The Matrix as "a marriage between Man and Machine". For the scene when Neo wakes up in the pod connected to the Matrix, the pod was constructed to look dirty, used, and sinister. During the testing of a breathing mechanism in the pod, the tester suffered hypothermia in under eight minutes, so the pod had to be heated. Kym Barrett, costume designer, said that she defined the characters and their environment by their costume. For example, Reeves' office costume was designed for Thomas Anderson to look uncomfortable, disheveled, and out of place. Barrett sometimes used three types of fabric for each costume,
Alter Ego (magazine) component of TwoMorrow's "Comic Book Artist" magazine. Thomas reprised his role as editor, with Schelly becoming associate editor. In spring 1998, "Alter Ego" volume 2 debuted as a flip-book with "Comic Book Artist". This arrangement lasted for five issues, which have subsequently been collected into a book: "Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection" (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006) . "Alter Ego" became its own magazine again in 1999, again with Thomas as editor, and formatted as a glossy magazine. It is published by TwoMorrows Publishing. "FCA", the Fawcett Collectors of America fanzine, is published as part of "Alter Ego". Schelly has