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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Jarett
said, 2 months ago
What happens when you ask him to hold the pickle?
Ron Gee said, 2 months ago
When I get a hamburger that comes with cheese and/or pickles, I usually ask for them on the side. I like hamburgers, I like cheese, and I like pickles, but I don’t like eating them together. Yeah, kinda weird.
Jarett
said, 2 months ago
< insert toasted buns joke here >
FUNG1 said, 2 months ago
That same guy applied to me for a job … he didn’t last very long!
NOT dumb… just no experience in restaurants.
Notsoastute said, 2 months ago
Hold the pickles
Hold the lettuce
Special orders just piss us off to no frickin’ end!
Citizen GROG!
said, 2 months ago
Anywhere you put it, it’s a waste of a perfectly good burger.
chizzel said, 2 months ago
@Jarett
Snerk….good ones
GoodQuestion
said, 2 months ago
The cook was near-sided . . ☻
Digital Frog
said, 2 months ago
Getting the job well done is rare these days.
PoorPig said, 2 months ago
@Ron Gee, You do remember you have only one stomach?
bmonk said, 2 months ago
Do you want French Fries with that?
Oui!
hippogriff said, 2 months ago
bmonk: At least the language holds. They originated in Belgium. In the 1920s in Paris, they were called frites americaine, now just frites.
CoBass said, 2 months ago
@PoorPig
I’m sure he realized he only has one stomach. However, that’s more related to nutrition than to taste.
On a related matter, you seem to have forgotten that he only has one mouth and one tongue, with all the related taste buds. He apparently doesn’t like the taste of cheese and pickles together. It’s called “Different strokes for different folks” or (more appropriately in this case) “There’s no accounting for taste”.