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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Paul Smith said, 8 months ago
Shouldn’t that be a fiddle?
mrbribery said, 8 months ago
Shouldn’t they be in Rome?
Radish
said, 8 months ago
Shouldn’t he throw the banjo into the fire?
JohnnyDiego said, 8 months ago
Must be on their way to Louisiana.
Alphaanddelta said, 8 months ago
On the back of the banjo it says “Run Away”.
modena006 said, 8 months ago
Is Ralph on vacation?
DevilsNight said, 8 months ago
squeal like a pig Ned
steelergirl said, 8 months ago
Paddle faster, I HEAR BANJOS!!!!!!
Notsoastute said, 8 months ago
@DevilsNight
You sure do have a purty mouth.
Perkycat said, 8 months ago
Got my biggest laugh of the morning with this one.
LafInLarry
said, 8 months ago
@modena006
Top right corner.
rekam
said, 8 months ago
@LafInLarry
Thanks. I was looking for Ralph, myself.
bmonk said, 8 months ago
At least he’s not yodeling.
Dry
said, 8 months ago
Took me a while, but I found my Little Buddy! And no, I didn’t cheat using LafinLarry’s point out!