Keeping the tablet for sure
Just a quick note before I go to sleep: I am keeping the tablet. I came home after researching the line art issue, and gave it a shot, and I got the first 3 screens of the webcomic I want to work on nearly completed. That is far more than I would have gotten with illustrator, plus the inking is more fun. Now I just need to make a bit more space on my desk for the tablet all the time.