''The Private Eye'' was a science fiction mystery digital comic written by

Brian K. Vaughan Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series '' Y: The Last Man'', '' Ex Machina'', '' Runaways'', ''Pride of Baghdad'', ''Saga'', and '' Paper Girls''. Vaughan was a ...

, drawn by

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and colored by Muntsa Vicente. The first issue was published by

Panel Syndicate Panel Syndicate is an Internet, online publisher of DRM-free pay what you want digital comics in multiple languages, founded by Marcos Martín (cartoonist), Marcos Martín to publish his and Brian K. Vaughan's Creator ownership#Comic books, creator ...

in March 2013. In 2015, the series won an

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for Best Digital/Webcomic and the Harvey Award for Best Online Comics Work. 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. The story followed an unlicensed journalist, a "

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", who is involved in a mysterious plot. ''The Private Eye'', which lasted 10 issues, was self-published by its creators digitally through their website,

, in DRM-free formats. Readers were allowed to determine how much they wanted to pay per issue. To date Panel Syndicate has published comics in English, Spanish,

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, Portuguese and

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. ''The Private Eye'' and Panel Syndicate have received critical acclaim and media attention for its role as one of the first DRM-free, pay what you want comics. In December 2015, the series was published in hardcover by

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.Brian K. Vaughan announce Walking Dead story for Panel Syndicate at Image Expo
Retrieved 20 April 2016

References

External links

Panel Syndicate website
2013 comics debuts Eisner Award winners Harvey Award winners 2010s webcomics Fiction set in the 2070s Neo-noir comics Science fiction webcomics Image Comics titles Comics by Brian K. Vaughan Self-published books {{comics-stub Comics set in Los Angeles