Yes, I'm from the land of pencil people too =3
I never use pens , one reason is cause my cat loves getting a hold of em and then takeing a little trip to the vet for licking it T_T;
But I also have no use for it, what I can do with pen can be done in gells and sharp tiped markers =D not to menshen when you get a pen from the store there is only one working and the others are already dried out, you also hafta buy a new one every 3 days if you'r using it as a main staple in you'r work. So I chose pencil cause though you hafta sharpen it every once in awhile it lasts for over 35 drawings and you can get the best shading with them then any other drawing tool.
(As you can tell from my drawings)
I have way to much shading going on that a pen wont help me much o.o inless it's for the how to's but it shines on the scanner and camra so I'm mainly a Marker and pencil person ^^.I always run out of earasers though when I'm trying a new style or a new drawing so I love to keep a HUGE stack of (Big Mistakes rubber blocks ) handy.