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'''''The Matrix Comics''''' is a set of [[comics]] and [[Short story|short stories]] based on [[The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'']] film series and written and illustrated by figures from the comics industry. One of the comics was written by the Wachowskis and illustrated by the films' [[concept artist]] [[Geof Darrow]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Matrix Comics - Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Geof Darrow, Bill Sienkiewicz, Neil Gaiman, Ted McKeever, John Van Fleet, Dave Gibbons, David Lapham, Peter Bagge, Troy Nixey, Paul Chadwick, Ryder Windham, Kilian Plunkett, Gregory Ruth - Graphic novel review|url=http://www.grovel.org.uk/reviews/matrix01/matrix01.htm|website=www.grovel.org.uk}}</ref> The comics and stories were originally presented for free on the ''Matrix'' series' website between 1999 and 2003.<ref name="comics20th">{{Cite web|title=The Matrix Comics, Based on the Film, Return to Print This Autumn|url=http://previewsworld.com/Article/233339-The-Matrix-Comics-Based-on-the-Film-Return-to-Print-This-Autumn|website=previewsworld.com}}</ref><ref name="comics">{{cite web|title=Comics|url=http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/comics_new_front.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815230811/http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/comics_new_front.html|archive-date=August 15, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2012|work=whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com}}</ref> One of them was printed in 1999 to be given away at theaters as a promotional item for ''The Matrix'', but Warner Bros. recalled it due to its mature content.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 18, 2018|title=Totally Recalled: 15 Comics the Stores Had to Send Back|url=https://www.cbr.com/comics-recalled-sent-back-to-printer/|access-date=December 28, 2019|website=CBR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-18|title=10 Things You Never Knew About The Matrix Comics|url=https://www.cbr.com/things-never-knew-about-matrix-comics/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref> Most of them were later republished by the Wachowskis' [[Burlyman Entertainment]], along with some new stories and updates with color to some of the existing ones,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Matrix Comics: Volume 2 - Graphic novel review|url=http://www.grovel.org.uk/reviews/matrix-02/matrix-02.htm|website=www.grovel.org.uk}}</ref> in two printed [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] volumes in 2003 and 2004 and a deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Matrix Comics in Mid-October|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/3348/the-matrix-comics-mid-october|website=icv2.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Matrix Comics Volume 2|url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/5551/matrix-comics-volume-2|website=icv2.com}}</ref><ref name="comics20th" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Burlyman to Release 'Matrix' Comic Hardcover, with All-Star Talent|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/44118/burlyman-release-matrix-comic-hardcover-all-star-talent|website=icv2.com}}</ref>
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By September 2004, the first printed volume had sold over 60,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE CREATORS OF THE MATRIX RETURN TO COMICS|url=http://www.burlymanentertainment.com/press/html/press_release_frameset_01.html|website=www.burlymanentertainment.com}}</ref>
'''''The Matrix Comics''''' is a collection of short [[comic book]] stories set in the [[Matrix (fictional universe)|fictional universe]] of [[The Matrix (series)|''The Matrix'' series]], originally released as [[webcomic]]s on the series' official website from 1999 to 2004,<ref>[http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/comics_new_front.html The Matrix Comics], The Matrix official website</ref>. Most of the stories were published in two volumes (printed in 2003 and 2004 respectively) by the [[Wachowski Brothers]]' company [[Burlyman Entertainment]], along with three never released online. The comics' editor was Spencer Lamm. The Wachowski Brothers, the creators of ''The Matrix'' series, contributed one script to the project, "Bits and Pieces of Information", aspects of which were later included in ''[[The Animatrix]]'' short animated film "[[The Second Renaissance]]".
 
