All bears, Fat or otherwise, are on the move! Pinky is almost at the zoo, if she can just lose her police escort…Wasn’t it nice of Mittens to leave a bunch of really fast cars just idling by the train station so that Pinky didn’t need to hail a cab to get to the zoo to visit Binky Li!
Frank and Mikey have found an RV and are making tracks up to the annual Festival of Fat Bears up in Katmai National Park in Alaska. I sure hope it goes better than last year!
And Binky Li, QB, and Ping are waiting in the kitchen of the Panda House for Pinky to arrive….
I feel like breaking into a chorus of “Bears on the Run!“
Things are getting worse and worse in our Nation’s capitol, but as long as we have bears, we might make it through!
Be the Bear Bob T I’m trying not to think too much about it Panda
Oh dear, the week got away from me again. Here are a couple of Protest Bears which coincidentally are available as Tee-shirts, posters, and coffee cups over on Redbubble!
I will try very hard to get a new ‘toon done this week, after all, Fat Bear Week is Coming!
Be the Bear! Bob T what? I was busy making art Panda
I do love the whole air of festiveness as we head towards the elimination finals in about a month for Fat Bear Week 2026! Will Frank and Mikey make an appearance?
I’m working on some designs for t-shirts and stuff with Frank and Mikey
In keeping with the Fat Bear Week theme, let’s look back through the archives on Frank and Mikey’s last trip to Brooks Falls to visit their old friends…
Uh oh…how much trouble are Frank and Mikey in? Will they be welcome at the Falls this year? I guess we’ll find out!
In the meantime, don’t forget to check your voter’s registration no matter where you live!
Till next time… Be the Bear! Bob T pass the cuppycakes Panda
Yes, Pinky’s Birthday is officially over (say it isn’t so!!!!) but there are So! Many! ‘toons about PINKY!
So what can we do? Just go with it, I guess!
Pinky answers difficult questions from the press in her own way.Could Mama Mei Xiang really be contemplating letting Pinky loose on the pandy kindy?Pinky needs stuff and she needs it now!What is Pinky reading?Isn’t that the whole point of being presydent? Pinky.
It is sad, isn’t it, that the current WH resident has taken his legal philosophy from a cartoon panda.
Maybe Mommee Mei might have some influence over Pinky…dream on!Did you want to rephrase that last statement?
I guess that’s enough of Pinky…at least for now! Be the Bear Bob T you can’t ignore Pinky Panda!
This has nothing to do with the fact that I didn’t get a new ‘toon done.
Yes, We are fast approaching Pinky’s Birthday weekend. Actually, it’s ALL the DC panda kids (except Tai…sorry, dude!) birthday weekend. Bikkie on Friday, Bubba on Saturday, and Pinky on Sunday!
But in other political nooz, it looks like Pinky has picked up an endorsement for 2028…
Could this be the endorsement Pinky has been waiting for? Noted political journalist David Rothkopf* seems to think that the zoo would be a better place to find a presidential candidate more qualified than the Secretary of War Crimes. And who could he have meant by “at the zoo” other than our very own American Smifsonian Icon, that perpetual candidate, Princess Pinky Panda??????
apologies to Mr. Rothkopf by dragging him into this debacle. No harm, no foul, right? Your sister likes me.
So let’s revisit some of Pinky’s best (?) campaign moments through the years, as we prepare to celebrate her birthday!
Pinky, please do not get your brother all wound up!Aren’t you already in enough trouble, Pinky?“Just run along and put these brochures where people will see them!”You knew Mommee was going to get angry, didn’t you?Pinky did something wrong? I’m shocked!Pinky: first you tell me I CAN’T cubpaign in da zoo, now you won’t let me LEAVE!!!Remember the song “The Eve of Destruction”? That’s what today feels like.
and then it was worse than we could ever imagine….
We might have some more Pinky ‘toons next week, if I can’t rouse myself to get a new ‘toon done! Stay ‘Tooned!
Be the Bear Bob T please don’t sue me for suggesting you endorsed Pinky Panda
Everyone knows the party isn’t over till you can sit down and re-hash it!
And that’s how Six and Sebben got their names! I’m not entirely sure that the attempting poofing didn’t have some long term effects…
All’s well that ends well, right? RIGHT????Bears will be bears
Wasn’t that fun? Here’s a few other favorites from the archives…
But some pandas go both ways!It’s so hard to be cool when you still live with your mom.
Mr Wu wellness cubbie exam with the green ball is one of my all time favorites!
what will the panda kindergarten do next?
Well, I hope you enjoyed this extended dive into the archives! I’m pretty much done with the work for my upcoming paint show, and returning from a much needed trip, so I expect there will be new ‘toons shortly!
Be the Bear Bob T I hope Mittens didn’t burn down the country in my absence Panda
As I finish up my work for my upcoming show, I find I need to lean on the archives a little bit more. Of course that means you get a BUNCH of ‘toons instead of just one, so not all bad!
Let’s see what bubbles to the surface…
Back in the before times…
What happens at the debate, states at the debate…Uh oh. Is Bubba about to rat someone out?
sigh…if only…
Whoever could it be, to see Pinky in her lair?Oh Bubba! What were you thinking?Just what kind of deal is Pinky making?
Didn’t anyone tell Pinky if you have to cheat, you’re not winning? Hmm…
Um…I had some fluff in my eyes….What goes around, comes around…
Sorry, it’s been another crazy busy week, but I’m making progress on exhibition stuff, and hopefully I’ll have a bit more relaxed week next week. Hahahahahahahahaha!
Since we are coming up on Mr. Wu’s birthday season next month, I thought I’d share one of the Mr. Wu Stories, with more coming in the next couple of weeks. I can’t believe he’s going to turn 14 this July!!!! That does not seem possible.
Here is one of Mr Wu’s early encounter with the Panda Kindergarten…
Whatever could be in the box the panda kindergarten is delivering to Mr. Wu?Will the panda kindergarten get it put together before Bai Yun gets home?“Up in the Air, Junior Pandas…”Nothing like a snappy graphic to um…solve a problem!May Day! May Day!Mr wu’s cousin, da SooperpannaBet ya didn’t see this coming…or maybe you did.I just had to include something with that provocative “rear panda view” you know!
Another archive dive today because I went outside, had fun, and took a nap this weekend. Hopefully I will finish what I started on for today, on Thursday! Still deep in the getting ready for my show trenches, but it will be done in the not too distant future!
All My Pandas……Excuse me, Mr. Watterson, but….I love a good art forgery, don’t you?Oh dear, the Mei-hem twinkies have made Pinky mad. Uh oh.He who laughs last, laughs…um…last.
Bill Watterson remains one of the guiding lights for cartoonists of this era. I thought it would be fun to share this whole story line from the archives. Calvin and Hobbes was a force to be reckoned with, and still is to this day.
I’m sure I will get something new done…eventually. Meanwhile, paintings are happening!
Be the Bear Bob T I’d rather be goofing off Panda
BTW, I have finally unearthed my work station in the felty studio and probably late summer or early fall start making some more things.
