The Top Hat Tautology that was my 2013 Comic-Con

I've had Top Hats on my mind a LOT lately and I can't begin to hazard a guess why.

I've had a thing about how cool top hats are since I wore on when I was 10 years old as part of charity ball pint-sized honor guard for President Truman in 1961.

Actually I don't remember wearing the top hat at all but pictures don't lie...that' me alright.

It's all rather funny because over most of my life I rarely wore hats voluntarily.

(Now I do for health reasons)

But I sure do love drawing hats...the sillier the better.

Late last spring to start hand crafting little bits of leguminous treasure.

Pretty early on I stumbled upon these wee top hats in a crafts catalog.

I ordered them without knowing what I might do with 'em.

The main result is shown below:

I didn't really have a name for 'em--didn't matter 'cuz every kid that came to my table at Comic-Con under the age of 10 instantly called them "Magic Beans" and who am I to say differently?

So that's what they are.

Also seen in the pic are a few of the little rings I made.

The rings were an afterthought after a suggestion by Charles Brownstein

who said "Those DC Green Lantern rings are pretty popular" when he came through town in May.

He is right of course, I still have my Black Lantern ring that someone gave me years ago.

So I ordered some inexpensive blank, expandable  bases and cooked up rings.

I didn't make very many and I was happily surprised at how fast the were adopted off my table.

This one picture is worth a thousand words:

I've barely cracked the surface of what loony Leguminous Finger Loops can be.

I suspect they will be a permanent staple for a while to come.

The drawing below has nothing to do with anything except I drew it at Comic-Con.