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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briatollah said, 8 months ago
The brown spots mean it’s ripe and ready to eat.
pouncingtiger said, 8 months ago
Those brown spots look like bullet holes.
Radish
said, 8 months ago
Trying to hold back the decline into banana bread.
mrbribery said, 8 months ago
try a chemical peel…
GoodQuestion
said, 8 months ago
I know jest how he peels . . .
Dave gave Ralph the day off cause he was going nuts?!? . . . ☻
Notsoastute said, 8 months ago
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone.
Bob Rittick Jr. said, 8 months ago
Dave slipped up, no Ralph.
DAZZ
said, 8 months ago
I’d rather refrigerate a banana once it’s actually ripe (black skin but inside still OK for a few days -don’t like banana bread).
This one’s spots are not just skin deep. At 82 ambient in my house (tolerable and economical in summer) fruit cannot stay out for long.
Alphaanddelta said, 8 months ago
He looks like he’s pudding on weight.
whammica said, 8 months ago
Nuts! Forgot the squirrel again. I’d like to say it’s a cryptic message or I gave him the weekend off but sometimes I just simply forget poor ol’ Ralph.
Jeff0811 said, 8 months ago
@whammica
I thought the squirrel was getting his tail prune-ed. Orange you glad i chimed in? Thank you berry much, you’re a peach.
Ellen Gwynne said, 8 months ago
Those are AGE spots!
Dry
said, 8 months ago
WHERE’S MY LITTLE DUDE, DAVE? I DON’T SEE HIM! HMMPPHH! I WILL FORGIVE YOU THIS TIME! :-D