Did you read 'the comics' [='the funnies'] today?
The scene was included for 'comic' effect.
the 'comic' section of the newspaper
(..) their heart and soul in it. When I first read The Matrix ... ... there was a great deal about the ... I don't know, the Eastern influence, the comic book influence ... ... that had been meshed into kind of Western philosophy. There's a synthesis from the literature ... ... the exposure that they've (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited
(..) So that is something that-- Regardless of what has to happen ... ... that's what gets me through it. A friend asked us to come up with a concept for a comic. We didn't have any concepts. Started thinking about something ... ... came up with the whole shebang. Every idea we've ever had (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited