Oh my! A new Year is upon us. I think I saw somewhere that this year is the Chinese Year of the Rat. I need to double check this, because there could be a lot of rats deserting the sinking ship of the You Know Who (p)residency!
But meanwhile, let’s join Bob and Mehitabel as we welcome in the new year!
Pinky really needs to quit doing that.
Buckle up, buttercup!
Bob T Panda
Oh my goodness! It’s Day 31!!!! It’s New year’s Eve in my time zone. for some of you, it’s already next year! What ever time zone you are in, take a deep breath, sleep in, if you can, and think about how you are going to combat authoritarianism this year!
I’m going to do it by speaking out here, and in the real world, and keep drawing my ‘toons that speak my truth!
WE need to do better in 2020! What can possibly go wrong?
Panda on!
Bob T Panda
It’s Day 30 of 31 Days of Pandas! Thank you for joining me for this month-long Pandapalooza! It is always fun dipping into the archives to see what floats to the surface!
We are looking at a very stressful year ahead. HWMNBN is not going to go quietly into the night like Nixon did. He is going to go kicking and screaming and saying UNFAIR WITCH HUNT all the way. We need to be very brave and stand up for the Constitution and for Democracy. We need all the pandas and frosting that we can get!
2011
Ever wondered where all these pandas came from?
2012
The panda kindergaten knows where you live.
2013
An explorer’s work is never done.
2014
Pinky answers difficult questions from the press in her own way.
2015
Thanks a lot, Leslie. I think you gave Pinky this idea.
2016
Oh those red pandas! They are such characters!
2017
…and due to the International women’s day strike of 2017
2018
Well *bleep* and take your *bleep* and stick it *bleep*!!!!
2019- We introduced Frank and Mikey late in 2018 (when they allegedly ate Supreme Court nominee Bart Kravenclaw) and I think these (non-panda) bears are here to stay!
Ruh Roh….
I hope you enjoyed this look back at panda satire through the years since we started this blog! Tune in tomorrow for the 31st day of 31 Days of Pandas, and all next month as we do our Year in Review on Sundays!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
We are so close to the end of 31 Days of Pandas that I can almost taste the cuppycakes that I get to have once I get done setting up all of these posts! I’m hard at work, thinking about what the pandas are going to get up to next year! These little bears keep me on my tippy toes!
are you SURE it’s not “carbonated”?
well, what if I….
but…WeREndangered!
What do you mean by “was?”
Bob’s first foray into the realms of literature …
is it….
…time for….
…a little something?
be the bear
Bob T Panda
By the way, I am hard at work inventing the reward levels for the felty panda project, which I am calling Hold Me Closer Tiny Panda! I’m very excited, as I have always felt that the only way you get good at something is to do it a lot! To that end, even though the project hasn’t started yet (look for it to start around the 9th of January, for Kickstarter’s #Make100 initiative) I am already making pandas! I keep designating ones I want to keep, as well as refining my panda felting techniques. Stay tuned! as soon as I have a bit more done on the project page, I’ll share it with you here so you can follow along and be ready for the launch!
We are on the downhill slope:
towards the shortest day of the year…
towards the vote to impeach HWMNBN
We shall have one more day of kinder, gentler pandas from a more innocent time, before heading paws first into the maelstrom! A healthy serving of cake (by which I mean a really large one with extra frosting) may be in order as well.
Princess Pinky and her very first tutu, gifted to her by her big brother Tai Shan!
Just the thing for a cozy evening at home with mom and the panda cam!
Huzzah! It’s Bert and his brother Ernie!
…and their jammies! Huzzah!
downloadable paper panda upgrade
Ready for panda kindergarten!
Happy 100th day Birthday! More frosting!
What the well dressed panda cub is wearing this season!
Still one of my favorite ‘toons…
You better watch out….
Consider this my Werld Peez Pandifesto
Panda on!
Bob T Panda
Oh my goodness! We are almost at the halfway point of 31 Days of Pandas! Are you excited? I know that I am! This week we will continue with our latest Holiday (instant) Classic, Mei Xiang’s Nightmare before Christmas (Part 3 premiering on Tuesday!) and on Wednesday, we will have an Impeachment special! Huzzah!
Bee-lieve!
Escape! Come with me, little cake, so we can be alone together.
Legalize cake today! Prevent illicit cuppycake activities.
THIS is a case for Inspector Panda!
Day 17…Naughty or Nice? you decide!
The Four Panda Kindergarteners of the Apandalypse!
Every time a bell rings, a panda gets a cuppycake!
Bob T Panda
Do I need to mention it again? Buy Stuff With Pandas!
