Jack Nance as Henry Spencer in Eraserhead (1977), David Lynch’s first feature film.

2011 has been lean and mean so here’s hoping 2012 will bring growth, both personal and professional, to all of us (click to enlarge):

I mean look at it:

Now listen:

Great beard and crazy eyes also.

He wrote wonderfully crazy orchestral music and looked like a mad scientist.
Of course he was Frank Zappa’s favorite composer!

As Melvin on Sanford And Son.

Also great psychotic eyes.

Personal illustration to celebrate the combover, one of the most baffling hairdos of all time:

And here’s a close up of the character: