You can lead a horse to water, or as Dorothy Parker once said, You can lead a…oh well, um…never mind about that. Bob has decided to hold some cultural events for the panda kindergarten, in hopes of civilizing them a bit.
Ha ha.
The cake abides….
I will…be…the cake. I love poetry, don’t you?
Be the …cake!
Bob T. Panda
Whew…one more week closer to the end of the year. I wonder what resolutions the panda kindergarten is considering.
Meanwhile, get ready for another 31 days of Pandas coming to you in December. Don’t even plan to go into work. Spend the month with pandas, pandas, pandas! I have an idea, which I shall reveal to you soon.
Mehitabel takes over….
But not for long!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
Oh dear, I just can’t look. You look and tell me what’s happening! Is Mr Wu OK? Are you on the edge of your seat?
Good.
That cat is pure evil!
I know, I know, I’m introducing the bucket of water too early, and the witch is supposed to be afraid of water. I could have had Mr. Toasty’s bread catch fire, but somehow, I didn’t think he’d recover from that.
It is a sad, but true fact, that this cartoon feature once belonged to Mehitabel. Oh, she’d occasionally allow another cat, or maybe a bunny to appear, but mostly, it was all about her. The one day a panda showed up, and then another, and then yet one more. Finally the panda kindergarten came on the scene and it hasn’t been the same since, for poor, poor, Mehitabel.
What’s a cat to do? Pass the cake, please.
Happy panda birthday season! Huzzah!
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
Huzzah! Pandas are on the move and here are some pandas on a journey!
say it isn’t so!…
Thank goodness Mehitabel escaped this fiasco…
what was Bob thinking?
the best laid plans of cats and bears….
Will Mehitabel survive this flashback experience? Or will it turn her against pandas, once and for all?
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
Now, there was something that I was going to use one of my cartoons to illustrate, but darn if I can remember!
Maybe it was related to writing my Pandafesto, Letting Loose the Bears: The Panda Chronicles guide to Embracing your Inner Panda. Oh yeah. I think that was it!
Just how hard would it be…
…to embrace your inner panda?
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Is it here yet? Did Bob post the newest episode of The Wizard of Wu, Mr. Wu’s exciting adventure, yet? No, Oh heck…my boss just went by again and saw the pandas on my screen. Okay, wait… Yay! It’s here!
Okay, now it’s getting exciting! Scary parts dead ahead!
Binky and Pinky and Bunnies, oh my!* Mr Wu is in for it now! He is going to have to follow the cuppycake road, in order to find the Wizard of Wu, who will help him (we hope!) find his way back home to his family and some of that happily ever after stuff. Is this getting exciting or what? WE don’t even know what is going to happen next or who Mr Wu will meet along the way. Or is that “whom”? Anyway, we’re in for a bumpity ride!
In other exciting panda satire news…..
There has been a small bit of movement on my wordless children’s picture book, Pandamorphosis. I don’t want to reveal too much before it’s time, but no matter what the Chinese calendar says, I believe that next year will be the year of the panda. Huzzah!
I will tell you a bit about Pandamorphosis’ news in my monthly newsletter that I hope to have out…um…next week. So, if you’re not signed up yet, just get yourself up to the top of the right-hand column and make sure you’re signed up! Newsletter subscribers get the news first, even before the panda kindergarten. Don’t worry about signing up twice. The smart folks over at MailChimp won’t let you do that. Also, if you used to get The Panda Chronicles in your inbox or news reader, your subscription went away when I switched to a self hosted website (here) so you will need to re-sign-up if you want to get this sent to you. Hey it’s free, and this way you don’t have one more thing to remember to do. Again, the sign-up is at the top of the right-hand column.
But Wait, There’s More!
I’m taking part in Dana Sitar’s ManiWriMo, which stands for National Manifesto Writing Month, which is inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) both of which take place in November. She has formed a group of (mostly) writers to spend the month writing their personal manifesto, as a group, with the goal of publishing it as an e-book. You don’t have to publish, but as a long time artist, I know how valuable a tool this is in clarifying your creative vision, to yourself, as well as others.
The title of my Pandafesto (you know I had to change this to a panda word, didn’t you?) is:
Letting Loose the Bears: The Panda Chronicles’ Guide to Embracing Your Inner Panda.
I think there will be cartoons in the pandafesto, in order to illustrate some of my key points.
If you’re interested in joining in with your own personal manifesto (or pandafesto) there’s still time. It’s free, it’s fun, and you might get clarity about your creative goals, and maybe even a book! Join me at ManiWriMo!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
PS: Thanks for joining me here at the Panda Chronicles. While this content is free for you and everyone else to enjoy, I would love it if you decided you wanted to have the pandas come to stay with you, in book form, of course. (those pesky zoos won’t even let me have one for the weekend!) Just click on one of the handy buttons in the right hand column, which will take you to Amazon, where you can buy one or more of my books. Huzzah, and thank you!
Better late than never, is the usual order of the day, and better early than late! Or better to have a full plate of cuppycakes than a measly bowl of granola.
Anyway….
It is the time of year when little pandas dress up and go door to door, begging and threatening to get treats. In today’s classic cartoon, Bob attempts to teach the panda kindergarten the fundamentals of Trick or Treat.
Trick or Trick!!!!!!!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
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?
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
Woo hoo! Okay, there a few other elements to the government shutdown that were really bad for the national and world economies, but shutting down the National Zoo panda cam was the final straw. Princess Pinky must be able to address her people, people!
So, in celebration of full access to all pandas everywhere, we bring you several of our all time favorite panda ‘toons for your quick while the boss is out of the office Friday entertainment.
What’s that stuff getting all over my paws? Oh…it’s frosting!
What happens in the panda kindergarten, STAYS in the panda kindergarten
..in which we introduce Inspector Panda….
Inspector Panda says, “Know the signs of cuppycake dependency”
Well, that’s it for this week! Be sure to tune in next week when Princess Pinky returns and we continue with Mr. Wu’s adventure! And remember, buying my books supports the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, which draws and publishes these cartoons for everyone’s enjoyment of this blog! (kinda like National Panda Radio, you know?)
Have a great weekend! Be the Bear.
Bob T. Panda