Panda keeps on pondering

Panda's Ponderings... But who's Panda? Panda used to be my nickname when I was a little boy. This nickname was given to me by my father who named me after a comic figure from a newspaper.

Panda is less known than some other creations of Dutch cartoonist Marten Toonder, such as Oliver B Bumble and Tom Puss, but I think it is a funny name and I have adopted it as my internet ID.

Marten Toonder died last Wednesday at the age of 93 in Amsterdam, leaving an enormous heritage of comic books and illustrations.

Links
Radio Netherlands - in Dutch
Radio Netherlands World Service - in English
More on Oliver B Bumble
The Marten Toonder Collectors Club