every tour, apparently, they design and produce and sell a Clown Alley t-shirt. Some resident clown with the steadiest hand will draw a design for the shirt, and they rattle it off and sell it to the rest of us , for a little buck and it's tradition.
now, i didn't get last tour's shirt for a few reasons: i came mid-tour so 1) they were all out of my size, and 2) it didn't really feel like my tour anyway, and 3) i didn't think that design was all that great. I ended up getting a left over XL freebie by the end of the tour, that i have YET to wear, but it's a keepsake, of course.
so, the point of all this
is that the new Clown Alley
t-shirt came out recently,
and i snagged some up
since they're so COOL 
John, whose clown name is Squeak, designed the shirt. John is a first year clown here at Ringling come to us from Minnesota. He's got a knack for visual art and did a comic style design here where each of the Alley members are depicted as an appropriate super hero. Ketchup, for example, is Wolverine. Cuchi (real name Henry who is from Peru, and lives two doors down from me) is depicted as Zorro. There's also Luigi and his wife, Sylvia as Mr. Fantastic and the Fantastic woman. John drew himself as Spider-Man which i presume is his favorite. It's really a nice looking shirt and on the back is a handy dandy legend so you can match up your favorite clown to his/her super version.
and, of course, the blue rings on the sleeve and neck make it so stylish
