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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naturally_easy said, 7 months ago
Dave, you should take some art lessons on anatomy. That gals ta-tas could take someone’s eye out!
Pacopuddy said, 7 months ago
I agree – autocorrect is a menace.
I had a slip of the tongue when speaking to my ex-boss one time.
I meant to say ‘Good morning’, but it came out as ‘Why don’t you go to H%ll and take your $%^&£@ job with you, you @!£$( $£&@**$.’
It’s easily done.
JohnnyDiego said, 7 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Every time I try to say $%^&£@ job with you, you
!£$( $£&**$.’ to my Boss it comes out “Good morning.”Darn autocorrect!
Notsoastute said, 6 months ago
My last message to my last manager came out just like I typed it……I am now successfully retired.
He just couldn’t handle the truth ( as I saw it ).
pschearer
said, 6 months ago
The “autocorrect” version of this joke is even funnier than the “Freudian slip” version I once heard.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 6 months ago
I’ve seen such flimsy excuses at DYAC.
Perkycat said, 6 months ago
@JohnnyDiego
Funny! Boy – you just can’t win.
echoraven said, 6 months ago
Thankfully autocorrect doesn’t work that way or we ALL would be in deep doo doo.
DAZZ
said, 6 months ago
@echoraven
Just what I was thinking, MOST people would be.
le-roy said, 6 months ago
@JohnnyDiego
You get my vote for best comment so far.
goblyn said, 6 months ago
I have the same problem with OtterCorrect.
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 6 months ago
@Notsoastute
I once said to my Next up Administrator, “Why don’t just go and F%$#@&%$# your self up” and would you believe she grabbed the telephone to call security and have me thrown out, but before she dialed I showed to her some very implicating papers she had signed some three years before, (At the beginning of my employ under her) and she folded! Best day of my working days, I am now happily retired and savoring the unintended victory of that day! Can someone top that! Please tell me! I love short stories with happy endings!