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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Nos Nevets said, 2 months ago
X = 5
c001 said, 2 months ago
“How many times do I have to tell you that there’s no bigger or smaller half? But who am I kidding, the bigger half of you doesn’t listen anyway.”
Logan Sackett
said, 2 months ago
The bigger half is always your sibling’s.
Notsoastute said, 2 months ago
thatt’s rational.
listmom said, 2 months ago
1/5x + 1/3 = 4/3
1/5x = 4/3 – 1/3 = 1
x = 5
(@Nos Nevets, I was always taught to show my work. ;-)
RUBBER DUCKY said, 2 months ago
shinkletoot…. LOL
chromosome
said, 2 months ago
“You know that five in every four
Just won’t amount to nothin’ more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor”
Lyrics from Frank Zappa “Trouble Every Day”
bmonk said, 2 months ago
@Logan Sackett
Looks like Ralph is working on the bigger half of the apple.
snarky1941 said, 2 months ago
Nah, just fractionally imperfect.