I used to wonder how the phrase “Elvis has left the building” arose. It seems that when the King would give a concert, the fans would demand encore after encore. He would oblige them for a while, then finally just not come back onstage. To get the clamoring fans to shut up and go home themselves, the organizers would announce (probably repeatedly until it finally sank in) that “Elvis has left the building”, and therefore there would be no more encores!
Clearly, Paulie was a figment of everyone’s collective imagination. The idea of going through a mirror has been done before, by the way – the latest iteration, to my knowledge, was Kurt Vonnegut’s (I think) Breakfast of Champions. Perhaps I’m wrong, if someone wants to put me straight.
It’s amazing Paulie is able to stay on Eddie’s shoulder given the Captn’s proclivity for paranormal adventures. Perhaps that’s why he’s usually looking the other way.
Funny thing mirrors as portals. Supposedly 5,000 years ago they were and beings very different from us exist there of outré and glorious, weird forms. There was communication and traffic between worlds that went on for a long while till one day the beings of the mirror attacked us fighting a monstrous war. It was the magick power of the Yellow Emperor that ended the slaughter. By closing all portals and making every vision of the other side to copy in reverse what we do. However, after 5,000 years even that spell is growing weak.
There will be several telltales of that change: from the sound of clashing weapons to the mirrors not showing our reflections properly to a band of light. When they attack, they will have help from the fish of the seas. Fish in armor? At least one has been found washed ashore years ago.
C about 1 year ago
The King has arrived
Alexander the Good Enough about 1 year ago
Remember? I said Paulie would have some issues with all this…
sirbadger about 1 year ago
His reflection is upside down, so going in there could be disorienting. Smoke from his pipe is also missing.
Imagine about 1 year ago
Of course, stepping into the mirror is the logical step. Duh.
LeslieBark about 1 year ago
I used to wonder how the phrase “Elvis has left the building” arose. It seems that when the King would give a concert, the fans would demand encore after encore. He would oblige them for a while, then finally just not come back onstage. To get the clamoring fans to shut up and go home themselves, the organizers would announce (probably repeatedly until it finally sank in) that “Elvis has left the building”, and therefore there would be no more encores!
mbakerbr549 about 1 year ago
Elvis has entered the building!
keenanthelibrarian about 1 year ago
Clearly, Paulie was a figment of everyone’s collective imagination. The idea of going through a mirror has been done before, by the way – the latest iteration, to my knowledge, was Kurt Vonnegut’s (I think) Breakfast of Champions. Perhaps I’m wrong, if someone wants to put me straight.
win.45mag about 1 year ago
How far will he take us………the saga continues…….
nosirrom about 1 year ago
I thought I was joking yesterday.
oakie817 about 1 year ago
saw Elvis live in ’75…still the king
MS72 about 1 year ago
Not a mirror, but a wormhole opened and Eddie has stepped inside.
WaitingMan about 1 year ago
Elvis has just left the building.
Those are his footprints right there.
Elvis has just left the building.
He’s up there with Jesus in a big purple chair.
“Elvis Has Just Left the Building”, Frank Zappa
Can't Sleep about 1 year ago
Eddie may have discovered a whole new law of physics – the quantum mirror.
Enter.Name.Here about 1 year ago
Eddie defies logic.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator about 1 year ago
Naming-dropping… good to the last drop.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 year ago
Another great Yankee tall tale commences!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Eddie through the looking glass and what he “lost” there. …Paulie.
dot-the-I about 1 year ago
“I broke a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five ….
I Xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra Xerox machine.”
― Steven Wright
sandpiper about 1 year ago
Adventure to come. Looking forward to it.
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
It was a portal to the afterlife…gasp
Wizard of Ahz-no relation about 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure this is a re-run
ladykat about 1 year ago
He has left the building.
nancyb creator about 1 year ago
Thru the Mirror.
Ina Tizzy about 1 year ago
This may answer neeeurothrush’s question from yesterday.
christelisbetty about 1 year ago
The King is dead.Let him RIP.
Geezer about 1 year ago
https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass
mindjob about 1 year ago
Let’s light our matches and see if Elvis comes back for an encore
Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago
Can’t wait to see where this leads!
yimhere about 1 year ago
It’s amazing Paulie is able to stay on Eddie’s shoulder given the Captn’s proclivity for paranormal adventures. Perhaps that’s why he’s usually looking the other way.
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
I hope Paulie, who’s really an innocent bystander at least by cat standards, wasn’t harmed or inconvenienced.
KEA about 1 year ago
Cap’n Eddie is the only comics character I know who has a more fascinating imaginary life than Calvin
meowlin about 1 year ago
I was wondering about that yesterday.
eddi-TBH about 1 year ago
Paulie is in trouble. Or the other Capt. Eddie is. How could something break up the perfect team?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 1 year ago
Funny thing mirrors as portals. Supposedly 5,000 years ago they were and beings very different from us exist there of outré and glorious, weird forms. There was communication and traffic between worlds that went on for a long while till one day the beings of the mirror attacked us fighting a monstrous war. It was the magick power of the Yellow Emperor that ended the slaughter. By closing all portals and making every vision of the other side to copy in reverse what we do. However, after 5,000 years even that spell is growing weak.
There will be several telltales of that change: from the sound of clashing weapons to the mirrors not showing our reflections properly to a band of light. When they attack, they will have help from the fish of the seas. Fish in armor? At least one has been found washed ashore years ago.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 1 year ago
You should know better than to go there
bakana about 1 year ago
What does Logic have to do with Reality?
wordsmeet 3 months ago
Gotta love Eddie’s tales!