I was looking at that site Metafilter and saw this link to "The Picture of Everything".
I was thinking that this would be the sort of project that, were I to attempt something similar, would result in a constant state of shuffling and moaning. I think he pretty much got everything. From the FAQ:
"Q: Is it true that you have 157 Pokemon drawn in The Picture?
A: Yes."
I particularly liked the way that he combined the circle of Solomon, the I Ching, the Chinese and Mayan calendars, the Zodiac signs, and some Celtic runes all in one relatively cohesive symbol.
The fact that it is flanked by Statler and Waldorf is just gravy!
Posted by: Gleem | December 14, 2003 at 01:38 PM
In my bored state of mind at work, I attempted to view every single panel of this and I only got as far as the giant robots. I had to stop before I went insane.
Posted by: Abe | December 15, 2003 at 07:52 PM
I like how he included extra people that he does not know who they are, so that people can look and say "Oh! There I am!".
Posted by: Evander | December 18, 2003 at 04:08 PM
Ow. That hurts my brain.
Posted by: Jason | December 18, 2003 at 04:10 PM
I'm no Grateful Dead fan, but I saw this poster once of 100 Grateful Dead songs put into a single picture. I always thought it would be neat to do stuff like that for bands I really liked. I tried to rough-sketch a pencil drawing of a single album like that and failed.
This guy gets mad (emphasis on "mad") props from me.
Posted by: Schabe | December 19, 2003 at 06:12 PM
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Posted by: air_mj | March 14, 2005 at 03:57 PM
very interesting, but I don't agree with you
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