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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AussieDownUnder said, 3 months ago
He’s about to be shaken.
Radish
said, 3 months ago
He was just trying to get his blood pressure down.
win said, 3 months ago
He’s guilty of aggravated a salt.
clucky said, 3 months ago
His grin says it was pretty good !!
PICTO said, 3 months ago
Little Ms. Glutamate? He’ll get sick of her.
Notsoastute said, 3 months ago
He just wanted to get ground finer.
Jeff0811 said, 3 months ago
He wanted to spice things up a bit. Next on his list, Cinnamon, then Ginger after that.
oldpine said, 3 months ago
Don’t ever trust that hussy Mrs. Dash.
Perkycat said, 3 months ago
Howard has needs. If you really cared, Ms Salt, you would have stayed by his side.
GoodQuestion
said, 3 months ago
He hit on a spice girl, too, but couldn’t stand the grind . . .☻
hippogriff said, 3 months ago
Jeff0811: Followed by Rosemary and Anise. Then she found Basil. (Why settle for a triangle when you can have a quadrilateral?)
sandflea said, 3 months ago
She’s going to run him through the mill.
bmonk said, 3 months ago
This place is getting peppered with puns!
goblyn said, 3 months ago
“But sweetie, sugar…” he says. “What?! Who’s Sugar” she screams! Oops!
Jeff0811 said, 3 months ago
@hippogriff
Throw in Allspice, you got yourself a party.