Manga, with a hip-hop beat: The Orlando Sentinel reports on Ahmed Hoke, a graffiti artist who tried his hand at drawing superheroes, but got nowhere fast. So, he turned to manga. Now he has a 158-page graphic novel called @Large, with plans for more volumes:

"Manga is great for me because it allows me the freedom to take the characters anywhere I want. I'm not trying to compare to American comics, but manga is a story. It's thicker, so you tell more of a story."