I can always count on my faithful panda community to alert me to important stories (especially about bears behaving badly!) but sometimes the NooZ comes via other sources like Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, or The Stephen Colbert show.
This little NooZ story came from both of them and so the booking team at ZooNooZ arranged for an interview with this newfound celebrity!
WE love the cheesiest jokes!
Be the Bear,
Bob T it wasn’t me Panda
How was that for weaseling out of finishing this ‘toon by last Thursday, the National Day for Americans to eat enough calories to feed a small nation? (Each of us) I managed not to explode (or finish this ‘toon till yesterday!)
Anyway, the pandas and brown bears wanted to wish you all a happy season of thankfulness, despite the continuing cluster**ck that is happening in the Capitol and various points around the globe. It’s clear (to anyone who isn’t hiding their head in the sand) that F45 is on the brink of total dissolution, despite the evil Nosferatu Miller and assorted slimy oligarchs slavering around the treasury.
I mean…I really hope there is something left when we get around to picking up the pieces.
I am immensely thankful to all of you who come around to read what I write and draw here. We need to have a little fun during this re-creation of The Hunger Games and The Handmaids Tale, right? How many times can we say THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FICTION?!?!?!?!?!
I suspect we are going to hear from the younger pandas who didn’t make it into this ‘toon. Sheesh. This job is hard enough without pandas yelling at me!
And if you are looking for gifts for your friends and family (or yourself…just saying) Redbubble is having lots of sales over the next couple weeks, so maybe something with pandas on it? Check out my Panda Chronicle shop over there!
Stay strong
Call or email your Congress People and tell them what you think about all this stuff Mittens is doing,
And always always always Be the Bear!
Bob T is trying to not panic Panda
…so I will give myself permission to share a few ‘toons from the archives as I had a few other more pressing chores to get to get to this week so did not finish a second ‘toon. Never fear, it is in progress and will appear on Tuesday.
First up! One of my earliest ‘toons! Inspired by the “Meet the Pandas” page on the SDZ website!
I did say MOSTLY true…okay…maybe PARTLY true would be better…slightly true?
And last but not least…
The very Bob! Let’s put our paws together for the song stylings of Bob T Panda!
I was going to look for ‘toons about cake (because there HAS been cake!) but I got distracted by some of my early favorite ‘toons!
Be the Bear
Bob T keeping the Birthday Season Spirit going Panda
While there now appear to be many A.I. generated videos of bears doing naughty things in places they don’t belong, (FAKE NOOZ! FAKE NOOZ!!!!) this was a real story as reported by some semi reputable noon source.
So here is a little mystery, which I think has been solved. While I was away on my trip that the republicans partly ruined by closing access to Binky Li and QB shutting down the government, visits to The Panda Chronicles went way up. Like a lot. Where I usually get between 40 and 100+/- visits a day, I was getting 400 or more, and a couple days over 1000 visits.
As this has resulted in absolutely no new subscriptions, I can only conclude that I was being swarmed by bots and not a newfound horde of panda satire enthusiasts. If, indeed, you are a newcomer to panda satire, please comment! Visits seem to be back down to normalish levels now, but who knows? I get a lot of spam comments from Russian bots (which is the reason all comments must be approved before I post them) so maybe they invited their friends.
Be the Bear
Bob T it’s nice to visit other bears Panda
In the top five of my favorite 200 films, is The Big Lebowski, a film, that when it came out, came out to lackluster reviews, but over time has been proven to be a cult classic and has many hardcore fans. One of the films fans turns out to be Senator Adam Schiff. During some hearing or event or something, I can’t remember who he was referring to but he quoted the Dude saying to his friend, the semi psychotic bowling buddy, Walter Sobchek: “You’re not wrong, Walter, you’re just an asshole“
At least six of the Coen brother’s films are in my top five favorites. Take that math and suck on it!
…a few weeks ago, there was a hearing when Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was questioning DJT’s personal attorney AG Dead Eyes Pammy Jo about an alleged bribe in the form of $50,000 cash in a bag that was given to one of F45’s henchman. Pammy Jo was extremely evasive as to whether the cash had been returned to the undercover FBI agents or if not returned, declared on the person’s IRS return.
I kept waiting for Senator Schiff to leap up and yell…
So I had to draw this:
Congratulations are in order to Virginia, New Jersey, and NYC for the fabulous outcome to Tuesday’s election. I believe Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, and Zohran Mamdani will be great leaders to their respective states and city. I’m riding the wave of hope as far as it will take me.
Stay strong, everyone.
Be the Bear
Bob T a win is a win is a win Panda
If you haven’t yet seen The Big Lebowski, what are you doing standing around reading The Panda Chronicles?
…is they keep coming back. (Apologies to vampire lovers out there, you know who you are…)
Just when we thought we were well and truly rid of the worst people in government, wouldn’t you know, they rose up on a tsunami of lies and managed to get back into power. And now here we are in the spooky season, with the government shutdown and honestly, there really wasn’t a “good” option for the Democrats, just bad and really bad.
But here we are and ZooNooZ is one Media giant that has not caved to F45 and his goons.
Apologies to people who actually like hairless cats. I don’t understand it, but I stand with you.
Be the Bear!
Bob T is not trying to be offensive Panda
Oh cwap….
Sigh…it’s almost October and no phone ringy dingy
Panda on
Bob T better luck next year…Panda
There has been a lot of bear defamation in the NooZ lately. Is this sort of: A BEAR WALKS INTO AN ICE CREAM SHOP…or A BEAR EATS A WEDDING CAKE…the kinds of jokes we tell about bears? I mean Fat Bear Week IS a thing, but for the most part, they are eating fish (…yes we KNOW you don’t like fish, Mikey) not ice cream or wedding cake.
Many people have pointed out the various inconsistencies in the alleged photo of a bear supposedly eating a wedding cake, but if the bear was Mikey, well, I think you might have to re-examine the evidence…
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite Fat Bears!
Be The Bear!
Bob T I’m just “fluffy” Panda
So, obviously I am “with” the bears” in the best sense of the words, that is, watching them chow down on donuts, ice cream and wedding cake, and looking through the archives to find some suitable Encore presentations for you while I finish today’s the next ‘toon.
I hope you enjoyed this encore presentation of ‘toons celebrating Fat Bear week!
Be the Bear!
Bob T we prefer to call it well insulated Panda
This has not been a great day, woke up with a headache. Not the headache in DC, this one a bit more localized. So I’m going to dive into the archives for some ‘toons from Septembers past!
Our humble beginnings!
And remember what happened in August of 2013? I’ll wait…
somehow it always comes around to Pinky! How does that happen?
Sigh….He is back and we wish he would leave.
Well, that’s our dive into the archives for today! I’ll try to track down Frank and Mikey and see where they are on their trip to Brooks Falls for the 2025 Fat Bear Contest! Life is a laugh a minute, is it not?
Be the Bear
Bob T this is why we can’t have nice things Panda