Masks In The Private Eye By Brian K.

In the graphic novel, The Private Eye by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente, a society has their private released in an event known as the ‘Cloudburst’. Now, all personal and private information is out in the open, therefore there are no secrets and privacy has been severely threatened. Behaving just like humans do, they either find a way to hide from the threat or fight it. As a solution to their problem, the people decide to hide faces with masks. The masks can have a double meaning. First, they are a representation of past failed mistakes and how the people are forced into hiding so they can proceed to the future. At the same time, the masks provide a safety net. This safety net in disguise creates an illusion that the world is a normal and safe place. Although, the people have found a solution that allows them to proceed in their daily life, the masks that are being used have changed the way people act towards
In The Private Eye, the Private Investigator is going to interview a library worker. The worker is at home and having a nice meal with his family, but the second the worker hears the doorbell, he has to put on his mask to answer the door (See figure ). The library worker who is not even leaving the edge of his own front door is unable to go without a mask. To the people, their identity is everything and even the slightest chance of having it exposed instigates fear. The Private Investigator and the library worker have met multiple times, but neither one can trust the other and reveal their face. In this world, the point of hiding was to protect one’s identity. In the process of avoiding a problem that was created by humans, the people come up with masks that did not solve the problem, but instead make it worse. Trust between the two people has completely been lost, in this case those two people are no better than