Those panda moms are some tough cookies. You do NOT want to
Make
them
MAD!
You might just find yourself grounded for life.
Good thing Pinky has her own computer in her room and a Skype account so she can keep in touch with her American Zoo panda compatriots.
But maybe you should be careful what you admit to, Pinky.
Hopefully Larry will start advising her to be a better behaved little panda soon.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I am very sorry to tell you of a great tragedy.
Yes, that’s right. Panda Scout cookie Season is over. But it’s not too late for Fabulous Furry Friday to salute the Panda Scout Cookie Drive!
On my honor, I will try…to eat as many cookies as I possibly can….
As you may recall, the Meihem twins are Panda Scouts and have earned many merit badges for such diverse skills as cookie wrangling, sibling rivalry, and hostage taking.
What do you mean “hostage taking” doesn’t have a merit badge? They were very polite.
And who could forget the great Highway Gate incident, when …um…”someone” disrupted traffic to Zoo Cublanta, thus spoiling the sale of the Meihem’s Panda Scout cookies?
Time to call in …Inspector panda!
Don’t you wish you could read the entire Highway-gate Story? You Do? Well, you might consider getting your very own copy of The Panda Chronicles Book 5: Pandapocalypse NOW! which has this whole story and a whole lot more Pinki-tude and Meihem, for your chortling pleasure. Wasn’t that a subtle commercial? I thought so too.
Have a great weekend!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
I could hear the cries of despair from Mehitabel’s fans (and yes, she does have them) and I had no intention of letting her disappearance be permanent. So yes, the cat came back.
And so did Bob!
Despite the fact that Bob is still wearing his vacation outfit, he’s back and ready to report, observant as ever!
um…”ooopsie”?
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Look at that adorable face! Frosting wouldn’t melt in her mouth.
Will there be some consequences for Miss Pinky? Hmmmmmm… tune in next week.
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
Ooopsie! Here, kitty, kitty! Where are you?
Where does one go when one gets poofed by Pinky? I’m afraid I must admit to a certain amount of irresponsibility. I mean, this is fiction, right? Do I have to have an answer for everything???? Meanwhile, Pinky has to answer to a higher authority for her actions.
Yes: her mom. Just because she is now living on her own in real life, doesn’t mean the same rules apply here.
Now where did that cat go?
Small bears will get into trouble, won’t they?
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Why, oh why, did Mehitabel not listen to me? I warned her about picking that precocious princess of panditude for her temporary co-host. Pick Mr. Wu, I suggested. he’s become a responsible sub-adult panda, as his work with Inspector Panda has shown. But no. You had to go for the big star, the Smithsonian icon, figuring it would boost Zoonooz’s ratings for sweeps week.
And look where it got you.
I was really afraid this was going to happen. We warned you about that Ides of March thingie, didn’t we?
I can’t help it. I love to draw Pinky when she gets all upset, and…um…poofy. My bad. But where did she go? I guess I’ll find out when you do. That’s what happens when you make Pinky mad. Bad stuff.
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
If there is one thing we just cannot abide (the Dude, notwithstanding) it is people or …um…pandas, getting credit for something they did not do. But that is just what is going on here at Zoonooz headquarters. Some one is going to have to put a stop to these journalistic follies!
And then there is accidentally confessing to something you did do, but hoping that no one will believe you.
We KNEW that was you!
Is there more Meihem ahead?
What do you think?
Meanwhile, the panda season of looooove is heating up! More from the PSofL soon! And don’t forget! Today is the Ides of March. We don’t know what that is, but it sounds scary. Beware!
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
Are you still here?…That’s what Mehitabel must be saying to herself about now. Why didn’t I hold auditions? Why did I say okay, when Mei Xiang called me and asked if I could give Pinky a job, just a little something to help her through her transition to big girl panda?
But she didn’t, and now she is paying the price, of having a co-host with a big personality. Maybe Bob could come back early…I’m sure he’s learned his lesson by now, don’t you think?
Archie, is that you?
This story is also courtesy of Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. What would I do without them?
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
In my attempt to be not just a visual artist, but also a writer, one of the crucial concepts I have learned about, whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, is that of voice. Everybody has one, apparently. I think maybe it’s a little like listening to your own outgoing message on your answering machine. Is that me? Boy do I sound dorky!
In these pages and in my cartoons, I strive for the panda voice, of each individual panda (and cat!) character that I invent as I sit in my studio, drawing and chortling to myself, (quietly, or sometimes not so quietly.) I think I should give myself a big, furry paw pat on the back for achieving this goal, because of some of the comments that people share with me here and on Fezbook. You get me! You really get me!
Huzzah!
Mehitabel did NOT approve this cartoon. I really did hear the story on Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me
Let me also add that some of my faithful readers must be looking into their crystal binky balls, because some of their suggestions, fears, and suppositions are not far from some of the upcoming cartoons, which I have been working on ahead of my usual last minute schedule! You have been paying attention, so give yourselves a big, furry paw pat on the back, and then go have a cuppycake. You have embraced your inner panda!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda!
BTW I don’t want anyone to forget that today ends daylight losing time, and so I must include the panda kindergarten salute to Daylight savings time!
Fabulous Furry Friday KNOWS that this is one of your favorites!
OK, unlike most of what we talk about here, this is totally serious and we are not making this up! The most recent panda census results are in and the wild panda population is up, possibly by as much as 17%. This is great news, because, well…pandas!
Not that we don’t make fun of serious things like the panda census. Of course, some people (and you know who you are, bro) might point out that China’s relationship to statistics is not um…entirely unlike that of the panda kindergarten.
Do we have to count panda adoption fees?
Is it any wonder Bob has a sharp pain behind his ears?
And here is more panda fun…because…um…pandas!
Always read the directions…
And because our heads are filled with thoughts of cuppycakes….
I smell frosting!
And because it’s that time of year….
Will Bob ever learn? will Mehitabel ever get the better of the panda kindergarten?
Let’s put pandas to work!
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
We proudly support Pandas International, because without pandas, there could be no panda satire!
A couple of weeks ago, a story hit the news: an anchorman misremembered or misspoke or what ever you want to call it, but anyway, he claimed he did something that didn’t happen. Since then a few other news show hosts and politicians have joined in with their own versions of revisionist histories. Here at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, we are hardly in a position to cast the first (if any) stones, as our memory is hardly what it used to be.
Bob has his own journalistic follies to contend with.
Oh, Bob, you didn’t really say that, did you?
Leave it to Mehitabel to keep things on track!
Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda