I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the hard part and the drawing is the fun part.
Bill WattersonWell, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and thereโs always the risk of disappointment. You canโt really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.
Bill Watterson