Matrix Comics Vol 1 & 2 TPB Complete Set Burlyman Neil Gainman Dave Dorman

Description: When you purchase this item you are supporting the Friends of the Hamilton Library in New Jersey, a non-profit organization helping to provide materials and programming for adults, teens, and children at our library. Covers are clean, unmarked with slight wear at edges and corners. Endpapers are tight at front and back hinges. Pages are unmarked, unfolded. Text block edges are clean. Bindings are tight. SEE PHOTOS. The Matrix Comics TPB Complete Set, Lot of 2 contains: Vol 1 First Printing 2003 ISBN 9781932700008 Vol 2 First Printing 2004 ISBN 9781932700091 The Matrix is an American media franchise created by writers-directors the Wachowskis and producer Joel Silver. The series consists of three movies, beginning with The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), & The Matrix Revolutions (2003). The series features a cyberpunk story of the technological fall of mankind, in which the creation of artificial intelligence led the way to a race of self-aware machines that imprisoned mankind in a virtual reality system - the Matrix - to be farmed as a power source. Occasionally, some of the prisoners manage to break free from the system and, considered a threat, become pursued by the artificial intelligence both inside and outside of it. The films focus on the plight of Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) trying to free humanity from the system while pursued by its guardians, such as Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving). The story incorporates references to numerous philosophical, religious, or spiritual ideas, among others the dilemma of choice vs. control, the brain in a vat thought experiment, messianism, and the concepts of inter-dependency and love. Influences include the principles of mythology, anime, and Hong Kong action films (particularly "heroic bloodshed" and martial arts movies). The film series is notable for its use of heavily choreographed action sequences and "bullet time" slow motion effects, which revolutionized action films to come. The characters and setting of the films are further explored in other media set in the same fictional universe, including animation, comics, and video games. The comic "Bits and Pieces of Information" and The Animatrix short film "The Second Renaissance" act as prequels to the films, explaining how the franchise's setting came to be. The video game Enter the Matrix connects the story of the Animatrix short "Final Flight of the Osiris" with the events of Reloaded, while the online video game The Matrix Online was a direct sequel to Revolutions. These were typically written, commissioned, or approved by the Wachowskis. Now, Burlyman Entertainment & The Wachowski Brothers presents, The Matrix Comics. Two volumes packed with original "Matrix" stories set in the world of The Matrix. Read tales that expand the universe of The Matrix, written and illustrated by many of today's top comic book luminaries, including Larry and Andy Wachowski (writers/directors of The Matrix), Geof Darrow (Hard Boiled, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot), Bill Sienkiewicz (Stray Toasters, Elektra: Assassin), Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Death: The High Cost of Living), Ted McKeever (Metropol, Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon), John Van Fleet (Typhoid, Batman: The Ankh), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, The Originals), David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Murder Me Dead), Peter Bagge (Hate, Sweatshop), Troy Nixey (Jenny Finn, Trout), Paul Chadwick (Concrete, The World Below), Ryder Windham (Star Wars Comics), Kilian Plunkett (Aliens: Labyrinth), and Gregory Ruth (Sudden Gravity, Freaks of the Heartland), plus many others. Please ask all questions before purchase. Initials here

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Matrix Comics Vol 1 & 2 TPB Complete Set Burlyman Neil Gainman Dave Dorman

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Unit of Sale: Unit of 2

Tradition: US Comics

Vintage: Yes

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Publication Date: 2003 - 2004

Style: Color

Personalized: No

Features: Bagged, Boarded, Complete Set, Set

Artist/Writer: Geof Darrow, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Neil Gainman, Gabriel Andrade, Kilian Plunkett, Paul Chadwick, Davie Gibbons, Dave Dorman, Michael Oeming, Ted McKeever, Gregory Ruth, John Van Fleet, Ryder Windham, Troy Nixey, Pete Bagge, Bill Sienkiewicz, David Lapham, Kaare Andrews, Tim Sale

Character: Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Agent Smith, The Oracle

Cover Artist: Gabriel Andrade, Geof Darrow & Steve Skroce

Signed: No

Series Title: The Matrix Comics

Universe: The Matrix

Publisher: Burlyman Entertainment

Inscribed: No

Intended Audience: General Audience

Story Title: The Matrix Comics

Publication Year: 2003 - 2004

Type: Graphic Novel

Issue Number: 1-2