Wow! Talk about a long turn-around time. Well, better late than never! LOL
BTW - CS2 suite has In-Design, Illustrator, and a bunch of other software. It's free, and legal, but it's no longer supported. So, if it craps out, you just download a copy of the programs from Adobe.
Otherwise, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, and a bunch more open source graphic editing programs are available. Google something like "ten best open source graphic editing software programs" and you'll get an idea where to start
Of course, nothing beats Clip Studio Paint/Manga Studio 5. The base version (Pro) can be gotten for 25$ on sale once or twice a year. The extended program (EX) costs a little more - like 85 bucks (on sale).
I gave you all this info already, so I'm repeating myself. Do the research, start collecting the open source free programs and the Adobe CS2 suite. See what you like. if you can't live with any of them, go to the Celsys website
www.clipstudio.net/en and check out Clip Studio Paint Pro and EX
Let me know how it goes. And I still have a few of these programs, so I can demonstrate them for you, if you like. But I never use them, myself, now that I have CSP.