The Private Eye
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About The Book
"With stunning artwork, propulsive sequential-art storytelling, and a thought-provoking premise, this is truly one of a kind." —Booklist (starred review)
From the creator of the New York Times bestselling series SAGA, comes the three-time, Eisner nominated, PanelSyndicate.com's digital comics sensation THE PRIVATE EYE, finally available in a paperback edition.
Set in an inevitable future of where everyone has a secret identity, THE PRIVATE EYE is an eerily prescient sci-fi mystery about an unlicensed private investigator who stumbles onto the most important case of his life.
The series is set in 2076, a time after "the cloud has burst", revealing everyone's secrets. As a result, there is no more Internet, and people are excessively guarded about their identity, to the point of appearing only masked in public.
About The Author
Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner and Hugo Award-winning writer/co-creator of multiple critically acclaimed series including Saga, Paper Girls, and Y: The Last Man, as well as the upcoming graphic novel Spectators with artist Niko Henrichon, who he last collaborated with on Pride of Baghdad. Vaughan lives with his family in Los Angeles, where he occasionally dabbles in film and television, though he’s always happiest making comics.
About The Illustrator
Product Details
- Publisher: Image Comics (December 16, 2025)
- Length: 300 pages
- ISBN13: 9781534331648
Raves and Reviews
“Vaughan is a master world-builder and Martin has a remarkable talent for creating detailed, living worlds, so it’s no surprise that this is such an engrossing read.”
– A.V. Club
“Vaughan and Martin aren’t just tapping into paranoid fears of the present for TPE’s subtext. They’re also mining the ephemeral, ever-eroding collective memory of the past, too.”
– Kotaku
"Vaughan's pay-what-you-can webcomic blends two irresistible genres — sci-fi and detective stories — and offers some of the most eye-catching images I saw in comics this year.”
– USA Today
"THE PRIVATE EYE offers the pulpy thrills of the best comics—secret identities, private investigators, and a villain with a rocket—while taking a serious look at the fear that our digital shenanigans will ultimately doom us.”
– Slate Magazine
"Vaughan and Martin’s vision of the future is chilling in its realism, but fascinating in its hyperbole."
– Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A cool, satirical, thought-provoking futuristic noir for adults."
– Library Journal
"I read this for the first time on my train trip home, and nearly missed my stop I was so engrossed."
– AIPT
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