1000: 1000 Comics/1000 characters

This is a work in progress I'm working on a table listing all figures in the comic 1000: 1000 Comics after having added pictures like those on this page: 1000: 1000 Comics/Numbered images. I will return asap with the table so it will be possible to start the explanation of each figure.--Kynde (talk) 14:44, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Explanation

• There will eventually be a numbered list of the 1000 small drawings/characters from 1000: 1000 Comics.
  • Relevant categories for comics, characters and items can be added to the main page.

Table of 1000 characters

#	Section	Character	Animal	Object	Reference	Description	Transcript	Explanation
1	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone		The very first character is of course the standard everyman Cueball, and no matter how one would count, this character would be the first encountered!
2	One	Megan				Megan standing turned right hand up towards Cueball 3		Megan and Cueball 3 interact, she lifts her hand and he points at her.
3	One	Cueball				Cueball standing left pointing with an arm at Megan 2		Megan 2 and Cueball interact, she lifts her hand and he points at her.
4	One	Woman with black hair				Woman with wide black hair standing right		The hairdo is much wider at the shoulder than Megan’s so it cannot be her or any other known characters. She may be looking down at Cueball 7.
5	One	Megan				Megan standing alone right
6	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right leaning
7	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left looking up		He may be looking up at the woman 4.
8	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone left		The hair is not as thick as normal for Hairy, spikier.
9	One	Cueball		Lectern		Cueball standing alone left behind a lectern with a microphone		Cueball is addressing some audience not shown.
10	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
11	One	Megan			Reference to a comic?	Megan prone right drifting up as shown with three lines		Megan seems to be floating up into the air. Could be that Cueball 12 and 13 are looking after her?
12	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right looking up		He may be looking up at the Megan 11 floating together with Cueball 13?
13	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left looking up		He may be looking up at the Megan 11 floating together with Cueball 12?
14	One	Person with black on top				Person with a black half sphere on the head left looking down		What is on the head? This may be either a military or other kind of helmet, or a special hairdo, and could be both male and female?
15	One	Megan		Heart?		Megan standing alone right with a heart floating in front of her		Is it a heart or a bird? Assuming it is a heart in front of Megan it could be in relation to her love for the spectacled guy 16 to her right.
16	One	Guy with glasses				Guy with glasses (round) and no hair standing right		Like Cueball with round glasses. Megan 15 to his left may have a crush on him if that is a heart in front of her? See also 42 where he has square glasses.
17	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right leaning		He may be looking at Ponytail 18 spinning in her office chair.
18	One	Ponytail		Officechair	Reference to a comic?	Ponytail sitting right arms out. She is spinning around in an office chair as shown with several circling lines	Ponytail: Wheeee	Is this not part of a comic maybe with another person? Ponytail is having fun spinning around in her office chair so fast she yells out loud. Maybe Cueball 17 is looking at her, maybe he gave her a push?
19	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
20	One	Ponytail				Ponytail standing alone right
21	One	Cueball		Something in his hand		Cueball standing alone making wavy arms and holding something in his hand towards left		What his he holding. What is the name for what he is doing with his arms? Is there a reference to a comic? Cueball is making the common movement with his arms making them seem to wiggle up and down. He is holding an object towards the left.
22	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
23	One	Megan				Megan standing alone right
24	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left
25	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left		Maybe Cueball 30 waves at him.
26	One	White hat dome shaped			Comic: 603: Idiocracy	White hat dome shaped standing alone right with an unusual domes hat		This version of White Hat is the one from 603: Idiocracy. It is used more than once in this comic, so here he will not be listed as White Hat.
27	One	Cueball				Cueball standing right towards short haired woman 28		Cueball looking at woman 27.
28	One	Woman with short black hair				Woman with hair like Megan on the head but stop above neck standing left towards Cueball 27		The woman looking at Cueball 28 has much shorter hair than Megan.
29	One	Woman with hairbun white				Woman with hair bun white standing alone right		This is not Hairbun as she has dark hair. This white hair bun woman is used more than once (see already in 43).
30	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right waving with the arm to the right		He may be waving upwards towards Cueball 25.
31	One	Guy with a hat locomotive shaped		Locomotive hat		Guy with a hat shaped like a locomotive and no hair standing right		Any references to comics? Could be that this guy was a model train enthusiast? Seems like this hat is related to the hat on 65.
32	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
33	One	Mrs. Roberts		Laptop, owen mittens, baking plate	Comic: 341: 1337: Part 1	Mrs. Roberts standing alone left with an oven-mitt on her hand to the left that holds a bun tray from the oven and in her other hand she holds down her laptop		Mrs. Roberts trademark image, almost as the one from her character page and directly a link to Leet (1337).
34	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
35	One	Guy with sunglasses				Guy with sun glasses and no hair standing left		The sunglasses are drawn so small that it is hard to see the left glass. Could be a headband…
36	One	Ponytail	Sheep		Comic: 35: Sheep	Ponytail standing left hands out towards a wooly sheep with spiral horns facing her while baaing	Sheep: Baaa	Could be that it was a ram that charged at her but maybe she just reach out to pat the sheep. Could also be Mary after her little lamb got bigger. The reference to the Sheep comic may be dubious but this is the only sheep in this comic and he has a comic with that name...
37	One	Megan				Megan standing alone
38	One	Woman with hairbun black and high		Hairpins?		Woman with hair bun but otherwise like Megan. The hair bun is large and on top of her head with what appears to be two hairpins stuck into it standing alone right		Is it hairpins in a hair bun? Any reference to characters drawn previously Even though this Megan like character has a hair bun it is much too different from Hairbun's to be her.
39	One	Ponytail				Ponytail standing alone right
40	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone right		First standard version of Hairy in the comic.
41	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
42	One	Guy with glasses				Guy with glasses (square) and no hair standing right		Like Cueball with square glasses. See also 16 where he has round glasses.
43	One	Woman with hairbun white				Woman with hair bun white standing alone right		This is not Hairbun as she has dark hair. This white hair bun woman is used more than once (see first appearance at 29).
44	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
45	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left arms up and out		Megan holds her arms out like to embrace someone, but she seems to be standing alone.
