 Bad Penny was so popular that she survived the changes of 1969, and continued to appear in the new "Smash".When the strip was eventually dropped, in 1970, Bad Penny herself still continued to appear, albeit infrequently, making occasional appearances in Baxendale's "The Swots and the Blots" as a new member of the Blots.As had happened in "Wham", artists such as Mike Lacey were commissioned from time to time to "ghost" Baxendale's style.