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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blunebottle said, 3 months ago
He looks like the one-eyed, one-horned flying Purple People eater……..
Slywlf
said, 3 months ago
@blunebottle
;-)
sandra mackin said, 3 months ago
@blunebottle
lol- YES!! But, alas, we date ourselves.
aciem88 said, 3 months ago
@blunebottle
One-horned?
Alphaanddelta said, 3 months ago
I wonder if they would buy one of my 6 old grills for parts?
Julian said, 3 months ago
No more grilled chicken for that fellow.
rmacprivate said, 3 months ago
@blunebottle
Good thing there’s no purple people around.
What-D-Hey said, 3 months ago
Too bad – that was the grill of his dreams.
Notsoastute said, 3 months ago
He left out of there like his house was on fire.
GoodQuestion
said, 3 months ago
@rmacprivate
Well, the chef is wearing . .
Wait . . .
what’s that poking out ’a my
Weber™ . . ☻
Perkycat said, 3 months ago
OOPS!
Gwen said, 3 months ago
Ugh, birqets and lighter fluid… that’s enough to set anybody off. Pure mesqite and a newspapper, now that’s goooood Q
Jules934
said, 3 months ago
Can’t be the 1 E1HFPPE— it’s GREEN!
Intophaloblue said, 3 months ago
Important to always check and make sure all creatures are free and far from the BBQ grill…and that it is the BBQ grill.
blunebottle said, 3 months ago
@aciem88
That is a purple horn/nose sort of a thing on his head, isn’t it?