46	One	Guy with glasses				Guy with glasses (round) and no hair standing left		Like Cueball with round glasses. See also 42 where he has square glasses.
47	One	Megan				Megan standing alone
48	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone
49	One	Stephen Hawking		Wheel chair with computer screen	Comic: 799: Stephen Hawking	Stephen Hawking with dark hair and dark glasses sitting in his wheelchair with a computer screen in front of him alone right looking down		The image here is the last in the comic bearing the name, Stephen Hawking, as the title -he is downcast after the events in the comic and thus is looking down.
50	One	Cueball				Cueball standing right towards Megan 51		Cueball looking at Megan 51
51	One	Megan				Megan standing left towards Cueball 50		Megan looking at Cueball 50.
52	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left
53	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left longer hair		This Megan has somewhat longer hair, but not Danish length…
54	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
55	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right leaning while pointing left
56	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right with both arms up
57	One	Cueball	Turtle		Comic: 889: Turtles	Cueball standing left with a turtle to his right talking to him. Seems short	Turtle: What does it say?	If it is the turtle from the comic it is probably about to say You're a turtle! But it is it seems impossible to see what it says? There is also a turtle in 636: Brontosaurus. Later a stack of turtles was used in 1416: Pixels. It could also be a tortoise as the one drawn only 37 comics later in Black Hat's version of 1037:_Umwelt. The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid.
58	One	Megan				Megan standing alone right
59	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone
60	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
61	One	Beret Guy	Woodpecker		Comic: 614: Woodpecker	Beret Guy standing right looking up at the Woodpecker flying away with a drill it holds in its claws in the wire		A direct reference to the comic Woodpecker where Beret Guy gives a woodpecker an electric drill as a birthday present. The bird flies away with it as depicted here, although first after Beret Guy has left.
62	One	Megan				Megan standing right towards Cueball 63 and character 64 with her hands in front of her mouth		The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze Seems like this Megan (with more loose hair than normal) is shocked to see Cueball 63 and the person 64 holding hands. Maybe she was in love with one of them and is shocked to see them together as a happy couple. Or if it is supposed to be two men she could at the same time be shocked that they are openly gay...
63	One	Cueball				Cueball standing right holding hands with the person 64		The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze Cueball holding hand with the person in 64 who could be a girl in which case Megan in 62 could be jealous, or it could be a guy in which case this could be a gay scene and that cold shock Megan (as well).
64	One	Character M/W with black hair				Character with short black hair with spikes in the front standing left holding hands with Cueball 63		The sex of 64 is unclear and makes this triangle 62-64 hard to analyze Cueball 63 is holding hand with this person who could be a girl in which case Megan in 62 could be jealous, or it could be a guy in which case this could be a gay scene and that cold shock Megan (as well).
65	One	Guy with hat city sky line shaped		City sky line hat		Guy with a hat shaped like a city sky line and no hair standing alone right		Is the hat a city sky line or something else? Any references to comics? Seems like this hat is related to the locomotive hat on 31.
66	One	Woman with hairbun white hair black bun		Hairpins?		Woman with hair bun standing alone left. Her hair is short and white. The hair bun sits on top of her head it looks black but could be caused by two hairpins stuck into the bun		Is it hairpins in a hair bun? Could also look like it is an antenna on her head. If so it may even be a man with an antenna cap? Any reference to characters drawn previously?As the hair is white, it is not Hairbun.
67	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
68	One	Ponytail				Ponytail standing alone left
69	One	Soldier with helmet		Machine gun	Comic: 984: Space Launch System	Soldier with camouflage helmet and machine gun barrel upwards standing alone left		A soldier with arms ready like in the referenced comic, but with a different helmet.
70	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
71	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone very tall		This version of Hairy has more curly hair than normally and he seems to be a head higher than the Cueballs around him.
72	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right one arm bent at the elbow
73	One	Guy with black hair and full beard			Comics: 992: Mnemonics	Guy with black hair and a full beard standing alone left		First guy with a beard! Could be Joseph from the referenced comic.
74	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left with both arms up, seems short		The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid?
75	One	Guy with hair only around the neck				Guy with hair only around the neck standing alone left seems tall		This could be George from 587: Crime Scene, but to call it a reference to that comic may be stretching it?
76	One	Character M/W with black hair				Character with short black hair standing alone right		Could be either sex, hair too short to be Megan, like the next Megan 77.
77	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left		As this is clearly Megan the person 76 is clearly not Megan.
78	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
79	One	Ponytail				Ponytail standing alone left
80	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
81	One	Science Girl				Science Girl standing alone right		It is size wise clearly a girl with hairdo like Science Girl. But so far the only known instance of Science Girl looking like this comes after this comic. But she was already in 585: Outreach. Her first known appearance looking like this was in 1058: Old-Timers less than half a year later.
82	One	Blonde woman				Blonde woman with long hair standing alone right		The first woman with long blonde hair in the comic.
83	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
84	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
85	One	Megan				Megan running alone left arms out hair hanging loose and curly behind her		The first running character. There has been a floating and a spinning character, but the rest seems to be standing still. She is not clearly running towards any other character.
86	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone left with flat hair
87	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right pointing one arm right and down		The posture is almost identical with Cueball 89.
88	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
89	One	Cueball				Cueball standing right pointing right at Cueball 90		He points at and maybe accusing Cueball 90 of something since Cueball 90 has his arms crossed in front of his chest and looks away and down like he is insulted or angry, This Cueball posture is almost identical with Cueball 87.
90	One	Cueball				Cueball standing right arms crossed in front of his chest looking down away from Cueball 89 who points at him		Maybe Cueball 89 who points at this Cueball is accusing him of something since this one has his arms crossed in front of his chest and looks away and down from the other like he is insulted or angry.
