For those in the Houston area, a friend of mine has an exhibition up in the Rice University Art Gallery in Sewall Hall until September 1. He's very talented; it's kind of neat. You should check it out: gustywindsmayexist
Not bad. A little derivative...but he should do well commercially. He is following a rather large trend.
He does a lot of graphic art, and is really comfortable using the web as a medium for his stuff. I'm no art buff, but I find it neat the way he uses horizontal scrolling (as well as other directions) in his online stuff. If you're interested, here's a link to one of his websites that I've actually posted before: The Story Of...