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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chireef said, 8 months ago
bet its a womans voice
naturally_easy said, 8 months ago
My GPS kept giving worthless directions until I changed the voice to a male. True story….ask my wife.
jeffc42
said, 8 months ago
I’m wondering if all these GPS cartoons have anything to do with the new iOS6 and Apple Maps.
Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )
said, 8 months ago
Shouldn’t GPS units be installed in the back seat?
listmom said, 8 months ago
My husband and I have been using Garmins for years. On the old ones, we’d program the route into them, so basically we told them which way to go.
Rx71Wm29 said, 8 months ago
I’ve heard a rumor that Steve Jobs had his voice recoreded and placed into one of the versions of his company’s GPS units? So, if you accidentally buy that one, you can have S.J. direct your course!
KingArthur67 said, 8 months ago
We true men love gadgets. True men would accept the directions from a GPS simply because it is a gadget