Most popular New post of 2025 (MPP1)

At this time of year, I always look back over the 12 months just ended to see which post was the most popular amongst the blog readership. In this first article, I look at the new posts added to the blog during the year.

 

Homoeros - Hill Billy Elegy 7

Stripped naked with his hands tied behind his back, hiker Leo is confronted by his scary, fem-dom nemesis at the Hill Billy camp. An image I did not include in my selection from the story produced by this year's winner, Homoeros. 

 

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The table below lists the most popular of the new mitchmen posts during 2025. I'm sticking with last year's method of simply counting hits with a mention of other factors in the notes.

(Titles have links to the original posts, column 4 shows hit rate ranking (i.e. hits divided by time since publication. On mobiles, the table is best viewed by turning your phone sideways)

 

TABLE 1 - Top 20 New Posts at mitchmen in 2025

 

Rank	Title (+link)	Total Hits	Hit Rate Ranking	Pub Month	Note
1	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 1	1030	1	Feb	1
2	Dr Smith (Film 911)	667	13	Feb	3
3	Etienne's Medical Images	659	3	Sep	4
4	AI Art by Hongd542 - 1	644	11	Mar	5
5	Recent Art by Hongd542	634	5	Aug	5
6	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 2	620	14	Feb	1
7	Punishment of a Sailor (Miloinvinculis)	592	2	Oct	2
8	Milking Factories by Hijaden2	590	18	Jan	6
9	Most Popular New Post of 2024 (MPP1)	487	26	Jan	6
10	Milking Factory 24 by BedVC	476	6	Sep	6
11	Franco Milking Machine Art	469	12	Jun	7
12	The Art of Miloinvinculis	461	1	Nov	2
13	AI Art by Hongd542 - 2	451	20	Mar	5
14	New Art By 'Gay-Roman-Fantasy' (AI)	437	15	Apr	7
15	Milking Factory 25 by BedVC	436	7	Sep	6
16	Etienne - 'Fishing is a Dangerous Sport'	434	8	Aug	4
17	Julius Milk Collection	428	27	Feb	4
18	'Meet The Spartans' by Moosemind (AI)	416	17	Apr	7
19	Naked Bondage Art by tru3ai	402	4	Oct	7
20	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 3	401	23	Jan	1

 

(Stats collected on 31st Dec 2025) 

NOTES

 

 1.

In a year that seemed destined to be dominated by AI imagery, it was an old friend, Homoeros, using non-AI, render technique, who provided the most popular post of the year - and No 6, and No 20 (which literally crept in on the last day of the count!). His winning total did not match the 1475 scored by last year's winner, but comfortably beat the runner-up in both years. This artist regularly features in the mitchmen charts, but this was his first win in any category. His success was foreshadowed in 2024 by the interest shown in the 'Ross in Trouble' post. (View last year's table).

 

2.  

Homoseros' 3 posts had the benefit of a full year to pick up hits, which meant a poorer showing (at 9) in the hit-rate chart, which averages out the scores over time. On that measure, the laurels were won by Miloinvinculis whose spectacular, AI, water torture videoettes put him first and second in that chart. However his late appearance at the blog restricted him to 7th and 12th in the main chart. It remains to be seen if this promising performance can be sustained over a much longer period than the present, meagre 6 to 7 weeks. I have a feeling I will be posting more of his work which will stimulate interest.

 

3.  

The runner-up in the total hits chart was an article which featured medical interventions on hunks, by Dr Smith of Film 911. It was the only photograph-based article in the chart. I don't produce them very often, but there were three more just outside the top 20 this year - the cinematic Lost Patrol (22), the Chained Heroes' torture of Mercenary Nick (26) and the chilling, Dr Smith sequel, Mike, the Construction Worker (30). 

 

4. 

 

Arguably the best all-round performance this year was by 'Etienne's Medical Images' which came 3rd in both measures, demonstrating the lasting appeal of traditional art in the hands of the old masters. Etienne is a regular in these charts, benefiting from AI updates by other artists (Car Wash just missed the cut this year) and also my own promotion of his art, which gave him another entry at 16 with 'Fishing is a Dangerous Sport'. My revision of Julius Milk Collection images at 17 was the other traditional art entry in the chart. My own art 'Jimmy's Midnight Visitor' finished at 22 just outside the cut-off.

 

5. 

The top AI posts came from Hongd542 at No 4 and No 5. He had another at 13 and a fourth, 'Hongd542 - Part 4' at 21, was just edged out of the chart by Homoeros at the last minute. Hong manages to wring an exceptional level of sexiness out of the restraints of commercial AI, and his attention to clothing amply compensates for the low level of explicitness. He can claim to be the most popular AI contributor of 2025.  

