If I wasn’t mad, I wouldn’t be here

July 10, 2008 on 9:48 am | In Comics, Life in NY |

Folks who read this site and who know me personally are aware that I have a very, very unhealthy obsession with DC’s Mad Hatter. It’s not pleasant to visit my home (unless you’re me), as there are numerous Hatter memorabilia hanging up and around and under things and whatnot. It’s definitely unhealthy.

Still, it’s fun to keep adding to it. Most recently, I purchased some of the original art for my favorite comic series, The Secret Six. The Gail Simone one from 2006. The one where the Hatter was one of the lead characters. I had been looking at art pages online for a while and gauging prices, so I decided that, since I couldn’t find any of Brad Walker’s art on sale on any dealer sites, I should try and contact him directly about getting a few pages. Luckily, Brad’s super nice and let me know what pages he still had in his possession.

In the end I purchased three of the original hand-drawn and inked pages from the six-issue mini, all of which are framed and mounted behind the futon in the living room. I’ll try and get some photos up before too long, but I wanted to post a picture of the highlight of the whole purchase for me, the page that I had really hoped Brad hung on to. It’s possibly my favorite comic page ever, and now I have the original hand-drawn and inked page in my collection. It’s this one:

The one where the Mad Hatter boinks his hats.

And it’s mine.

And it’s on display in my home. Where my parents come to visit.