Hello Chums,
Remember the Matrix? The first movie was pretty great. The Animatrix was very good. What happened to the second and third movies? The were disappointing to say the least. That being said, I still picked up the two Matrix trades. Why? Because the Matrix was entertaining. What if the comic books were awesome. How cool would that be?
I read The Matrix comics vol. 1 awhile back. It was okay. It didn't exactly make me run over and read vol.2. But that was awhile back, maybe vol.2 would be better. And I was looking for something to read. So what the heck.
Instead of talking about the twelve stories in this volume. I thought I would focus on one story I liked entitled Wrong Number. Clocking in it a mere six pages, this tale written and drawn by Vince Evans, is short but far from sweet. This story reminds me of the opening scene of The Matrix where Trinity is looking for a phone line to use while being chased by agents.
In this story, K (a Lucy Lu type) is looking for an open phone line to return home from The Matrix. Helping her find one via cell phone is the always dependable Link. Link finds a location with a line for her being worked on by a phone repair man. K makes her was to the location and has the repair man open a line for her at gun point. Unfortunately this line is lost when an agent shows up. After an explosion the agent is gone but so is the line. As K makes the repair man go with her to the next location, the repair man tells K that even in the war he couldn't hurt anybody. Aah. What a nice guy! At the second location a new line is acquired for K's getaway. What happens next is pure Matrix.
What I liked about the story was it showed the possible consequences of living with the knowledge of the Matrix. Agents are tough.
As the first volume did, this volume featured multiple writers and artists. Many of these stories were pretty good.
Rating: Stories: B, Art: A-
Keep Reading Comics
D.L.
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