Was it ever explained what happened to Lyman? I used to read Garfield all the time when I was a kid, and even back then he had been MIA for like ten years.
Maybe that weird squiggle on his face was flesh-eating bacteria or something.
There was an official Garfield 25th anniversary book that had a tongue in cheek top ten list about Lyman’s disappearance, so they (Garfield-conglomco) are at least in on the joke.
As a matter of fact, I saw them all together at Bonnaroo last summer, getting henna face tattoos with a guy who kind of looked like Frida Kahlo. So I’m afraid, sir, that your little theory simply isn’t going to hold water here.
Have you ever heard Bad Bad Leroy Brown? Or Operator? Or Time in a Bottle? Or Have to Say I Love You in a Song? Sure you have. He’s America’s answer to Gordon Lightfoot. Only he’s dead.
Based on your startling evidence, I can only conclude that the mustache featured is a symbiotic organism which seeks out new celebrity hosts once every ten or twenty years.
Not only have I not seen them together, I’ve never seen them with the late, great Kurt Vonnegut. It’s a curly haired, mustachioed fellow conspiracy, I tells you!
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1 SEISMIC on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:33 am
And notice Mr Borat Lyman dude is giving you the thumbs up-you solved the mystery!!
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2 Mr. Slick on Mar 14, 2008 at 8:40 am
Yes I have! . . . never drop bacon flavored acid!
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3 Ninjew on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:18 am
Damn! You’re right!
Of course, considering one is dead, and one is a cartoon character, I’m not that surprised.
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Reply from BoB3K on March 14, 2008:
Borat is a dead cartoon character? You know, I had a hunch…
4 Adam on Mar 14, 2008 at 9:37 am
Was it ever explained what happened to Lyman? I used to read Garfield all the time when I was a kid, and even back then he had been MIA for like ten years.
Maybe that weird squiggle on his face was flesh-eating bacteria or something.
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Reply from Conor Lastowka on March 14, 2008:
There was an official Garfield 25th anniversary book that had a tongue in cheek top ten list about Lyman’s disappearance, so they (Garfield-conglomco) are at least in on the joke.
5 Dallas on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:44 am
As a matter of fact, I saw them all together at Bonnaroo last summer, getting henna face tattoos with a guy who kind of looked like Frida Kahlo. So I’m afraid, sir, that your little theory simply isn’t going to hold water here.
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6 Barry on Mar 14, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Well, I can safely say that I’ve never seen Lyman *alone* in the same room, either. Or in any other situation, for that matter.
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7 LemSlaw on Mar 14, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Oh you’re not talking about Frank Zappa.
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8 Rob III on Mar 14, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I have no clue who Jim Croce is. Who is he, like, Rocky Rococo’s little brother or something?
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Reply from amanda on March 14, 2008:
Have you ever heard Bad Bad Leroy Brown? Or Operator? Or Time in a Bottle? Or Have to Say I Love You in a Song? Sure you have. He’s America’s answer to Gordon Lightfoot. Only he’s dead.
9 mathey on Mar 14, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Based on your startling evidence, I can only conclude that the mustache featured is a symbiotic organism which seeks out new celebrity hosts once every ten or twenty years.
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Reply from wakachiwaka on March 14, 2008:
Sounds like somebody’s been catching up on back episodes of The Tick.
10 Eddie Colton on Mar 14, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Who the hell is Lyman? No, I will not simply Wiki it. All those sites are run by Freemasons.
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11 Lord-z on Mar 15, 2008 at 5:48 am
Burt Reynolds, or even Tom Selleck, in his capacity as a poor mans Burt Reynolds, could trump any of their moustaches.
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12 Malla on Mar 15, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Not only have I not seen them together, I’ve never seen them with the late, great Kurt Vonnegut. It’s a curly haired, mustachioed fellow conspiracy, I tells you!
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