There is nothing in the text of the original Alice books to suggest that the Hatter is a crazy murderer.
However, the character who appears in the Batman comics is a murderer and, if his time spent in the Arkham Asylum is anything to go by, is also very crazy.
The Mad Hatter was probably a reference to an old saying "mad as a hatter", which was a reference itself, to the 'madness' that hat makers were prone to, at the time. Some of the chemicals involved in making certain kinds of hats were intoxicating and could have narcotic-like effects on the people in contact with it.
The Mad Hatter is a hatter. He makes and sells hats for a living.
Mad as a Hatter was created in 1992.
No. In the original book, the mad hatter doesn't have a name, he isn't even called 'the Mad Hatter', he is simply called 'the Hatter'.
Only the Mad Hatter is a hatter. The name "The Mad Hatters Tea Party" might suggest that there is more than one hatter there, but if you put the apostrophe in the correct place it becomes "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party", which means, "the tea party belonging to the Mad Hatter".
Some people believe that mercury is the cause of the Hatter's madness.
The Mad Hatter is a hatter. He makes and sells hats for a living.
Mad as a Hatter was created in 1992.
No. In the original book, the mad hatter doesn't have a name, he isn't even called 'the Mad Hatter', he is simply called 'the Hatter'.
The March Hare is the Mad Hatter's friend.
Only the Mad Hatter is a hatter. The name "The Mad Hatters Tea Party" might suggest that there is more than one hatter there, but if you put the apostrophe in the correct place it becomes "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party", which means, "the tea party belonging to the Mad Hatter".
No, the Mad Hatter is a human being.
The Mad Hatter Mystery was created in 1933.
The Mad Hatter - album - was created in 1978.
Mad Hatter - album - was created in 1992.
Mad Hatter - comics - was created in 1948.
It means you are crazy. It comes from the days when hat makers used mercury to prepare their materials to make the hats. After exposure to the chemicals for many years, they were often driven to insanity, hence the term, mad as a hatter.
The Mad Hatter character in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was not directly based on a specific real person. However, it is believed that the phrase "mad as a hatter" originated from the real-life effects of mercury exposure in hat-making, which may have inspired aspects of the character.