Zvisinei, mumwe mupepeti akati, "unyanzvi hwake hwaive hwakanaka, gags dzake dzaive dzakanaka", asi kuti "hapana munhu aigona kuzivikanwa nezvikanganiso". Pakutanga, Davis akafunga kutora nguva yakareba, yakasimba kutarisa kuma comics uye akaona kuti imbwa dzaiita zvakanaka kwazvo, asi pakanga pasina katsi panguva iyoyo. Davis akafunga kuti sezvo akakurira papurazi raive nemakati makumi maviri nemashanu kuti aigona kuuya nemutsara wakavakirwa pakatsi.
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