Mitch-Man under Pressure

Mitchell - Bondage Furniture No 7 (The Surfboard)

I drew this picture shortly after posting my A-Z article on 'The Amir' in 2008 and have just noticed it's resemblence to a bondage arrangement used by that artist there 

(and also reproduced in my most recent post about him). 

It is an interesting example of how we subconsciously absorb influences, but I'm happy to acknowledge it. The Amir went a lot further than me in promoting the captive's discomfort. I left my man merely anticipating developments. These are unseen by us, but they do seem to be worrying ones for him!

This image is No 7 from my Bondage Furniture series,
which can be seen in full at the Yahoo! Group. (Link in sidebar).

There's another from the series in this blog post:- Bondage Furniture No 1 

No 6 is posted in the Blog Gallery
along with a selection of other pictures by me (click on image in sidebar)

See other Mitchell pictures posted on this blog by clicking on the 'mitchpix' label below

A-Z article updated - The Amir

The Amir - In Punishment

An infernal machine worthy of Franco!

I just updated my A-Z article on the artist 'The Amir', 

(click on name for link)

I'm still looking for a web link for his work - any offers?.

Tom's Bar Predators - a new addition

Tom of Finland - Sketch of Bar Scene

 

Whilst researching my recent series of articles on Tom of Finland, I came across this sketch and it reminded me of his well known Bar Predators series, discussed here in 2012. It was the figure on the right that triggered this thought, his jaunty cap and upturned collar is very much in the same mould as that group (see below). The bar itself (with the barman in a cameo role) and the figure bent over it also fit the original scenario quite neatly.

 

On closer inspection I also thought I could see a chain on the same biker's left shoulder, but that may be wishful thinking. The most compelling evidence though must be the tear in his T-shirt revealing his right nipple (see above and below). The other biker looks as though he has a beard in the new scene, which would be wrong, but it's possible this is just evidence of a correction of the jaw line, beards are fairly rare in Tom's work (more on Tom's Beards).
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Tom - Bar Predators 1

If my reasoning is correct (and I make no claims to 'discovering' this picture) it resurrects the argument as to why Tom never finished this widely admired series. It's not hard to imagine why this particular picture didn't go any further, there's something of a hole in the middle of the composition although this could probably be fixed - by lowering the viewpoint or bringing the cop in closer for example. The cop's pose and garb shown here feature in many of Tom's images and it's interesting that this is the only part of the sketch which is anything like complete, illustrating Tom's obsession with it. For my money the bikers are much more interesting, but that's just my obsession!

You can see the extended series in it's entirety 
at the revised version of my original Bar Predators article.

A Space Cadet is Chastised

Space Cadet Chastised by Mitchell Gay Art

In a far distant Galaxy that time had forgotten, 

a Space Cadet from the visiting Starship 'Mantopia'

 is arrested  by the locals for not concealing his offensive hair.

He is sentenced to 5,000 pulses of Laser Tit Augmentation Torture.

The rest of the crew (all brunettes) look on in envy. 

I rarely do Spacemen in my art, but there's another example in this blog - The Astronaut

which uses similar designs.

Click on the 'mitchpix' label below for more of Mitchell's artwork

Men Sharing Clothes 19 - Cut-offs and Cowboys

Doug Courtney

 Getting different models to pose in the same clothes is nothing new as these pictures from the AMG era show. You get the impression that the set-up then was pretty casual then and the men picked up off the street, so there must have been some interesting reactions when they were asked to put on someone else's skanky cut-offs - without having any underwear on. Later they would realise just how much previous wearers had perspired under studio lights. Perhaps that explains the less than joyous expression on the boy's face in the picture below - or maybe it's just the draught from that open door.

The models in these pictures seem far less muscular and sensual than modern day imagery but these pair are well developed and trim, it's the photographic style that is different. Model No 2 whose name I haven't discovered seems to be raging with testosterone and his unthreatening, boy next door  appeal is timeless.

I discovered this image more recently, Doug Courtney again, I think, showing his torso muscle to better effect.

For other articles about men sharing clothes click on the 'sharing' label below

Nous Sommes Charlie!

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

FREEDOM FROM BIGOTRY

FREEDOM FROM DICTATORSHIP

IN THE NAME OF RELIGION

FOR EVERYONE.

Canard translates as 'duck' and also 'joke, witticism'

"The ducks/jokes always fly higher than the bullets"

 "Oh no......... Not them......."

 and politicians, and religious bigots.........

 A wake up call for muslims?

 Postscript......

Corrections to links in my top 20 posts of 2014

A reader has pointed out that the links are not working in my article

" Tagame is the most popular mitchmen post in 2014"

They have now been corrected and the minion responsible 

given some extra-curricular training in links.

My thanks to Mike for alerting me!

My apologies to everyone frustrated by this.

Most Popular 'mitchmen' Posts of All Time - 2014

 MCarcel - Does That Mean YES?

According to my Blogger 'hits' stats, Mike Carcel remains my all-time most visited article. The posts in the table below are the 20 most viewed on this blog. Titles in the list link to the original posts. Please tell me if you have difficulty with any links

Posn	Last Yr	Title	Year	Total Hits	Increase
1	1	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Mike Carcel	2010	10461	2366
2	2	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Malex	2010	6458	1427
3	3	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Franco	2009	6263	1255
4	5	Priapus of Milet - 1	2012	6224	2211
5	4	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Jotto	2009	5934	1053
6	16	My initiation	2012	4832	3378
7	6	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Martin of Holland	2010	3479	1083
8=	7	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Heredia	2009	2937	801
8=	9	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Mahoney	2010	2937	1010
10	20	A Tribute To Bound Gods	2011	2602	1275
11	17	Mitchell's - A-Z of Fetish Artists - Klaus von Brandenburg	2009	2560	1152
12	8	Vintage Bondage Blog	2012	2506	560
13	10	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Matt	2010	2411	637
14	13	Mitchells' A-Z of Fetish Artists - Platter	2012	2359	761
15	11	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Manflesh	2010	2344	661
16	-	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Marc	2010	2300	1084
17	-	More Bondage Sightings	2012	2199	Not known
18	-	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Leo	2010	2144	887
19	-	Shaving Fantasy	2012	2085	Not known
20	14	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Michael Mitchell	2010	1968	414

It's not too surprising that my Mike Carcel A-Z article has kept it's spot at the top, it had a big lead last year but has actually extended it in 2014 with 2366 hits in the year – a tribute to Mike's continuing popularity with fetish fans.
 
