Look for what you wanna do 4 is the clear choice. It's now known as Poser Artist BTW. The features P5 has over 4 you don't need for what you want to do, and 4 is much more stable and easy to use. I'd suggest getting Victoria and Mike 2. V3 and M3 are really not that well suited for beginners IMO, and their detail and flexibility for character creation should be up to what you want easily. The basic Poser 4 people lack sufficient morphs to create any variety in characters though they do have plenty of free morphs floating around. Clean out the freestuff here, though do pay attention to what is for commercial use and what is not. (assuming your comic is to be commercially available and not just for fun.) Most important get a subscription to Poserworld.