==Stories Contents ==
Based on the 20th anniversary edition, the following comics were published:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Title
!Writers
!Artists
!Volume
!Comments
|-
!colspan=5|Series 1
|-
|colspan=5|''Series 1 pin-ups by Vince Evans, [[Geof Darrow]], [[Aron Weisenfeld]] and [[Michael William Kaluta|Michael Kaluta]]''
|-
|"Goliath"
|[[Neil Gaiman]]
|[[Bill Sienkiewicz]], [[Gregory Ruth]]
|1
|A [[short story]]; illustrations were added at a later date.<ref name="goliath-date">[http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/news.html Matrix breaking news] - news dated 19 December 2003</ref>
|-
|"System Freeze"
|[[Poppy Z. Brite]]
|[[Dave Dorman]]
|2
|Short story; new illustrations were added when it was included in volume 2.<ref>Spencer Lamm (ed.), ''The Matrix Comics'' Volume 2, Burlyman Entertainment (2004), p. 4</ref>
|-
|"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
|colspan=2|W. Wilbur W.
|
|Removed from the website.
|-
|"Sweating the Small Stuff"
|[[Spencer Lamm]] & Bill Sienkiewicz
|Bill Sienkiewicz
|1
|
|-
|"Deja Vu"
|colspan=2|[[Paul Chadwick]]
|2
|
|-
|"Morning Sickness"
|colspan=2|[[John Gaeta]], Grant Niesner, Thomas Proctor, Brett Hartshorn, Dan Rosen, Noah Mizrahi, Sean White & Jamie Pilgrim
|
|Created by staff of visual effects house [[Manex Visual Effects]] which worked on ''[[The Matrix]]''.
|-
|"Bits and Pieces of Information"
|[[Larry Wachowski]]; [[Andy Wachowski]]
|Geof Darrow
|1
|Written as the first of a four part story,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061116004433/whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/cx_archive.html The Matrix Comics News Archive] May 7th 1999 - from Archive.org</ref> aspects of this story were later incorporated into the ''[[Animatrix]]'' short film "The Second Renaissance". Artist Geof Darrow worked as a concept artist on all three ''Matrix'' films.
|-
|"Wrong Number"
|colspan=2|Vince Evans
|2
|Vince Evans only credited for "Art" in the comic strip, but for "Plot & Art" in the Volume 2 contents page.
|-
|"Farewell Performance"
|[[Jim Krueger]]
|[[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]]
|2
|
|-
|"A Life Less Empty"
|colspan=2|[[Ted McKeever]]
|1
|
|-
!colspan=5|Series 2
|-
|colspan=5|''Series 2 pin-ups by [[Peter Bagge]], Paul Chadwick, [[John Van Fleet]], [[Keron Grant]], Ted McKeever, [[Tommy Lee Edwards]]''
|-
|"Asset to the System"
|colspan=2|Troy Nixey
|2
|
|-
|"A Path Among Stones"
|colspan=2|Gregory Ruth
|2
|
|-
|"There Are No Flowers in the Real World"
|colspan=2|David Lapham
|1
|Also released with Stray Bullets #2 for Free Comic Book Day in 2002.
|-
|"Broadcast Depth"
|colspan=2|Bill Senkiewicz
|2
|Included a hidden [[QuickTime]] movie.
|-
|"Butterfly"
|colspan=2|Dave Gibbons
|1
|
|-
|"Day In... Day Out"
|Ted McKeever & Keron Grant
|Keron Grant
|
|Story by Ted McKeever, script by Keron Grant.
|-
|"Burning Hope"
|colspan=2|John Van Fleet
|1
|
|-
|"The King of Never Return"
|Ted McKeever
|Chris Chuckry
|2
|
|-
|"An Easy One"
|colspan=2|Tommy Lee Edwards
|
|Lettering by [[John Workman]]
|-
|"Let It All Fall Down"
|colspan=2|Paul Chadwick
|
|
|-
|"Get It?"
|colspan=2|Peter Bagge
|1
|
|-
|"Run, Saga, Run!"
|colspan=2|Keron Grant
|2
|
|-
!colspan=5|Series 3
|-
|colspan=5|''Series 3 pin-ups by [[Greg Ruth]], [[Troy Nixey]] and [[Kaare Andrews]]''
|-
|"The Miller's Tale"
|colspan=2|Paul Chadwick
|1
|
|-
|"Return of the Prodigal Son"
|colspan=2|Gregory Ruth
|
|Parts 1 & 2
|-
|"A Sword of a Different Color"
|colspan=2|Troy Nixey
|1
|
|-
|"Hunters and Collectors"
|colspan=2|Gregory Ruth
|1
|
|-
|"Artistic Freedom"
|Ryder Windham
|Kilian Plunkett
|1
|
|}
 
* "Bits and Pieces of Information" by [[The Wachowskis|Lana & Lilly Wachowski]] and [[Geof Darrow]]
In addition, three comics did not appear online, and were only available in ''The Matrix Comics: Volume 2''.
* "Sweating the Small Stuff" by [[Bill Sienkiewicz]]
* "A Life Less Empty" by [[Ted McKeever]]
* "Goliath" by [[Neil Gaiman]], Bill Sienkiewicz, Gregory Ruth
* "Burning Hope" by John Van Fleet
* "Butterfly" by [[Dave Gibbons]]
* "A Sword of a Different Color" by [[Troy Nixey]]
* "Get It?" by [[Peter Bagge]]
* "There Are No Flowers in the Real World" by [[David Lapham]]
* "The Miller's Tale" by [[Paul Chadwick]]
* "Artistic Freedom" by [[Ryder Windham]] and Kilian Plunkett
* "Hunters and Collectors" by Gregory Ruth
* "An Easy One" by [[Tommy Lee Edwards]]
* "Farewell Performance" by [[Jim Krueger]], [[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]]
* "Déjà Vu" by Paul Chadwick
* "System Freeze" by [[Poppy Z. Brite]], [[Dave Dorman]], [[Michael Kaluta]]
* "The King of Never Return" by [[Ted McKeever]]
* "An Asset to the System" by Troy Nixey
* "A Path Among Stones" by Gregory Ruth
* "Run, Saga, Run" by [[Keron Grant]], Rob Stull
* "Wrong Number" by Vince Evans
* "Broadcast Depth" by Bill Sienkiewicz
* "Who Says You Can't Get Good Help These Days?" by Peter Bagge
* "Saviors" by Spencer Lamm, [[Michael Avon Oeming]]
* "I Kant" by [[Kaare Andrews]]
* "Day In... Day Out" by Ted McKeever, Keron Grant
* "Return of the Prodigal Son" by Gregory Ruth
* "Let It All Fall Down" by Paul Chadwick
 
== Collected editions ==
{| class="wikitable"
* ''The Matrix Comics, Vol. 1'' by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2003) {{ISBN|1-932700-00-5}}
|-
* ''The Matrix Comics, Vol. 2'' by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2004) {{ISBN|1-932700-09-9}}
!Title
* ''The Matrix Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition'' by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2019) {{ISBN|978-1932700572}}
!Writer
!Artist
!Comments
|-
|"Who Says You Can't Get Good Help These Days?"
|colspan=2|Peter Bagge
|
|-
|"Saviors"
|Spencer Lamm
|Michael Oeming
|
|-
|"I Kant"
|colspan=2|Kaare Andrews
|Illustrations are used for the front cover of Volume 2 and the back covers of both volumes.
|-
|}
 
==See alsoReferences ==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Burlyman Entertainment]]
* [[List of comics based on films]]
* [[Simulated reality]]
 
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