Cartoon Drawing Software

What is the best graphics software for purchase / download for the design / create cartoons and graphics?

Photoshop

Best of Photoshop CS2
There are some very good tutorials on deviantart
(Www.devaintart.com then type tutorial)

one I know is Macromedia Flash Player

For cartoons, media content and advertisements, Flash is pretty cool. For photos, I like Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. For professionals cartoons, there are many programs for high-end animation. The folks at Pixar are the best in the business - visit them to learn a little about their processes and tools, such as RenderMan.

Corel Painter is fantastic, has everything you'll ever need it. You can also get online tutorials and help. Some of them are free. Just go to Corel.com and tutorials. Or online tutorials from Google and you get lots of success.
Enjoy.