I wish I could get some kind of drawing tablet or something similar; I'd be able to draw without parts of the image being chopped off. Or, failing that, at least get a pen or Sharpie marker.
You can stick your piece to another piece of paper. And draw here what was chopped off. Maybe not the best method but I used it a lot. You also can do quick light sketch to be sure pic will be placed right in sheet. )
And of course I wish you'll get tablet some day, it's a great tool. I have really cheap one and it perfectly works for me many years.
Another reason I want a tablet is so I can circumvent using a scanner. Trust me, my drawings look WAY better on the paper than they do here. The scanner...well, scans them in a really poopy quality.
Oh you're right... every scanner kills pencil. I do sketches by pencil too, then scan it, so I know the problem. I've seen good pencil scans some times, but I don't know how on earth people are doing that!
Back to the subject of this piece (the one we're commenting on), you could actually make a political cartoon from all this. Soldier represents the United States, and Sniper represents...well, everywhere else I'm from the USA, so I should know