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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c001 said, 4 months ago
Do cats have 7 or 9 lives?
DevilsNight said, 4 months ago
9
Brian K
said, 4 months ago
Now he has 6. He needs to get a 3up mushroom like in Super Mario
androgenoide said, 4 months ago
@c001
Depends where you’re from. Generally 9 for an English speaker. Typically 7 for a speaker of a Latin language…
Rx71Wm29 said, 4 months ago
So, sept = nov? Huh!
jmcx4 said, 4 months ago
Cats just don’t understand “sight gags”. The humor is beneath them.
Rockngolfer said, 4 months ago
Is that Steve Martin’s cat?
Digital Frog
said, 4 months ago
After a while the catty remarks and cat calls start to get to you.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 4 months ago
@Brian K
The only Mario 3-Up I know of is the moon in “Super Mario World.” Maybe a blue balloon from the Donkey Kong Country series would do.
Dry
said, 4 months ago
Why are those cats at the table looking at my little buddy like that? Hmm?
androgenoide said, 4 months ago
@Rx71Wm29
I don’t know about that but my base conversion calculator can’t tell the difference between Halloween and Christmas because OCT 31= DEC 25.