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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pouncingtiger said, 7 months ago
Hey, you! Get off of our cloud.
DreamScourge said, 7 months ago
Strange, thought all smokers went the other way!
naturally_easy said, 7 months ago
Dark clouds have to come from somewhere!
Radish
said, 7 months ago
He’s on a second hand cloud.
piloti said, 7 months ago
@DreamScourge
So you think smoking is a mortal sin?
(I don’t indulge, buy the way.)
blunebottle said, 7 months ago
He’s just in the non-smoking section.
blunebottle said, 7 months ago
…or maybe he’s just one of those holier-than-thou types…
Citizen GROG!
said, 7 months ago
@DreamScourge
With a remark like that, I’ll go in any direction that you’re not going.
GoodQuestion
said, 7 months ago
He’s high on second-hand smoke and in a purple haze . . .
Hey Ralph, get out of that crowd! . . . . ☻
Gwen said, 7 months ago
@blunebottle
Or a former smoker
Perkycat said, 7 months ago
They better be careful – smoking kills!
Rx71Wm29 said, 7 months ago
“So you think smoking is a mortal sin?
(I don’t indulge, buy the way.)”
#
Don’t indulge in what, mortal sin or smoking? 8^)
Stephen Gilberg
said, 7 months ago
It is a sin insofar as you knowingly damage a temple of God — and incidentally damage others around you — but I imagine many smokers make it to Heaven. That said, they probably don’t smoke there.
fishbulb239 said, 7 months ago
He’s walking on Cloud 13! (Or 666.)
briatollah said, 7 months ago
@Stephen Gilberg
Maybe they smoke themselves silly in Heaven, because there’s no worry of cancer or emphysema.