Yes, yes, you’re a Lebowski, I’m a Lebowski…so what? Oops. wrong line. I’m late, I’m late, so without any further ado…
Babette de Panda: I have got to get some new minions!
Sometimes 31 Days of Pandas gets the better of me… Not to mention the power outage.
More tomorrow!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Here we go with days 12, 13, and 14, delayed by the windstorm and power outage (which was finally over at about 1 AM this morning) that commenced Thursday evening, of December 11th. All is well here at headquarters of The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire. Well, now it is, anyway. The sun is shining and it was a lovely day to go out and move fallen branches from the yard and driveway to spots that are less inconvenient for them to exist in.
But enough about you and your problems, I hear coming from the cheap seats. Where are all these panda cartoons that you were allegedly working on by candle light while you had nothing better to do, since you couldn’t check your twitter feed ad infinitum?
OK, OK, already. Here’s the next episode of The Case of the Picturesque Panda:
Oh, Inspector Panda! What a surprise!
And for those of you who follow the antics of Bob T. Panda and his Junior Panda Friends on Facebook, you may have seen a notice that Princess Pinky has something dastardly in mind, to perhaps skew the voting in the Giant Zoo Panda Awards.
Pinky, I thought we agreed you wouldn’t do anything naughty.
This will not stand!
A big pandy thank you to all of you who have ordered books this month. Remember, I will make a donation to Pandas International for each copy of Pandamorphosis or any of the Panda Chronicles series books that you buy this month, so now’s the time to buy, buy buy!
We’ll be back sometime tomorrow with the next episode of Inspector Panda and then I have a special Holidays with Pandas surprise (that just popped into my head a few days ago!) Huzzah!
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear<
Bob T. Panda
The panda kindergarten (with the impressionable young Mr. Wu in tow) is speeding towards the exciting conclusion of The Case of the Picturesque Panda, but we are going to stretch this out a bit. BwaHaHa!!!!! And as one of our faithful readers has commented, “the only thing scarier than a panda driving a car and not looking where he’s going, is a panda driving a car not looking where he’s going and eating a cuppycake!”
So, on with the show! Not to mention, 31 Days of Pandas!
Look out for that car!
Don’t you hate it when the driver turns around to talk to someone in the car while they are speeding down the…um…sidewalk?
See you tomorrow for the Friday cliffhanger. Bwahahahaha!
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
Are you having fun yet? I know I am, and the pandas just keep on coming your way, with 31 Days of Pandas and all the panda fun you can bear.
Today’s cartoon was inspired by one of my favorite “motifs” in Calvin and Hobbes. I’m talking about the ones where Calvin and Hobbes are rocketing along in Calvin’s sled or wagon, over some impossibly steep, rocky cliff, all the while having a philosophical discussion with Hobbes, who is looking on in horror, just before they crash.
Look out for that….
I think even the car is horrified by the pandy kindy driving style.
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
Inspector Panda is back, and he’s loaded for bear! I can’t believe I used that joke, and actually, while the esteemed Inspector Panda’s story The Case of The Picturesque Panda has returned, those rascally darlings of the art history department, the panda kindergarten, has seized center stage, with Mr. Wu along for a very wild ride! But the very Inspector Panda will be along shortly.
Of course, we need our omniscient narrator to bring us up to date. It is Monday, after all!
Let’s ride like the wind! Away, pandas, away!!!!
Huzzah! Princess Pinky has inserted herself into the narrative, but who will protest? Not I, not I.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Pandas were um…demanding a little closure of the Winnie the Pooh in Poland story, so what could we do, but comply?
I’m not sure Mehitabel has anything to talk about.
Speaking of Mehitabel, she has been using my computer again when I wasn’t home, and trying to lead Cordelia’s Mom’s dog Cody astray. What am I going to do with this cat? You can read all about it here.
