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50 Cent is overseeing the creation of a series of graphic novels and novellas featuring members of his "G-Unit" posse as leading characters. The rapper has teamed up with MTV and Pocket books to produce the series . . . Two artists have created an interactive coconut shy as a personal response to terrorism. Kick the Bucket — The Dustbin of History invites viewers to throw stones at oil barrels, activating sampled sound collages. Its creators, Adrian Palka and Wolfram Der Spyra, say it was inspired by the London bombings and the subsequent shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station.