Dope Creators Make the Comic Book ‘1000’ a Great Read

Writer: Chuck Brown / Artist: Sanford Greene / Independent Remember Bright, that awful attempt at social commentary set in a fantastical world full of Orcs, Fairies, and Elves? The setting was actually kind of dope. Present day Los Angeles, but with fantasy elements. Like, we in the middle of Echo Park, but dude over there is arguing with a tiny flying fairy. All of that would-be coolness took a back seat to heavy handed, misguided, and insulting attempts at opening up a dialogue to prevalent real world issues. Why am I talking about Bright though? Especially since I didn’t like it? 1: Because I want as many people as possible to know how much disdain I have for this movie. 2: Because 1000 by Chuck Brown and Sanford Greene reminds me of what Bright could have been if it didn’t get blinded by its faux wokeness. 1000 is dope as hell. It is set in a world not unlike our own, except there are vampires, zombies, warlocks, dragons, and aliens. On board yet? No? That’s okay. I’ll tell you the premise. It follows a dude named Son. Yeah, you read that right. He’s the son of a dragon cast down to earth and forced into a human body for “unspeakable acts of treason”. The only way to get his status back as a dope ass dragon is to commit 1000 acts of penance. So homie’s gotta be friendly and do the right thing for a while. “But you said this reminded you of Bright. This sounds more like one of those anime thingamajigs.” You’re very perceptive. It does borrow a lot of elements from manga an…