 

Since posting this, I have learned that Hongd542's account at Deviant Art has been deactivated (see comment below). I'll keep an eye out for him returning elsewhere 

  

6.

It wouldn't be mitchmen blog without a Milking Factory in the chart. This year, Hijaden2's, relatively modest and delicate renders of latex-clad, milk drones had a head start in January, which enabled him to secure 8th position, holding off the late charge of BedVC's sensual, testosterone-dripping, rubber clad 'Combatants' in September in numbers 24 and 25 in the Milking Factory series. BedVC had to content himself with 10th and 16th positions, but gained 6th and 7th in the time-adjusted table (compared with Hijaden2's 18th position) showing it might easily have been a different story. 

 

In a more equal universe, however, he might have also been up against another strong contender - Milking Factory 19 by Ain Postolos. Posted in Oct 2024, it scored only 355 hits in 2025, but 579 on a time averaged basis since first appearing, which would have qualified for 9th place if I had allowed it. His most recent work seems to have deepened his obsession with cavernous holes and gushing, giant penetrations. Hot, but not the stuff of this blog. However, I have to concede that his 'Dungeon Milking' image is largely responsible for last year's edition of this MPP1 post, Most Popular New Post of 2024, securing 9th position in the table.

 

7. 

Also on the subject of milking, Franco's AI-updated versions of his famed milking machines captured 11th position, showing yet again his incredible ability to adapt to and exploit new technology. Franco is an ever-present in the 'all-time' table (MPP3) and his evolving style is well-documented here from traditional drawings, through photo-manips to his current, modern computer-aided style. You obviously can teach an old dog new tricks! His latest iteration gifts us even more handsome test subjects, all being relentlessly tormented by impressive-looking engineering.

 

Franco, newly reborn as an AI artist, heads up a gaggle of AI contributors in the second half of the table. Besides Miloinvinculis and Hongd542, we have Gay Roman Fantasy at 14 and Moosemind at 18 both featuring ancient civilisations with enslavement themes and men to die for. Gay Roman Fantasy, like Miloinvinculis, gave us a video - of a Roman Slave Auction, an impressive demonstration of what AI will provide as it matures. 

 

Tru3ai, at 19, is arguably on a par with Hongd542 in the sexiness stakes but with a leaning towards bondage scenarios. His position was depressed by a late start (in October) but judging by his 4th place in the 'rate' table he may do better as time goes by. 

 

AI posts secured 12 of the 20 positions in the table, but not the top ones, which perhaps tells you something about the present standard and capabilities of the technology in the eyes of the blog readers. However, the remarkable AI videos that formed a major element of the last months of the year suggest it is too early to pass judgement. 

 

8. 

There was another deserving post from late 2024 which might have registered in this chart had its publication date fallen more favourably. I find it hard to assign a genre to the luscious cartoons represented in 'More Art by Doodlefish'. Released in mid-December 2024, it stood no chance of registering in that year's chart, but actually scored 596 hits in 2025 alone (and 660 on a time averaged basis). Either measure would have easily secured a place in the top 7 for this year.  

 

Scores overall were marginally down on last year, with the cut being 401 hits vs 428 last yr.

 

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This year's table features articles based on photographs, comics, cartoons, renders, traditional art and AI. The wealth of gay, artistic talent enhances all of our lives in difficult times. Long may it continue!

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Next time - The most viewed post of all the posts at mitchmen during 2025. 

 

 

A big, big Thank You! 

to all my readers for your interest in my blog, 

I hope mitchmen has managed to divert you from the tribulations of the world in 2025

 

 

 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

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AI art by JovialDragon777

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject A301

As his name implies, JovialDragon777 has a light-hearted approach to his fantastical situations. In his 'Subject' series, he documents the reactions of men, restrained to face unspecified trials. One involving what looks suspiciously like a hairdrier in the example above. This subject appears to have arrived on a trolley, which is seen folded down while he takes his turn on the cross. He's still standing on the trolley platform. 

The whole series has been given a subtle Christmassy flavour, which makes perfect sense in the context of publication during the festive season. However, linking to the season of goodwill will seem a cruel irony during the rest of the year. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject J209

The extensive cabling leaves little doubt about the agent of discomfort in this example. The purpose of these trials, ostensibly, is to select and develop a cadre of recruits able to undertake the most demanding of 'missions'. The poster on the wall, bluntly points out the criteria to the latest prospect who is in the process of failing his test miserably.

