Reality Check by Dave Whamond

Dave 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 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 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 and National Geographic World, among others. He also illustrates a monthly feature for Sesame Street magazine.