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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win said, 5 months ago
Can I just lick you a little instead?
olddog1 said, 5 months ago
I know there’s a Softee joke here, but I’m not going there.
Notsoastute said, 5 months ago
Told you she was frigid.
patiodragon said, 5 months ago
Agar agar.
PossumPete said, 5 months ago
It’s not like he’s hard or anything.
echoraven said, 5 months ago
@PossumPete
To do that he may have to spend some time in the freezer….
sandflea said, 5 months ago
Wonder if their kids have swirls.
sandflea said, 5 months ago
If they had a threesome with strawberry, they could have a Neopolitan adventure.
capndunzzl said, 5 months ago
…we really do need a “reality check” here.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 5 months ago
She needs to defrost.
RUBBER DUCKY said, 5 months ago
i don’t know who has more headaches…me or my wife…
debuggingdevice said, 5 months ago
Mrs. Softee’s Ice Cream Brain Freeze is the least of Mr. SOFTee’s problems, wouldn’t you say?
rekam
said, 5 months ago
@debuggingdevice
Yep!
wvhappypappy said, 5 months ago
My lovely wife wraps herself in a cone of silence…
S W said, 4 months ago
It should’ve said “let me guess, another brain freeze?”