I'd love to draw on 11x17 paper, but I cant find a reasonably priced scanner for that size... any ideas? I'm gearing up to start an epic fantasy graphic novel but dont wanna do it on dojinshi paper like Im doing with jake. (on dojinshi, drawing area is about 7x10)

I had a similar problem. I gave up I'm afraid so I can't be of help.

One option is to go more digital, even if you start off with 7x10 with pencils you can use a tablet to ink it and enlarge it, increase detail yadda yadda yadda.

Another I considered is finding a business and paying to use theirs... never even enquired though.

Yeah, so far I found one scanner that was about $3k :P A bit out of the current price range heheh....