Faded Secrets come Into Focus

 July 19, 2026

  For quite some time now, I have had this burning desire to emulate old, faded photographs and to somehow put them into a graphic narrative that would pay off at the end of the story.

Daily Whip Out: "Faded Rider"

   And by "pay off" I mean that sometimes what you cannot see is more powerful than the perfect clarity of good images. What if, as the story develops, a faded, detail challenged image, like the one above, somehow, comes slightly more into focus and we eventually see who the killer actually was? 

   Seems like a zany, obvious extension of "The Rest of The Story" or "Fractured Fairy Tales."

   On a related note, I am still obsessed with the theme of the lone kitchen light and have these two passes to prove it.

Daily Whip Out: "The Lone Kitchen Light #79"

Daily Whip Out: "The Lone Kitchen Light #80"

   Meanwhile, sometimes we know the fix is in. .  .

Daily Whip Out: "Everybody Knows"

"Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows"

—Leonard Cohen