 This artist takes a great interest in styling, there seems to be a 'Jules Verne' flavour in the imagery here (as in Hollywood's interpretations of the great author). The Victorian-style, pseudo-scientific underpinning of the exercise is reflected in the assistant diligently making notes at the side. There's a corresponding, low-key element of steam punk in the background detail.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject G888

 This artist has eclectic tastes and his examinations deal with men of all ages, builds, and skin colours. This is one of my favourites, the strongest of stereotypes, most likely to succeed, you might think. The steel collar certainly fits his persona more than the other subjects here, but he too is about to be presented with his own nemesis. Possibly one not on the official test schedule.

The unusual restraint arrangement, utilising a tilted table, creates a sense of instability for the captive and his struggling makes him seem energetic and defiant, adding a great deal to his character and the drama. The scientific samples in the wall cabinets imply a cold, scientific motivation behind all this, but the behaviour of the lab staff is less objective.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject X001

There are presently 19 other pictures in the 'Subject' series in which the artist explores other, more exotic ways of testing a man's mettle. In this case, it's the Tentacled Graspmoor. The X-spread vulnerability of the subject as he 'faces' this challenge, suggests the creature's forte is not so much grasping as probing. 

 

The note taker seems more at risk than him in the image above, but I dare say that the experimenters have a way of drawing the creature to the intended quarry. Perhaps 'scenting' of the target is the purpose of the object in the lead technician's hand, which might otherwise be mistaken for a microphone or babies rattle.

 

Jovial Dragon777 -Autumn Crush 006

This artist's back-catalogue is loaded with the usual AI fare of beautiful, muscular men, but his 'Autumn Crush' series is a particularly arty and colourful collection. He makes these models work for their eyeball time, sometimes spicing their poses with humorous, erotic innuendo, as in the double spouted, tea/coffee pot above and the more ambiguous object in the image below.

Jovial Dragon777 - Autumn Crush 035

There's a delicious vulnerability and neediness in this man that is unexpected in one so remarkably handsome. We find him passively communing with nature and goodness knows what else. The pumpkin stalks seem to be waiting in line for their turn, or maybe it's just excitement. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 36

 Spacesubs is a delicious fantasy featuring men, often characterised as sports men, who have been abducted in a Jules Verne-style spacecraft and find themselves alone with a character dressed in a Venice Carnival mask and little else. Unreality, isolation with a mad man and fear of flying combine to make in a complex fright situation. His anxiety might also be related to being restrained with his sports top still on and nothing down below. It looks like he can rule out being ransomed.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 040

In much of Jovial Dragon's art, naughtiness is implied but not actually shown. This SpaceSub has clearly had sight of what is in store and it's not table-top soccer. A big, mature man, he's about to have his orbit extended. Unfortunately, the nearest help is thousands of miles away.  

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 017

 

More sinister possibilities are seeded here. The bizarrely masked captor gently touches his subject's back, but since he's dressed in leather fetish regalia, this approach doesn't suggest a cuddle party is pending (even if his leathers are brown).  

My captioned variant rules out the simply lascivious option.

 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 032

I particularly like this hunk, in a similar leather harness, diligently recording the bewilderment of a basketball player who has yet to discover the full range of discomforts available on this vessel.  You will observe that the other illustrations suggest there is a whole fleet of Vernsian spacecraft out there, waiting to pounce on subjects of interest.

  

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 011

In Xibalban Dreams, we see idealised men elaborately clad in ironmongery, roaming the mysterious ruins of their ancestors, now engulfed by the forest. Searching for the lost key, perhaps.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 07

 The 'noble savage' gets a bad press these days, but shorn of its derogatory colonial connotations, it's an ancestry any man could be proud of. Catastrophe may have overtaken his civilisation, but its crafting skills and impressive genes live on in this survivor.

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams040

 A device like this adorned some beefcake models in the 1950s as photographers sought a sleeker alternative to the dowdy, posing pouch. Their solution was clenched between the cheeks*, this one seems to rely on some other form of support. Possibly internal? A little impractical for the jungle, I would have thought. How would he cope if he was jumped by some sort of forest creature?

*See Royale Mechandising post for context 

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 Jovial Dragon777 posts at Deviant Art,
more of his work and a link next time 

Art by Nevermoredesign

Inspection

There's a mysterious, dungeon-like atmosphere in this image. A muscular stud is secured in a pillory device. His rear end is being examined by a much bigger man, wearing a ritualistic mask. 

 

Crated, Trained

Another image of trapped muscularity. This man's collar is a mark of his status. The uncompromisingly strong iron gate that contains him shows respect for his strength but neutralises it.

