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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capndunzzl said, 6 months ago
…someone’s being strung along.
blunebottle said, 6 months ago
That looks like the old ‘party line’ phone line….remember those?
Penfold
said, 6 months ago
You could hear some interesting conversations if you picked up the receiver at the wrong/right time!
Alphaanddelta said, 6 months ago
Early AT&T techies.
Notsoastute said, 6 months ago
@Penfold
And had to pay much more for a private line. Here, generally, there were 4 party lines, however in the more rural areas it was 10, and transmitted on open wire.
LadyLavendar said, 6 months ago
No secrets in small towns. I remember we were two long and one short.
When I first looked I thought that it was a tap on the line.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 6 months ago
@blunebottle
They were before my time, but I had to learn about them to understand certain stories.
naturally_easy said, 6 months ago
@LadyLavendar
That’s obviously a phone tap. I thought that right away, too.
pbuckland said, 6 months ago
“Can waiting? Doesn’t that mean the washroom’s vacant?
Brisbanekid said, 6 months ago
The latest in ‘telecanmunications’! Or are they canPhone 5’s?