Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)http://www.hairbat.com/picture/Issue%202?pictureId=783518<p>Larry's view of himself is far worse than an outsider's perception of him.&nbsp; In his mind, Larry is a freak-show attraction--an ugly hybrid of man and bat better left lurking in the shadows.&nbsp; </p><p>Larry is all too content to remain in hiding, until his father, now a fearsome, 12-foot spectre, appears to his son and urges him to visit his mother in the hospital.&nbsp; It's at his mother's bedside that Larry discovers, much to his chagrin, that she is now telepathic.&nbsp; </p><p>It's also at the hospital that Larry first meets Gordon Tindrum, a patient covered in scars and wrapped in a&nbsp; body cast.&nbsp; Tindrum tells Larry about Hair Dependents Anonymous, a support group for people with &quot;problem hair.&quot;</p><p>Larry reluctantly attends an HDA meeting, where he encounters Jack Jackson, a big man with an even bigger beard.&nbsp; But it's the snake living in his beard that proves to be the biggest surpise of all.</p>