Hello, captain!
Answering your question.
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You can have fun in both ways simultaneously, especially while you're studying basics and can try to draw same things traditionally and digitally. Paper and pencil is a simple, powerful eternal weapon you always can easily take with you whenever you go, run, fly or swim...
If you can afford some simple tablet -- good... the early you start playing with it the better... tablet, without a doubt, can make your art life more, let's say, comfortable...
WARNING!
- Before you decide to buy some tablet you should find out whether you really are a "drawing" creature and you get fun from it or you just want to create manga;
- If you have a chance to take some tablet somewhere to test what it is actually, then take it and try;
- For some time, "the paper/pencil thing" will be enough for you.