91	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
92	One	Guy with helmet white			Comic: 579: The Race: Part 3	A guy with a white helmet with a strap under his chin no hair standing alone left, seems short		Could be the Cueball with a bicycle helmet for skating from the referenced comic. This does not look like a soldier compared with 69. But could also be a soldier’s helmet as it looks like the one in 984: Space Launch System. It could be a kid.
93	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
94	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left with less dark hair		Megan’s hair is not quite so black as usual here.
95	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone left with very large hair		Hairy's hair is maybe a little too wild to be the regular Hairy…
96	One	Guy with strange appearnce		Something held in front of the body		A guy with either a small black hat or a little hair is standing alone with one arm a little out to hold on to something hanging down in front of him		What is on his head and what is in front of him. Reference to a comic? The items he holds in front of him seems to be transparent but distorts his body behind it so it seems to wave forth and back before reaching the legs. Could be he is having a towel around his body and it is the junction of the two ends of the towel that makes it look like the body is visible behind it. This would better explain why the leg to the right is not visible above the bottom of the towel...
97	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left, seems short		The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid?
98	One	Megan				Megan standing alone right		As this is clearly Megan the person 99 is clearly not Megan.
99	One	Character M/W with black hair				Character with short black hair standing alone right		Could be either sex, hair too short to be Megan, like Megan 98 before.
100	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left		Of course number 100 would also be a Cueball…
101	One	Megan		Snowboard		Megan sliding on a snow board alone right hair standing out behind her		Is it a character from a previous comic? As there are no wheels it cannot be a skateboard. The way she stands also does not fit with ski. Could be a surfboard, but where’s the surf…
102	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
103	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right seems short		The Cueball here looks short, maybe it is a kid?
104	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right, very tall		A very large version of Cueball.
105	One	Cueball				Cueball lying down on his back alone left resting his head on his arms behind him		The first character that lies down on the ground.
106	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
107	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone right flat hair
108	One	Hairy				Hairy standing alone right large hair		Almost an afro hairdo on this Hairy
109	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left wind blowing her hair back right		Seems like she is facing a strong wind from the left.
110	One	Cueball		Short golf club?		Cueball standing alone right holding an item towards right looking like a short golf club		What is Cueball holding and is this a reference to a comic? Cueball holds an item with a stick and a head. It looks like a golf club but seems too short. It also has the shape of a pipe but then it is too big.
111	One	Chracther M/W with black hair and strange apperance				Character with black hair floating above Hairbun 112		What is this? Reference for comic? A strange appearance floats above Hairbun 112 (maybe interacting with her and the woman 113 whom Hairbun may be interacting with?) It could be a person lying down leaning on arms looking straight out. So only the arms and torso and head can be seen. Could be either sex.
112	One	Hairbun				Hairbun standing right maybe interacting with character 111 above her and with woman 113 to her right		Is she interacting with 111 and 113 and if so is there a reference to a comic? The first instance of a woman with hair bun without pins. This is thus the first that can be described as Hairbun, but it is not the typical hair do for her. She may be interacting with the strange character 111 above her as well as with the freezing cloaked woman 113
113	One	Woman with black hair and cloack				A woman with Megan like hair standing left in a long black cloak indicated to freeze or shake with 9 wiggly lines around her		Is she interacting with 112 and 113 and if so is there a reference to a comic? Freezing or shaking? This woman who could be a Megan freezing in spite of her clock may be interacting with Hairbun 112, and if she is interacting with character 111 then also with that person.
114	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left
115	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left		First of 6 Cueballs in a row.
116	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
117	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
118	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
119	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left
120	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone left		Last of 6 Cueballs in a row.
121	One	Woman with hair bun white				Woman with hair bun white standing alone right		White hair so not Hairbun.
122	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
123	One	Megan				Megan standing alone left
124	One	Ponytail				Ponytail standing alone right
125	One	Guy with hat white round and high				Guy with a white hat that looks a little like a knit cap, but seems to go too high above his head no hair standing alone left looking up		If this was a knit cap it would be closer to his head, so it seems like this white hat has a band around the rim and it quite tall over the head.
126	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
127	One	Guy with hat spikey or other head gear		Sword or a cross?		Guy with some kind of contraption on his head (looks spikey) and three lines behind it indicating sound? Is drawing a large oblong object towards left. He is alone. The object has a cross shape with a broad long part split with a line down the middle. The ground over which it is drawn is visible and the drawing makes a sound	Object drawn: Scraape	Is this Jesus or a warrior? Ref to comic? This could be a reference to Jesus carrying his cross to his own crucifixion. He then would have a thorn crown on his head and carry a very heavy cross. But although there do appear a cross shape it does not look like the normal cross. However is it is turned sideways the cross bar at the top could look short like here. It could also be a sword, maybe pulled from a stone, but why then the scraping along the ground? It also looks too wide a blade, but the line in the middle looks right. Then what has he on his head. The head gear may also look like a birds nest with an angry bird with wings over the head and beak towards right. The lines would then be its angry noises. Maybe at the scraping that disturbs it. This would fir with the locomotive hat 32 and the city skyline hat 65 above.
128	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
129	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right
130	One	Megan				Megan standing right leaning towards Woman with white hair bun 131		Seems like Megan is facing and interacting with the woman with hair bun 131 as she leans towards her and is already close by.
131	One	Woman with hair bun white				Woman with hair bun white standing left with Megan 130 leaning towards her		White hair so not Hairbun. Seems like Megan 130 lean over to her.
132	One	Cueball				Cueball standing alone right

