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About Reality Check
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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olddog1 said, over 2 years ago
Their, they’re. Love it. There are so many people who don’t know the difference.
crabbyrino
said, over 2 years ago
Grammar is going away. Not taught anywhere. Pity.
edclectic said, over 2 years ago
The day the grammar died…
Psychedelic Donut
said, over 2 years ago
Always loved that… correct poor vocabulary and get compared to a regime that killed millions of innocents.
ace3198
said, over 2 years ago
Love Ralph. :::snicker:::
GoodQuestion
said, over 2 years ago
There rite!! . . . . ☻
Digital Frog
said, over 2 years ago
Actually, Mrs. Brown’s daughter is lovely.
hjkl; said, over 2 years ago
My take is this: We are so lucky that the entire world is standardizing on a language we already speak that I am not complaining when grammar slips. I’d rather chat with people from Myanmar and Estonia than worry about misplaced modifiers and split infinitives.
Who IS Noone, anyway? And why does she like grammar nazis?
Hunter7 said, over 2 years ago
I don’t like seeing “noone” Makes me have to re-read the post to try & figure out what was actually meant. I see it and go for NOON. Or Peter Noone. Anyone remember him? Or the group he sang with?
poppalot said, over 2 years ago
This is about spelling, not grammar.