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A Pop in the Eye!

I'm Charles Vanden, for "Paranoia High", a division of the Omni-Grasp Corporation, continuing my series of interviews with David Wolfe and Dale Wiles, the original and still active creators of the "Paranoia High" comic strip, on this, it's 100th year.

As a special treat, we've included a strip from the "Pop-High" era of the strip. Remember, if you have a strip request, let us know and we'll dig them out for you.

-- BEGINNING INTERVIEW --

Greetings gentlemen. I'm Charles Vanden from "Paranoia High", a division of the Omni-Grasp corporation.

Dale: Who the hell are you?!

Dave: And where did you get that haircut!

I just said, "I'm Charles..."

Dale: Do you know "Stinky Feet"?

Dave: Nice kid, but he smelled like burnt feet!

Um. I'm his brother, Charles.

Dale: Well hello there Chuck.

Dave: Howdy Chuck Chuckey Chuck. How's Stinky Feet doing?

He's fine sir. He told me to ask you about Charles Schultz running over a beagle?

Dale: Wa? You mean a beagle like Snoopy?

Dave: Them tire tracks are just drawn on Chucky Chuck.

Dale: Are you sure you're Stinky Feet's brother?

You couldn't tell us apart sir.

Dave: You a big fan of "Paranoia High" are you, Chuck?

The biggest sir.

Dale: What's *YOUR* favorite strip then Chuckley Chuck?

Dave: Yea. We've been doing this strip for 100...

Dale: Centuries.

Dave: 100 centuries. So you gotta have a favorite, aye smarty feet?

There was that one...

Dale: Yeeeeees?

Where, um, Dave and Dale...

Dave: Listening Chuck....

...do something stupid?

Dave and Dale: BWA HAW HAW HAW!

Dale: I LOVE that one!

Dave: Yea, yea, yea! Where Dale gets that thing and Dave does that thing!

Dale: I think I wet myself!

Dave: I think I wet on you too!

You wet on all of us, sir.

We have a strip from one of the readers. It's from your "Pop-High" period. Care to comment?

Dale: Ah, Pop-High! I remember it well.

Dave: It was 1925, and Dale says...

Dale: "Let's make Dave a sailor!"

Dave: And make Dale a blood sucking parasite!

Dale: And every week they'd have adventures and merry mix ups.

Dave: Dave would sail the ship.

Dale: And Dale would collect welfare!

Dave: And they would solve clues with their dog!

Dale: That's where Shay comes from!

The dog?

Dave: She's walking this dog and says "Hey boys, lets ride a boat and solve a crime!"

Dale: And Dave says "`Ja think I'm a cowboy?"

Dave: And then Shay says "You don't have to be so snotty about it!" and leaves.

Dale: She was only in the strip for like 2 frames!

Dave: "Dave" was always lipping off to someone. And smoking a pipe full of dope!

Dale: He was always on the "Wacky Tobacky". And he'd pick fights with this guy, Big Bike!

Dave: He'd walk up and say stupid stuff like "I yam what I yam and I yam a yam!"

Dale: And then Big Bike would boot him right in the yams!

Dave: You know them as sweet potatoes.

But then Dave would get up and win one for the little guy, right?

Dale: Are you nuts? He'd get his butt kicked!

Dave: A shrimp like that can't take a guy like Big Bike.

Dale: Not with your yams already booted!

Dave: I mean Big Bike was big! Really big!

Dale: He was like a truck in a t-shirt! You can't stop a truck in a t-shirt with a pipe full of dope!

Dave: Here comes the truck!

Dale: And it's full of dope!

Dave and Dale: ROSEBUD!!!

Sirs? Sirs? NURSE!!!

-- ENDING INTERVIEW --

Wow! That was another thrilling, historically accurate interview with Messrs Wolf and Wiles! I'm sure that they'll be fine once the medications kick in.

If there are any periods of comic history you'd like to know about, or want to find a missing strip, let us know.

I'm Charles Vanden, for "Paranoia High", a division of the Omni-Grasp Corporation.

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