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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Arianne said, 3 months ago
♫♪ I’m your captain, I’m your captain
Though I’m feeling … mighty sick ♫♪
naturally_easy said, 3 months ago
Wait….is he not wearing pants?
PICTO said, 3 months ago
In first class they have shadow puppets.
Pacopuddy said, 3 months ago
No – the time to worry is when they start with “Mesdames et Messieurs”, go through “Damen und Herren, Signorini y Signori, and Senoras y Senors” before gettng to “Ladies and gentlemen . . .” – and it’s an internal flight . . .
Notsoastute said, 3 months ago
Punch him Judy! You’re closest!
Digital Frog
said, 3 months ago
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Razzilla said, 3 months ago
I wonder if the next words that came out of his mouth were “Ever see a grown man naked?”…
LafInLarry
said, 3 months ago
O CAPTAIN! My Captain! our fearful trip is ̶d̶o̶n̶e̶ just beginning. . .
bmonk said, 3 months ago
@PICTO
It’s worse in the “No Frills” section.
GoodQuestion
said, 3 months ago
I think the pilot’s lite is out . . . . ☻
Digital Frog
said, 3 months ago
@GoodQuestion
Good one!
Arianne said, 3 months ago
@Notsoastute
I see what you did there. : )
Notsoastute said, 3 months ago
@Arianne
Had a brain worm all day on account of your first post…Who sang it? James Gang?
Arianne said, 3 months ago
@Notsoastute
Grand Funk Railroad (Michiganiacs, like myself)
I’m not sure whether to apologize for the brain worm, or to gloat that my work here is done, mwahaha!