realize that the situation has just gone way beyond ludicrous. The unconscionable behavior by the Republicans in the House that refuse even to let a vote on the budget be taken is irresponsible in the extreme. And the news stories? Story #1 is about a Republican Congressman who berated a Park Service Ranger for “not doing her job” when it was the House’s unwillingness to act that closed the park in the first place.

Story #2 which I have not read any updates on, but it appears that this morning, there was a shooter/sniper shooting at Congress. Now, I detest violence, and I’m not a fan of guns, but if a peace loving panda is reduced to screaming at the radio when ever a Republican congressperson is telling lies about WHY the government has been shut down, imagine what would happen if an unstable person with access to firearms has his or her financial support cut off because of said inaction of Congress. I’m sure the irony of this situation is lost on those* who refused to enact reasonable gun control legislation. (* Republican/ tea party)

And then, there is the pandacam:

How much can a small panda stand?

Like Pinky said: The Affordable Care Act is already a law. (and the Supreme Court said it’s OK) Get over it and let everyone get back to work. Alright? And quit trying to blame it all on the President.

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda