Antonio Vazquez gives an overview of the (many!) recent changes in Grease Pencil.
The long overdue Grease Pencil merge in Blender 2.8 is now closer than ever.
The Blender 2.8 Code Quest turned out to be a great opportunity to gather a final round of feedback. Which, after much back-and-forth, led to fundamental changes to fully integrate it within the Blender 2.8 design.
Here is an overview of the updated changes internally and in the workflow.