He still is; he’s just not drawing the C&H strip anymore. He collaborated on a book—The Mysteries—with John Kascht. See how it all came about and how they worked together: youtube. com/watch?v=HHND7L1wUl0
Water does provide more—um, what?—friction? grab-on-ment? grippage?—than air does. But even so, I spoze our heroes could still wind up pressed against the wall/floor/ceiling, or skidding around the permimeter of the space, depending on the movement of the station, like the last couple of olives in a jar of brine.
Actually stands for the name of the joint: House of Java