Aw dammit. THAT's what I forgot to do.

"if the person who answered the question does not respond, i hereby request the following illustration: biker ben (from the adventure game Full Throttle) sitting in a bar with his polecat gang. they are having a beer with sam and max and cheering wildly, while a tentacle from "Day of the Tentacle" (also lucasarts adventure game) plays the piano."
Well, he wasn't listed up there and I never played Grim Fandango. So I never thought of drawing him in. In retrospect, it definitely would have worked out well.

Heeey, sweet, you nailed it :D Good work!

That is a very clever reason. I'm gonna go with that as my official statement on Manny's exclusion.

anyway not to change the topic into an argument about what should or should not have been in there. i think the fact that neither me nor the person suggesting guybrush requested manny is that, while being a great character, he is not (in my book at least) a truly classic lucasarts character.
besides, my idea was not in any way meant to be an all inclusive illustration of the history of lucasarts characters.
but boondock, it sounds like theres an audience for you to draw an exclusive grim fandango painting hehehehe