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| ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
− | *There are three fundamentally different types of drawings that merit inclusion in the large drawing category. | + | *There are three fundamentally different types of drawings that merits inclusion in the large drawing category. |
| **Several really large drawings will only show a reduced-size image on the link at xkcd. | | **Several really large drawings will only show a reduced-size image on the link at xkcd. |
| ***By clicking on this image the full-size image will be loaded enabling the viewer to zoom in on the tiny details not visible in the reduced front page image. | | ***By clicking on this image the full-size image will be loaded enabling the viewer to zoom in on the tiny details not visible in the reduced front page image. |
− | ***Often this full image will be at the same address but with a ''/large/'' added after the comic number. | + | ***Often this full image will be at the same address but with a "_large" added after the comic number. |
− | ****Here taking [[657: Movie Narrative Charts]] as an example: | + | ****Here taking [[681: Gravity Wells]] as an example: |
− | ****[http://www.xkcd.com/657/ 657] | + | ****[http://www.xkcd.com/681/ 681] |
− | ****[https://xkcd.com/657/large/ 657/large/] | + | ****[http://xkcd.com/681_large/ 681_large] |
− | *****This was the first comic to use this ''/large/'' directory, but the two following this used ''_large'' added to the number, then most of the rest use the directory.
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− | *****The first comic [[Online Communities]] used ''_small'' instead but on the original version shown on xkcd and added to the name not the number.
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− | *****[[Money]] used ''_huge'' also added to the name not the number.
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− | *****And [[Bad Map Projection: Time Zones]] used a ''2x'' to indicate the size also added to the name not the number.
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− | ****See more below in the list of large drawings.
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| ***The largest of these (and for certain the one with most details) is [[980: Money]], which had three different images, the last being unique to this comic: | | ***The largest of these (and for certain the one with most details) is [[980: Money]], which had three different images, the last being unique to this comic: |
| ****Small: [http://www.xkcd.com/980/ Front page] | | ****Small: [http://www.xkcd.com/980/ Front page] |
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| ***But that has been topped in 2016 with the [[1732#Popularity_of_comic|already famous]] (also outside xkcd) [[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]], which is by far the longest of this type of xkcd comics. | | ***But that has been topped in 2016 with the [[1732#Popularity_of_comic|already famous]] (also outside xkcd) [[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]], which is by far the longest of this type of xkcd comics. |
| ****(And probably also the longest when compared to the "height" of any of the other huge drawings). | | ****(And probably also the longest when compared to the "height" of any of the other huge drawings). |
− | ***All of these have the following inserted at the top of their explanation inside the heading under the "title" line:
| + | **The last type or large drawings only number two, but they also the two largest drawings so far. |
− | ****<nowiki>| before = [[#Explanation|↓ Skip to explanation ↓]]</nowiki>
| + | ***This is the two interactive comics where the user can navigate through a hughe image while all the time only viewing a small part in the interactive panel. |
− | ***But not all comics with this "skip line" is a large drawings, as they could instead be a "normal" type comic but with several small panels like these here:
| + | ***The two comics are: |
− | ****[[1052: Every Major's Terrible]]
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− | ****[[1305: Undocumented Feature]]
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− | ***Or one long page, but with several small drawings (like maps) and text on it like this:
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− | ****[[977: Map Projections]]
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− | ***Or not really a drawing like this:
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− | ****[[1311: 2014]]
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− | ***Finally there are even one of the large drawings where even the small version is still so long as to have this included:
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− | ****[[1127: Congress]]
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− | ***The other with this line are all included here.
