Hatman answers fan questions: My head

From time to time my dear fans ask me various questions about my life as a super hero. I usually don't get a lot of time to answer them, so I thought that using my blog would be the best way to fill you in on the nitty gritty of my exciting life.

This time around I'd like to address a question that I get all the time: "Hatman, what is it really like to have a hat for a head?"

Let me start off by saying that this was not nearly as easy to get used to as you might expect! As you might have seen in my Origin issue, having a hat for a head means that my head just bobs up and down when I talk instead of having a mouth that moves! In fact, I didn't even have a mouth right away, I had to pull one out of my hat! I also didn't have a nose and that didn't turn out so well either!

But over time I learned how to cope with my unique noggin. For example, I found out that it was way more comfortable to sleep if I had a notch cut out of my mattress for my brim. You can see it in Indigo and my adventure Heroic and Incredible part 2.

A lot of people also assume that since my head is a hat with some kind of gaping vortex inside that I can pull anything out of, I must not have a brain! Well, that's obviously not true seeing as I couldn't really live without a brain - but then again, I'm not really sure where it is either. My theory is that my brain is just in that vortex and I hope and pray that I don't accidentally pull it out someday! I'm not sure, but I'm guessing nothing good could come of that.

Other than that, though, I'd say having a hat for a head isn't all that much different than having a head for a head. Sure I get stares wherever I go, and whenever I go through customs it takes forever because they keep insisting I take my head off, and people are always thinking I'm some kind of mascot.

But on the other hand, my girlfriend Blonde really seems to like the whole hat-head look, and her family doesn't seem to mind much either. Plus, the way I see it, without my hat for a head, I'd just be an ordinary guy and I'd never would have been able to create my best buddy Indigo.

Just don't mention the fact that we also wouldn't have my arch-nemesis' Glomo, The Evil Zap Man, and Super Cold Frozen Man, plus we never would have had to worry about that ray gun that created The Big Giant Pumpkin Headed Man and The Evil Narrator... but still, wishing for this hat was a good move, right?

If you have any pressing questions for me, submit them under this post or email me at hatman@3twins.net