Explanations

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Discussion

If you find any missing errors in the table please correct them or if it is a big operation please send a personal comment to me, maybe my original table can be mended easily? (well this is written before the table is even begun ;-) --Kynde (talk) 14:53, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

I thought it was pretty clear that 127 was supposed to be Cloud with his spiky hair and huge Buster Sword? 108.162.246.114 19:32, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Definitely agreed on 127 being Cloud. We know Randall is a Final Fantasy fan, and Cloud has a pretty iconic look that is well represented here. 108.162.216.10 18:50, 4 January 2017 (UTC)borntowander

Wouldn't Occam's Razor suggest that a character with a gray hairbun is still Hairbun (though the person is evidently older)? Bitsofstring (talk) 20:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Is this page really necessary? It seems like a big project with not much meaning. RamenChef (talk) 14:51, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Is there a reason that there isn't a column for pictures of each mini-comic? It is pretty inconvenient to have to switch between the section page and this page.108.162.238.95

Just a thought but if you wanted to be able to sort them such that "A Red Text" comes to the top, might I suggest "AAH! Red Text!" 108.162.237.208 21:37, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Amazing that we can say rigorously that this comic is exactly 87.1% explained. Sure (talk) 00:31, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

I think #594 might be a reference to comic 852 about pole vaulting. 172.70.134.144 23:19, 27 February 2023 (UTC)