User blog comment:Midhav/Shoutbox/@comment-996391-20110528091855/@comment-4898132-20110529050813

I just got my copy today. It was interesting to see the lack of art...but that's ok; some art is better than NO art, eh? ;)

Something interesting when I found a page that shows Blackbeard's flag...which tells the reason why they didn't use the historical flag:
 * Since John Myhre had already appropriated the skeleton from Blackbeard's real, historically correct flag for the ship's figurehead, a new design was need for the pirate's flag in On Stranger Tides. The final incarnation was conceived by Heather Pollington.

So there you have it...it's Myhre's fault that the flag used wasn't historicall accurate. Before anyone asks, I must say I can't upload the flag(as well as other images from the book), as I'm not that good with uploading book images. I'm sorry. :/