Hard copies are needed. I've got all the individual issues, the secret blueprints, a complete set of hardcovers, The Works . . . I tend to get a tad obsessive at times.

And, yes, I mean the fish that Gil saved. It's insanely expressive, and later shows up in his lab in a bowl with tread wheels and controls. And it's in one of the future stories, living in Agatha's place.