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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Citizen GROG!
said, 5 months ago
No stranger than you two eating it.
Pacopuddy said, 5 months ago
@Citizen GROG!
You’re not kidding? Do they know what’s in those things?
no1scouse said, 5 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Does anybody?
Pacopuddy said, 5 months ago
@no1scouse
You’re right – otherwise none of us would eat them. (Bumholes, nostrils and cow lips in a bun, anyone?)
Rx71Wm29 said, 5 months ago
Sure, it’s sawdust and wishfull thinking.
whmIII said, 5 months ago
People who appreciate the law and like sausages should never watch either being made…
le-roy said, 5 months ago
It’s not for the squeamish, but hey – I’m not squeamish. Just don’t THINK about what’s in it, like you don’t think about what microscopic particles are in the air you’re breathing at this very moment.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 5 months ago
They make hot dogs and buns in Ralph’s size?
HeatherLouWho said, 5 months ago
@Citizen GROG!
That IS the joke, no?
Ather said, 5 months ago
Holy meatloaf. A talking pig.
GoodQuestion
said, 5 months ago
That takes a lot of guts . . . ☻
bmonk said, 5 months ago
It would work better if the pig was eating a hot dog (not a kosher one) and the cow a hamburger. But a dog eating meat is less twisted than a cow eating some.
goblyn said, 5 months ago
I once saw a pigeon eating some fried chicken on the street. Seemed a little wrong…
demorodney said, 5 months ago
@bmonk
A BLT, the pig should be eating bacon.
comicsdotcom47
said, 5 months ago
Kind of like when Huckleberry Hound was a dog catcher (catching non-anthropomorphic dogs, of course).