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About Real Life Adventures
Dogs, bosses, garden slugs, who sits next to who at Thanksgiving, cheating at golf, fretting the night away, carping couples on long trips, eating over the sink, toenail clippings, cosmic order, hairballs, flop sweat, coughing into one's elbow, clogged pipes, clogged arteries, parking crooked at the mall.
That's what real life is all about. And that's what "Real Life Adventures" is all about.
For nearly two decades, Lance Aldrich and Gary Wise have drawn, and drawn from, the everyday stuff that we all slog through. And on any given day, they like to think their little square slice of life is a nice change from the rickety roller coaster the rest of the world seems to be.
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Meet Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich
On a slow day in the office in 1991, friends and advertising counterparts Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich decided to team up to create "Real Life Adventures." Aldrich is the writing component and Wise is the drawing component of the set. For nearly two decades, they have been cartooning successfully.
Gary Wise
Gary Wise attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, his hometown. He entered the advertising world in the '80s and has been practicing ever since. Wise continues to live and work in Michigan.
“Hopefully in the mundane lives that Lance (Aldrich) and I both lead, which is the inspiration for 'Real Life Adventures,' people will see their own experiences staring back at them in the form of potatoey heads and beady eyes,” Wise said.
Lance Aldrich
Originally from Michigan, Lance Aldrich graduated from Michigan State University. He entered the advertising and was very successful—even receiving a few awards. “Hey, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then,” said Aldrich. Aldrich continues to live and work in Michigan with his wife and cats. He is, as he was in advertising, still afraid that people will discover that he actually has no idea what he’s doing.
Of “Real Life Adventures,” Aldrich said, “It’s mildly amusing and very relatable to anyone in any kind of a relationship. It’s sort of ordinary and for anyone who likes a little sarcasm and wit with their Wheaties.”