A call for help, and a leave of absence

Banana Soychoo (psst! I just sent you a reply, but it bounced) writes in with a merchandise info request (bold emphasis mine):

“I used to own a pirates of dark water comic, it might have been #5 but i cant be sure. It’s the one where ren and niddler are in the belly of the maelstrom, and there is one part where they are running from the constrictus. What i’m really looking for is the other comic that was on the other side of it. It was one of those 2 in 1 comics where half way through it was the end of the other comic and you had to flip it upside down and backwards to read the other one….Could you please tell me(if you know) what was the comic on the other side?”

This is the first I’ve ever heard about this, but it sounds pretty awesome! If you have any info on this, please comment here.

And on that note: I’m going out of town for several weeks and then moving, so I may not have regular online access till April. (I’m attending SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, and then I’m going back to Japan for 1-2 weeks!) If you’ll be at SXSW and want to say hi, please do drop me an e-mail.