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− | **The last type or large drawings only number three, but they are also the largest drawings so far. | |
− | ***They are interactive comics where the user can navigate through a huge image, while either all the time only viewing a small part in an interactive panel, or only being able to really see anything when zooming far in on the large image. | |
− | ***The comics are: | |
| ****[[1110: Click and Drag]] | | ****[[1110: Click and Drag]] |
| ****[[1608: Hoverboard]] | | ****[[1608: Hoverboard]] |
− | ****[[2067: Challengers]]
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| ===Type=== | | ===Type=== |
| #Large drawings: | | #Large drawings: |
− | ##[[256: Online Communities]] - [http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/online_communities.png Large drawing] – The only large drawing that used the name rather than the number without adding a size indication. In this one it was the [[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/online_communities_small.png one shown on xkcd] that had ''_small'' added to the title.
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− | ##[[657: Movie Narrative Charts]] - [https://xkcd.com/657/large/ Large drawing] - The first to use the ###/large/ directory, where the number goes before the first slash.
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− | ##[[681: Gravity Wells]] - [https://xkcd.com/681_large/ Large drawing] – Only two comics did not to use the large directory but rather add a "_large" to the number. This and the next one.
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− | ##[[802: Online Communities 2]] - [https://xkcd.com/802_large/ Large drawing] - The other (in a row) to use the _large. See above.
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− | ##[[980: Money]] - [http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/money_huge.png Large drawing] - The only one to use the''_huge'' addition to indicate size and the only second that used the name rather than number for the filename. Money also had an [http://xkcd.com/980/huge/ interactive version]
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− | ##[[1000: 1000 Comics]] - [https://xkcd.com/1000/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1040: Lakes and Oceans]] - [https://xkcd.com/1040/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1071: Exoplanets]] - [https://xkcd.com/1071/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1079: United Shapes]] - [https://xkcd.com/1079/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1080: Visual Field]] - [https://xkcd.com/1080/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1127: Congress]] - [https://xkcd.com/1127/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1196: Subways]] - [https://xkcd.com/1196/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1256: Questions]] - [https://xkcd.com/1256/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1298: Exoplanet Neighborhood]] - [https://xkcd.com/1298/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1389: Surface Area]] - [https://xkcd.com//large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1392: Dominant Players]] - [https://xkcd.com/1392/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1461: Payloads]] - [https://xkcd.com/1461/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1491: Stories of the Past and Future]] - [https://xkcd.com/1491/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1688: Map Age Guide]] - [https://xkcd.com/1688/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones]] - [http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/bad_map_projection_time_zones_2x.png Large drawing] - only one to use 2x instead of large/small to indicate the size difference, and also only the second to use the name of the comic instead of the number.
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− | ##[[1939: 2016 Election Map]] - [https://xkcd.com/1939/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[1970: Name Dominoes]] - [https://xkcd.com/1970/large/ Large drawing]
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− | ##[[Radiation]] – [https://xkcd.com/radiation/ Large drawing] – As this was not released as a comic there were only a [https://i0.wp.com/imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation_450.png tiny version] in a [https://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/ blag post]. That is not the "small" version shown here on xkcd.
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− | ##[[The Rise of Open Access]] – [http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/infographic.jpg Large Drawig] – This was never released on xkcd.
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| #Long drawings: | | #Long drawings: |
− | ##[[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]
| + | #Click and Drag drawings: |
− | ##[[482: Height]]
| + | ##[[1110: Click and Drag]] |
− | ##[[485: Depth]]
| + | ##[[1608: Hoverboard]] |
− | ##[[887: Future Timeline]]
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− | ##[[1133: Up Goer Five]]
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− | ##[[1649: Pipelines]]
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− | ##[[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]]
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− | ##[[2155: Swimming]]
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− | ##[[2425: mRNA Vaccine]]
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− | #Click and Drag like drawings: | |
− | ##[[1110: Click and Drag]] - [http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/#8/1.100/0.200 Full zoomable map] | |
− | ##[[1608: Hoverboard]] - [http://1101b.com/xkcd1608/ Full zoomable map] | |
− | ##[[2067: Challengers]]
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| [[Category:Distinctive comics]] | | [[Category:Distinctive comics]] |