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Garfield: Guess who’s come to visit? Nermal, the world’s cutest kitten. You’re so cute it’s disgusting!
Nermal: That’s true. But it’s a cross I’ll just have to bear.
What ever happened to Lyman, anyway? Did jon bury his body in the back yard?
According to Davis, Lyman’s original purpose was to be someone who Jon could actually talk to and express other ideas — a role gradually taken over by Garfield himself. Once Lyman was no longer needed for that purpose, he was removed without explanation. Jim Davis has jokingly given explanations about Lyman’s sudden disappearance and long absence from the strip; examples include “don’t look in Jon’s basement” and "he joined the Peace Corps and was never heard from again.
A victim of Jon’s descent into madness.
