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&c is a traditional abbreviation of "et cetera".

Years--okay, decades--ago, I made a conscious decision to stop trying to do the inker's job with my pencil. The inker has access to all kinds of tools, brushes, pens, wadded kleenex, that cannot be duplicated with a pencil point.

Because of this decision, tho, my lines have become rather "dead". They tend to begin at a point and end at a point, with little variation along the way. Which is fine in pencil drawings, where varying pressure creates different shades of grey, and gives "bounce" to the line.

But when inking, the line is going to be (mostly) solid black, and the "bounce" has to come from the tools uses. Which is where the challenge comes in. Don't ink with the same dead line I use. Take maximum advantage of the tools.