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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LadyLavendar said, 5 months ago
Oh gee I wonder why? And where are his I dare you friends?
bmonk said, 5 months ago
Next door is a tattoo removing clinic?
Ghost01 said, 5 months ago
At the Psychiatric clinic & AA.
GoodQuestion
said, 5 months ago
Dick Martin: “I’ll drink to that…” . . . . ☻
tototu said, 5 months ago
In the Navy, I never saw a sailor get one who wasn’t drunk at the time. But most wanted them, some did it on a dare.
exoticdoc2 said, 5 months ago
That says it all…
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Stephen Gilberg
said, 5 months ago
This would be funnier if it weren’t so true.
win said, 5 months ago
@GoodQuestion
“You bet your sweet bippy!”