And since it is 31 Days of Pandas, I would be remiss if I didn’t post a little something with pandas here. Here’s another image from my book, Pandamorphosis:
Coincidentally, you can find this image on a beautiful panda print at The Fine Balance Imaging Gratitude Gallery.
Be the bear, and see you tomorrow!
Bob T. Panda
…or is that the city council of Tuszyn, Poland? How can they ban the most beloved bear of all of children’s literature?
Sometimes I can’t make stuff up that is absurd as what I read on the news, and since this information has been reported in more than one media site, I am inclined to believe that this really happened. Poor Pooh Bear…banned from a playground for…um…not wearing any pants. Hello? He’s a BEAR. (not to mention fictional)
Naturally I had to write a comic about it.
The irony of Mehitabel criticizing Pooh Bear for his wardrobe, does not escape me.
I love my job.
Be the Bear! We’ll be back with more of 31 Days of Pandas Tomorrow!
Bob T. Panda
Oh the suspense is building! The Case of The Picturesque Panda is rocketing to it’s dramatic conclusion sometime this month! (We don’t know exactly when, because, quite frankly, we really don”t know entirely where this story is going.) But one thing you can be sure of, there will be pandas, cuppycakes, and at least several cases of bears behaving badly!
As we near the end of our first week of 31 Days of Pandas, we are happy to report that we are not yet behind in our panda-ing to the masses! We hope that if you are enjoying these comics, that you will share them with your friends, whether you tweet them, post on Facebook, or print them out and *chase people down in the grocery store and don’t let them leave until they read them all and tell you how funny they are, or until their ice cream starts to melt.
(* I’m kidding about this, don’t get arrested, ‘kay?)
Hmmm…it seems that Babette de Panda has enlisted some hench-pandas. They look just a liddle bit familiar…
And while this is the season to…um…buy stuff, consider that prints from our book, Pandamorphosis would make a lovely gift (for others, as well as for yourself). 16 different images are now available in several sizes from The Gratitude Gallery of Fine Balance Imaging. They have all of my available images on their website on my very own page. (And they are very nice people!)
Inspector Panda will be gathering his thoughts over the weekend, but will return on Monday with the next installment! Stay tuned tomorrow for the scandalous expose` of one of kiddie lit’s most beloved characters!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I know, I know, you’re thinking “WTF! Why are we only getting one panel a day of Inspector Panda? Sometimes we got two, or even THREE!!!” Well, if you think about it, with only one episode of Inspector Panda per week when it’s not PanDaWriMo, you would only be getting two panels per week and now you are getting five! Just saying, OK?
Well, actually no one has said any such thing. Nevermind. :o)
And now, on with today’s show! We don’t call it 31 Days of Pandas for nothing!
And just who is that sneaking a peak from under the curtain?
Meanwhile, yesterday was “Giving Tuesday” when everyone was supposed to reach deep into your wallets or your well of compassion for others, and give to the worthy cause of your choice. I am a little disappointed to say that fans of Panda Satire did not flock to Amazon and order piles of my books, for which I was going to make a donation to Pandas International. I’m not trying to make you feel guilty, because that doesn’t usually get the desired effect. (right mom?) But unlike much of life, you are going to get a second chance. For any order for the entire month of December for any of the Panda Chronicles Books or for Pandamorphosis, I will make a donation to Pandas International. Just follow the handy link to my book page and click on through to Amazon or Createspace. They make great gifts!
Huzzah!
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
…and I’m not behind YET, but it was kind of close! I thought I’d get ahead during November, while I was bringing the Inspector Panda saga up to date, but alas…I took a vacation instead. I’m pretty sure that was a good thing. Tis the season to be exhausted after all.
But now, there is no time to lose! We must follow Inspector Panda as he leads us into the den of the mysterious and perhaps devious Babette de Panda!
Oh where, oh where, will Inspector Panda Find Babette, not to mention Mr. Wu and the panda kindergarten art history squad?
See you tomorrow!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda