I said at the beginning that this book is prophetic. So, I will just point you to one of their articles here. Others have written about how well they’ve done this, and what the digital format means to comics in general. The Private Eye is a digital comic, and Martin and Vincente do a beautiful job with panel arrangement and coloring. The mix of antiquated technology, like pay phones, and new tech that we wished existed, like magnetic cars, somehow creates a highly-believable world. noir vibe to it while at the same time being brilliantly futuristic. P.I., the main character, is a paparazzo who is investigating a woman’s background when he stumbles into a murder mystery and conspiracy. Paparazzi, unlicensed and illegal journalist, become something like underground detectives. Journalism becomes the “fourth estate,” federally regulated. Privacy becomes so highly valued that people start wearing masks and costumes in public. Naturally, society has a knee jerk reaction, as we humans are prone to do. The cloud containing everyone’s deepest, darkest online secrets has “burst.” Everyone’s information has been revealed over a 40 day “flood.” People’s lives have been ruined. It’s a dystopian detective story set in 2076. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vincente is truly prophetic in the same way Brave New World and 1984 are prophetic.
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