Graphics tablet advice/experiences?

[huinare]

I'm sifting the merits of making the credit card company happier by procuring a graphics tablet.  If anyone has had positive/negative experiences with a particular brand, or tablets in general, please chime in.  I'm clueless.

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[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

Lil Gothmog, Professor Thû, et alia arise from a Wacom Intuos medium tablet. It's great! Sensitive, satisfactory area for drawing, responsive, nice features. I haven't really even exploited its full capabilities in combination with Corel Painter 11 (that's the software I use on iLúgburz).

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm definitely looking to get a decent one if I do get one. I've actually thought it might be good for comics. Whenever I try and draw comics on paper something goes wrong (has to do with my usual medium and eccentric drawing method not being conducive to simple comic drawings).

Gee, an excuse to go look at archived Lil Gothmog installments. All in the name of research of course.