Seems to me that these two programs serve very different purposes. Comic Book Creator takes existing images (such as Poser renders) and assists with laying them out, adding word baloons, etc. Manga Studio seems much more geared to drawing comics from scratch. So it probably includes all the features of the other program (and probably in a more elaborate form.) But if you can't already draw comic images like those in the illustrations here and on the e-frontier website, this program will not magically enable you to do so. Since this is the Poser forum, I assume that a fair number of people are (as I am) still at the "can barely draw stick figures" level of draftsmanship. For someone like me, Manga Studio would seem to be overkill. Especially since, given the features listed, I doubt it'll sell for anything close to $20. My guess is that its price will be much closer to that of Poser or Shade, if not more.

• Jimdoria  ~@>@