This increase is second only to the 'My Initiation' post with 3378 hits in 2014, enabling it to jump from 16 to 6 in the top 20. It's a great bondage image but it's popularity surprises me. The next largest jump after these two was for Priapus of Milet - 1 with 2211 additional hits, overtaking Jotto at no 4.

Other notable risers were my 2011 'Tribute to Bound Gods' (at 10) and also the A-Z on Klaus von Brandenburg (at 11), his naïve, hero torture art never seems to flag in popularity. The entry of Leo to the list at 18 with his whimsical, kidnap and bondage art seems to echo this lighter interest. It's a welcome counter-balance to the darker, heavy fetish artists that dominate the top 10 and which are boosted further this year by the arrival of the lesser known, 'hanging' specialist, Marc at No 16. 

 

The 4 new entrants this year also included (unexpectedly) the 'Shaving Fantasy' sequence I culled from Dreamboys Bondage in 2012. Interestingly, the Michael Mitchell article at No 20 also singles out this fetish and another body shaving post, Naked As The Day just missed the cut.

 To see previous results click on the MPP label below

These new entries displaced some bondage photography posts and my brief note on Josman from last years list. There are now 5 non-art entries in the top 20 (down from 6)

At least 11 posts in the top 20 gained more hits this year than the leading post from 2014 (Tagame - Part 3) which enters the list at No 53 and at the time of writing has just passed the 1000 mark. His articles are attracting similar levels of interest to the leaders here but will have a battle to catch them up. The highest ranking post dating from 2013, 'Classic Japanese Bondage Art' is at 35.

This is for entertainment only, I don't know how valid or complete the figures really are and obviously posts from early years have an advantage over more recent writings. The articles I post to this blog are very much based on my own interests and fancies, but it's interesting and surprising to discover what my readers like and is a sometimes a reminder of areas unintentionally neglected. For example this year I have updated my 'shaving' label to include over-looked posts, including one of my own pictures (see label list below). I am hoping to finish the remaining 'A-Z' letters this year and revisit some of the early entries which are often sketchy and much less adult oriented than my current articles.

Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest and support

Tagame is the Most Popular 'mitchmen' Post in 2014

(Note:- links in this article were corrected on Jan 6th 2014)   

 Tagame - Jinmon 

(translates as 'Interrogation', although it also means humanity or civilisation according to the dictionary I consulted which is intriguing)

According to my Blogger 'view count' stats, these are the most popular posts of 2014 

The titles link to the original posts
(Note links corrected Jan 6th 2014) 

Posn	Title (+link)	Hits	Published
1	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tagame (Part 3)	973	June
2	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tagame (Part 2)	952	May
3	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 1	894	Aug
4	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tagame (Part 1)	879	May
5	In Bondage, less is more	793	Jan
6	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 2	767	Aug
7	Bound and Gagged Magazine - 3	754	Mar
8	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tagame (Part 4)	750	Jun
9	The Art of Baron	594	Feb
10	Retrorope	585	Jan
11	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 3	569	Aug
12	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 4	545	Sept
13	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Teddy of Paris	532	Jul
14	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tom of Finland - 5	463	Sept
15	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tam (part 1)	446	Jul
16	Revised A-Z Entry - Joseph	443	Oct
17	The mystery of 'Madison' resolved	442	Jul
18	Bound and Gagged Magazine - 4	440	Mar
19	Another Day at the Office - Mizuki Gai	437	May
20	Swimming Trunks Shredded	426	Jan

This is for entertainment only, I don't know how valid or representative Google's stats really are and obviously posts from January have an advantage over December. This means Tom of Finland might have pipped Tagame to the top spot if I'd posted it a month or two earlier. 

It's no surprise to see these two massively popular and important fetish artists claiming the top positions. Tagame's article didn't quite hit the 1000 mark but beats the score of last years winner (A-Z of Fetish Artists – Swarbrick) by a considerable margin. With 774 hits that article would have come 6^th this year. (see the rest of top 20 for 2013 here).

I'm particularly pleased that the good showing by the article on the elusive Baron confirms his standing in our community and likewise the presence of two of the classic 'Bound and Gagged Magazine' articles. The latter have boosted the number of articles with photographic content rather than artwork in the top 20 this year to 5 compared with 2 last year. 

This year's list is a little dominated by multi-part articles, if I were to knock these out as duplicates the next articles that might otherwise have made the cut (hits in brackets) are listed below, although it has to be said that the cut-off point for last years list was 400, not much different to this year:-

Whatever happened to boundxxboy? (412)

A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tendoji (407)

Just Out of Reach (373) – featuring Baron +Tom of Finland

Tagame's Wedge (353)

Update on the Art of Kajlet (325)

Men Sharing Clothes 16 - Green Speedo's (297)

Men sharing clothes 17 - Supermarket Shirts (292)

A-Z of Fetish Artists - Takeshi Matsu (278)

I will publish the updated list of all-time favourites in my next post. 

 To see previous results click on the MPP label below