[monoclelad]

I have a personal preference towards black and white in general.  I still watch old black and white films and television shows, though at an increasingly lessening rate, for no real reason except maybe that I'm trying to cut back on tv in general.  This whole color tv thing is just a fad.

But my current comic is in color because I choose to live my life as a paradox.

My advice on this, and just about every part of your comic is just to do whatever you feel driven to do.  Don't get so focused on what hypothetical readers may or may not think.  If your passionate about it, then people who read your comic are going to respond to that.  If you aren't being genuine, people can tell, and its a huge turn off.

[Mage]

Plus, if you hate colouring and you only do it because you feel you have to, you'll end up with some pretty crap colours.

My problem is that I'm not all that fond of inking (I went out and bought a cintiq just for inking.  That pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter)... and pencil+colour comics are lame.  The best is probably The Dreamer but even then I'm annoyed at the lack of inks.  And I could certainly never pull something like that off - my pencils are light and loose.

[TommieKelly]

Recently I went from full colour to black and white. I use colour sometimes on certain panels that make sense if you read the comic.

The general feedback has been very positive, and I think the art looks much better the new way.

[JK-TGRS]

Lots of good information and insight here. This is such a subjective topic. My only addition to the discussion can best be understood from reading this blog article I recently wrote. Colorfully Setting The Mood. I don't look at using color as an enhancement to my art as much as I look at its use as a powerful mood setting and storytelling tool. My comic is more humorous than serious but my coloring is focused on adding a subtle tone to the underlying story and satire. It's a lot of extra work which I hope adds an additional dimension to the comic even though it's meant to be transparent to the reader. It just sets a mood.