The Matrix Comics
# The Matrix Comics

The Matrix Comics is a set of comics and short stories based on 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. The comics and stories were originally presented for free on the Matrix series' website between 1999 and 2003. 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. 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, in two printed trade paperback volumes in 2003 and 2004 and a deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition in 2019.

By September 2004, the first printed volume had sold over 60,000 copies.

## Contents

Based on the 20th anniversary edition, the following comics were published:

* Bits and Pieces of Information by Lana & Lilly Wachowski and Geof Darrow
* 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
* 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 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

* 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
* The Matrix Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition by various (Burlyman Entertainment, 2019) ISBN 978-1932700572