Whew! We survived Friday the 13th (not to mention the marathon hearing in the House Judiciary chambers.) To be honest, I did not watch or listen to that hearing. My capacity to listen to the republican naysayers yelling about how this was all totally unfair and besides, nobody can impeach the “president” except for the “president”!!! Otherwise it is a COUP!!!!
Yeah, um…no.
So, I’m getting ready to watch the entire House vote on impeachment, and to take to the streets the night before! Don’t forget to call or email your Rep in Congress and tell them what you think, whether you are for or against impeachment. (Not that anyone reading THIS blog is against it, but hey, I’m willing to listen to calm, well reasoned arguments *)
*provided you have actually read the Constitution and what it has to say about impeachment and the respective powers of the executive and legislative branches of government,
sweet!
Schmoop!
You left the panda kindergarten alone with my house?
“why do I always get so kerfuffled when it comes to decorating for the holidays?”
All I Want for Christmas…
And here is a picture from when Frances took Babette skating at Rockefeller Plaza!
and who could forget Babette’s exciting trip to Rockefeller plaza Ice Rink?
Panda on!
Bob T Panda
It’s Day 4 of 31 Days of Pandas! The panda socks have arrived, and I’m going to spend this evening packing and organizing (and then watching movies and felting pandas!) Tomorrow there will be another new ‘toon and then on Friday, there will be more from Pinky in Wonderland.
The post about the lions that ate the rhino poachers showed up on Twitter this week, so I thought that today’s encore presentation could be this series from The Animal Justice League!
Ooooooo-oooo-oooo-we have food tonight…
Here kitty kitty…nice kitty…
“We just want to talk!”
What goes around, comes around.
You just can’t trust crocodiles.
Panda On!
Bob T Panda
Are you excited? I know I am! I am excited for so many things! First, 31 Days of Pandas is my excuse to go full panda for an entire month. Secondly (and very importantly,) the socks are on their way to me even as we speak! The folks down at Pin Game Strong are great to work with. One of the many kind things they do, is to send pictures of the finished items as they receive them, before sending them on to me.
What could be better than wearing pandas on your feet?
I should have the socks in my hot little paws by Tuesday afternoon. My goal is to get them packed and shipped by Friday. There are about a half dozen people who have not responded to their invoices yet, so if you are one of them, please check your spam folder to see if the invoice is there, and pay the PayPal invoice promptly. I won’t be shipping unpaid orders. I’ll send out another reminder on Monday.
I’m still getting set up, but there are a whole bunch of fun things you can buy with my pandas on them, AND they are having a site wide 25%-60% off sale, which means YOU can buy MORE Stuff with PANDAS!!!! Here’s the LINK! I have things with Pinky, Bubba, Mr. Wu AND things from Pandamorphosis (For those who like more fine art pandas!)
Curiouser and curiouser…
Pinky: mommee is making jokes again!
Was that Mr. Bun????
Sometimes being spontunerous can get you in over your head, Pinky!
Drink mee!
Be the Bear and Buy Stuff with pandas!
Bob T panda
It’s time for that holiday that is celebrated in the good old US of A, you know, the one where you get together with family you don’t particularly want to see, argue with Uncle George about what the current “resident” of the WH is really up to, the one where you eat way too much of food you don’t really like and then it’s time for PIE!
Once I moved far, far from home, and got to have this holiday extravaganza with friends of my own choosing, my attitude changed somewhat. (I do like pie, and why doesn’t anyone still make the sweet potato casserole with melted marshmallows on top?) I continue to be thankful for spending time with people I love.
Princess Pinky says, she is thankful for cuppycakes and da panda kindygarten and her magical wand!
And now we know about all the cultural/genocidal implications of our first National Holiday, which I won’t get into here, but need to be acknowledged. That makes celebrating this holiday kind of cringe-worthy, and yet…
I think it is a good thing to be thankful for the many things that have come our way. If we can separate the history of white europeans invading these shores, and all that followed afterward (because, if you aren’t an indigenous person, you are an immigrant no matter how many generations ago your ancestors got here) I think that is okay to have a holiday in which we acknowledge what we are thankful for.
Friends
Artistic talent
Pandas
Good health
A home of my own
Trees that surround my house
Pandas
People who appreciate (and buy!) my art, my writing and panda satire
Did I remember to mention pandas?
Friends who like to visit pandas
Cuppycakes
Books
Art museums
Cats!
Scottish terriers
A convenient grocery store
#PandaTwitter
Coffee
Coffee tastes better when you have it with Pinky!
That’s something we should all be thankful for! As we head into full on impeachment mode, we may be watching, in real time, the 45th “president” of these here United States dissolve, self destruct, maybe even burst into flames in front of our very eyes! We are going to need all the funny we can get if we want to get through this alive!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
