Pandas in the Arts…
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And now, to be completely serious….no, really.
Note: No cats were actually harmed during the making of this cartoon, although they definitely were offended.
Yes it’s true, I am not a cartoon panda (sorry if I’ve surprised or disappointed anyone) and I really do have a Kickstarter project that still has a long way to meet my funding goals in only 7 days. I usually don’t cross pollinate my blogs, or the different parts of my creative life, but I’m making an exception here. Please check out my project at the following link. Even if you can’t help, maybe the extra traffic will encourage the folks at Kickstarter to give me a little extra exposure, so please visit and recommend to your friends and readers, if you see fit. Here’s the link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arttraveler/painting-from-the-source-the-inspiration-of-italy
We now return to our regular scheduled silliness. You are all the Bears for following the Panda Chronicles. It’s thanks to you all that I am about to reach 20,000 visits! (or maybe my brother visited 20,000 times?)
Bob T. (not really a panda, but let’s pretend) Panda
Ok, NOW it’s Fat Tuesday (or is it Pudgy Wednesday?)
We could hardly keep Babette‘s feet on the ground, once she realized that, not ONLY has she been nominated for best panda in a short feature film, (Your Brain on Pandas: The Movie) but that she would lead the Panda Krew in the All Panda Fat Tuesday celebration in New Orleans! We apologize that our footage of the festivities was unavailable yesterday, but it seems that we had some technical difficulties which prevented us from showing the film yesterday. Without any further delay, Here is:
All Panda Fat Tuesday!
Till next time, Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Procrastination is a many splendored thing…..
Hey, remember oh, a month or so (or so…) ago and TheRubbe gave me the versatile blogger award….well, I did part of the required dealy-bobs you have to do, thank the giver of the award, tell 7 things about yourself that the bloggosphere doesn’t know, and then pass the award on to 7 more people. Well, I kept putting off granting the award to more people, which, like my usual response to chain letters, drops it dead in it’s tracks. Part of my procrastination had to do with I wasn’t sure if there were 7 blogs that I follow, and then there is all the technical stuff of looking up their addresses and putting them on the blog and contacting them and blah blah blah.
Not nearly so much entertainment as playing with the panda kindergarten. But fulfilling these duties is part of that which makes the blog world go round. Some of the things I like about this place is that:
1. People accept me as a cartoon panda. (HA HA!)
2. I’ve connected with people who are cartoonists or writers or just interesting and those connections feel real, not virtual. Maybe that is an illusion, but it is a comforting one, nonetheless!
3. I have insinuated the word “cuppycakes” into common usage.
Is that cool or what
So, Here is my list of blogs that I recommend, with perhaps a short note about why I like them.
The Traveling Writer : great advice about creative work.
The Ugly Moose: Because it’s funny, and who wouldn’t love this name?
http://theuglymoose.wordpress.com
Ashley Jillian
Stowaway Train
Pretty Feet Pop Toe: because London isn’t all about the BBC and people with cool accents.
Just Outside the Box Cartoon: Cartoons! Huzzah!
http://justoutsidetheboxcartoon.com/
Kitty Blogger: who doesn’t love cute pictures and cartoons of cats?
http://kittybloger.wordpress.com/
The Daily Misfortune: Short, to the point, and cynical as hell.
http://thedailymisfortune.com/
And of course, a few pandas to get you through the night:
Be the Bear!
Bob T. (I’ll get to it, quit nagging) Panda
Going Outward Bound to Reach Your Inner Panda
Yes, we have another Roll of Honor inductee! Good friend and panda supporter, Ellen N. has been trying to get on the Roll of Honor for quite sometime, offering therapy services for Bob to help him deal with the panda kindergarten, among Bob’s many other problems. Finally she suggested that the panda kindergarten be sent to an Outward Bound experience. As per usual, here at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire we can’t just take an idea at face value. NOOOOO! We must twist and subvert the original idea until it only barely (or bearly) resembles the original idea because, well, we’re just that sort of bear! So without further ado, here is today’s feature cartoon !
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Today’s REAL post (as opposed to the bogus one, earlier…)
In case anyone missed the Year of the Dragon cartoon that ran last month, I repeat it for you now, along with further dragon year/panda kindergarten adventures.
Perhaps Bob’s next book could be The Panda Kindergarten That Played With a Blow Torch.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. (note to self: don’t forget to back up) Panda
Just so you know….
I just registered yourbrainonpandas.com as my official domain! You can still get there using the .wordpresss.com thingie, but now you don’t have to type all those extra tiring letters! Tune back in this evening for the latest adventures of the Panda Kindergarten!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. (we had almost 250 visitors yesterday) Panda
For MEEEEEE? Oh, you shouldn’t have…..
Happy Valentines day from Bob, Babette, Mehitabel, and, of course, the Panda Kindergarten.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. (what happened to those chocolates?) Panda
And, as the campaign heats up….
I’m not sure what is worse: Bob’s continuing delusions that the panda kindergarten has turned over a new leaf, or the behavior of the panda kindergarten. I really think I should just stay out of it, although I have left some literature on Bob’s desk about Outward Bound programs for young pandas. I think maybe a session with Bob’s therapist is well overdue. (Ok, OK, Ellen, your Roll of Honor placement is coming….)
Mehitabel the cat; Be NOT the the Bear!
More about studying from the masters….
No, I’m not talking Rembrandt here, although once in a while I channel Carravagio in my compositions. What I’m talking about are the cartooning greats: Gary Larson, Bill Watterson, Scott Adams….recently I’ve been devouring Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau and the late, and extremely great Walt Kelly’s Pogo. “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Were truer words ever spoken in cartoons, let alone real life? For some one who is notorious for only looking at the pictures in art books and not reading the text, I am lovingly absorbing every word in these books, written by and about these cartoonist. One comment made by Walt Kelly that was reported in the book struck a cord with me. On being asked about the 500+ named characters, plus hundreds of un-named characters that appeared in his cartoons, he replied, “Well, I just assume that they have jobs in other cartoons when they are not here.” People sometimes ask where I come up for the ideas for my cartoons. I can now authoritatively say that my characters are really in charge. I am just the person holding the pen.
The panda kindergarten at their best...
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda