To Tablet or not to Tablet?

I suspect many, if not most, webtoonists draw with offline tools (pen, brush, paper, etc) and use a trusty scanner to upload their creation to digital form.

The tablet allows, however, for the direct creation of digital art and with their increasingly (well, relatively) affordable prices, it is an option that anyone creating webcomics should investigate. A good place to start is a guide to using a tablet put together by Sam Brown.