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. In 2013, Whamond won the prestigious Reuben Award in the Best Newspaper Illustration division.
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pouncingtiger said, 7 months ago
I bet he also fell for the Trojan Rabbit.
mrbribery said, 7 months ago
I’m sure the men would enjoy a cow with a large supply of Trojans…
Pacopuddy said, 7 months ago
@mrbribery
snerk
blunebottle said, 7 months ago
Put it on the catapult, Gary.
Radish
said, 7 months ago
It’s to big to get through the door.
gir63 said, 7 months ago
But what if we build a large wooden badger…
Paul Smith said, 7 months ago
Oddly enough my brothers students built a Trojan Horse this year.
Rx71Wm29 said, 7 months ago
No udders and no horns? Can’t be a Cow and can’t be a Bull. So, what is it? Maybe a Chinese knock off of a Trojan Cow/Bull?
moderateisntleft said, 7 months ago
They’re waiting for “Trojan Man”??
GoodQuestion
said, 7 months ago
Thinking a Trojan Cow is filled with Trojans is stretching the point, don’t cha think?!? . . . ☻
Stephen Gilberg
said, 7 months ago
Let’s face it: Troy was way too gullible the first time. The survivors might just be dumb enough to fall for a variation on the same theme.
runar
said, 7 months ago
It’s possible to pick up a Trojan virus from an email. Hence the proverb: “Beware of Geeks bearing grifts”.
bmonk said, 7 months ago
@pouncingtiger
“I bet he also fell for the Trojan Rabbit.”
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He did—but it didn’t matter so much, because the English K-nig-ets were still outside the castle, having forgotten to get into the rabbit.
Johnny Robo said, 7 months ago
@Rx71Wm29
you cant see enough of it to know that there is no udder, so your comment is udderly baseless.