A wacky vision of the world that exposes the hidden hilarity in ordinary circumstances.
Cartoonist Dave Whamond offers an offbeat view of the world in Reality Check, his daily and Sunday comic panel that exposes the hidden hilarity in everyday situations. A thoroughly wacky look at life, Whamond explains, "I just frame some of the silliness of everyday life in the comic and invite people to take a double-take -- to look at life from another angle.
Reality Check is more a state of mind than anything else. The characters could be people you know -- maybe even a bit of yourself -- but the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Whamond was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in the small northern Canadian town of Whitecourt where, he says, "there was nothing to do but draw cartoons." He discovered doodling at an early age, practiced through many math classes and attended the Alberta College of Art, where he studied visual communications and discovered his true passion -- cartooning and illustration.
Whamond freelanced at The Calgary Herald as an editorial cartoonist, sharing duties with the paper's staff cartoonist and publishing three cartoons a week while still in college. He honed his skills at the Herald for five years before devoting himself full-time to freelance illustration for magazines. Whamond's illustrations have been published in Sports Illustrated, National Geographic World, Financial Times, Owl Magazine, Psychology Today and T.V. Times, among others. He also illustrates a monthly feature for Sesame Street magazine.
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Arch Stanton said, about 1 year ago
He’s about to get majorly plucked.
clucky said, about 1 year ago
Like the name of newspaper.
olddog1 said, about 1 year ago
Almost missed the squirrel in the paper.
Citizen GROG!
said, about 1 year ago
The Devil’s a wing nut?
G Stanton said, about 1 year ago
Look…. its Rick Santorum!
Stephen Gilberg
said, about 1 year ago
Wiley Miller must wish he thought of this. He once had a corrupt man gain wings and fly toward the light… of the devil’s bug zapper.
jack simon said, about 1 year ago
and he made a killing on Wall Street….
Bailed out said, about 1 year ago
Looks more like Walter Mondale.
exoticdoc2 said, about 1 year ago
Another old cliche about “good works” being able to save a person.
capndunzzl said, about 1 year ago
…just ring another bell.
Ather said, about 1 year ago
Ooh Mr. Proper Manners eats with his pinky up.
bmonk said, about 1 year ago
@exoticdoc2
You could read it just the opposite: he did no good works, but still got the wings.
Of course, without grace, keeping them is the problem.