![]() The jumps from buildings, the magic mirror, the boy who's being inducted called the One, the black drones, the shades, the fetish. Further commenting in Anarchy for the Masses, Morrison talked of putting the matter to bed, saying:Īfter the initial rage, when I really went through it plot point by plot point. Neo is modeled more on a gnostic Christ, whereas Jack Frost is a reincarnation of Buddha, but their journeys are very similar, especially when Doom Patrol #58 is added to the mix.Ĭomments from the Wachowskis themselves on the topic are scarce, and they have never publicly acknowledged Morrison's influence. The audience POV Character in both The Invisibles and The Matrix is even referred to as the One. Both stories follow the lives of people living in relatable circumstances, only to be initiated into a cell of reality-bending rebels in order to become their savior. ![]() The comic deals with aspects of reality being an illusion, and the real world being controlled by inhuman masters, before imploring the audience to wake up. In The Invisibles, Morrison creates a narrative about a secret group of freedom fighters who operate on multiple planes of reality and the journey of Jack Frost, who transforms from a regular inhabitant of reality into the next Buddha. ![]() The Invisibles does include elements of reality being not as one knows it, but uses the idea of multiple dimensions rather than a simulation of reality. The Matrix's plot bears many similarities to volume 1 of The Invisibles, which includes pretty much everything from The Matrix minus the computer simulation. The Invisibles' alleged influence over the look of The Matrix is one of the key points that hits a personal note for Morrison, who lamented in Rolling Stone's 'Grant Morrison: Psychedelic Superhero' that, "I was told by people on the set that Invisibles books were passed around for visual reference." But while The Invisibles largely resonated with the underground, outsider crowd, The Matrix resonated with everybody. With predominant black leather, sunglasses, piercings and highly defined personal character styles, The Invisibles resonated with the Goth scene and - like its fellow Vertigo book Neil Gaiman's Sandman - likewise inspired aspects of Goth fashion. This was reflected and in some cases anticipated in the various fashion styles depicted by Morrison and the artists who worked on The Invisibles, including notable 2000 AD artist Steve Yeowell, iconic illustrator and frequent Neil Gaiman collaborator Jill Thompson, DC artist Phil Jimenez, and many others. The rise of dance music led the movement to break up into more closely tied factions, from Cyber Goth to Medieval Goth to Zombie Goth. The Invisibles was released in 1992 and was a big hit within the Goth subculture of the time, but the cultural moment was changing. It's obvious that similar to Harlan Ellison's lawsuit over Terminator, Morrison would have appreciated greater acknowledgement regarding the stories their work had seemingly influenced. As is evident in the aforementioned Morrison quote, The Matrix shares many similarities with The Invisibles, including its iconic and stunning visuals. So many of these things started to crop up. The initiated ones who stand between us and the dark side. ![]() the comic was becoming a set of cliches - you know, the group who opposed strange forces from other dimensions. So for me it was the end of The Invisibles a kind of a farewell to that and trying to move forward into a different way of thinking, a different way of working. But suddenly it was everywhere you kind of feel that the gazelles have come to your watering hole and are drinking in your water. It was always there in the underground, because that's where I'd come out of. That was stuff that nobody had even been doing in comic books or in pop culture.
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