Chuck Ayers the artist for Funky wanted to retire. I suppose Davis could have switched over. It’s been reported on here that Batty was forced to end Funky by whatever syndicate was handling it.
Pretty sure Cindy is not Cranky’s granddaughter. She was previously married to Funky for a while in the other strip. But she would still have to be at least in her 70’s.
on u know what
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with Betty Boop
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