 

Sub2

This artist looks at the more arcane activities of leathermen at play. This piggybacking harks back to archaic practices of servants transporting their masters around.  

 

Focus

 'Focus' by this artist depicts the notion of service in a more conventional manner, with a chained slave on his knees about to worship his Master's prized possession. 

Link to original image

 

Exposed

In this image, the artist depicts masculine power of a different sort, with the subject's flamboyant hair and lean physique suggesting streetwise wiliness and earthiness. He confidently removes his clothes in a public toilet. Anonymity is the custom here, and that gives power and freedom.

  

Support

This picture of a man loitering, brazenly naked, in a public alleyway is simple but powerful. Presumably it's a place that he knows will only be frequented by other men who will appreciate his seductive display. He offers himself but his boldness will intimidate some. 

 

Windows

This image seems to show a more organised and intense approach to the same transaction. Rent boys gather at an open window, not just showing their beautiful bodies, but projecting lust and sexual challenge. There's a slightly demonic cast to their expressions that suggests danger lurks within, despite the lure of sexual availability.

There are historical precedents to this imagery 

 

Three

You might sense a more clandestine demon lurking in this image. A man whose dark looks and personality seems to have brought him a pair of admirers jockeying for his attention. He encourages them both with a hint of pleasure to come, but they are not the focus of his attention. He is calculating.

 

Surrender 2

This image (possibly by a different artist) combines the two themes of dungeons and demons. It also seems to express two extremes of desire. A young man with a (possibly naive) interest in the black arts of S&M is being overwhelmed by a hardened expert. His bite condemns the young experimenter into a lifetime in his thrall. 

This scenario suggests a more believable interpretation of who seduced whom in the garden of Eden by taking a bite of the juicy offering.

 

Devil's Due

The title of this dramatic, demon piece suggests it is the inevitable price of bartering with the devil, but there is a sense of naive innocence in the young man's carefully trimmed beard. I suspect some of the toughened characters in this artist's work might see this as a romantic seduction, albeit one that lays bare the pecking order, as it were. Even this celebrant seems to be ecstatic rather than chastened.

 

Cave Troll

The same cannot be said of the hero in this image, which seems to celebrate the disillusionment of good intentions. This Knight Adventurer had no doubt set out hoping to do good by slaying some demons and monsters. Instead, he ends up getting stripped of his protective armour by one and getting the rough end of his stick. He doesn't seem too comfortable with this outcome. 

 

Damned

The title and soaring gothic background here seems to express the conventional, religious interpretation of demons being the agents of eternal, unspeakable punishment. Looking at the damned man's face, though, you can't help thinking it's all rather tongue in cheek. He seems to be not so much suffering, as savouring it to the full. His body language suggests willingness, too. 

But it's still unspeakable as it happens.

 

Dark Desires

 The title of this, similar image recognises better the dilemma of pleasure and punishment. The spikes in the background and suggestion of caging widen the options for both. The devil is bigger here, his hands gripping the human and firmly holding him down. It's a particularly explicit expression of the domination which pervades this artist's work. We can't see how the devil's 'victim' feels about this, just that he's braced himself. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, you might say 

 

Home Grown

This murky image also seems rather like a depiction of damnation, but the title suggests a Sci-Fi creation scenario. Despite the foetal position and umbilical connections the fledgling seems remarkably well-developed, tattoos and all, and yet he's still dependent and controlled, so it's not such a different subject after all. 

There's some clever assembly of imagery to create this storyline 

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'Interface', another picture by this artist that I've posted at 'X'  seems to blend Sci-Fi and horror. It shows another, attractive, young man being overpowered by skeletal robots with glowing skull eyes.   

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Tight End

What a great backside! The pun in the title of this picture is not new, butt I don't think I've seen it illustrated so precisely or alluringly before. Nor have I seen such a calculating temptation portrayed in a Locker Room context, it's usually the domain of manly posturing, casual nudity and furtive, stolen glimpses. This footballer has a scary look that links with the demons of other pictures and the challenge of the boys at the window. You can't be sure whether it's an inviting dare or a warning.   

 

Traffic Stop

This image suggests common ground between the uncertainty of the locker room and police stop scenarios (with another, mixed pun in the title). The body language is not threatening here, but the sun shades make it hard to be sure. 

Nice body curves

 

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Sorry, I don't have a link for this artist.

Sexy Wrestling Moves 1 - The Spladle

 I probably don't need to explain why this is one of my favourite wrestling moves
Sexy, helpless, embarrassing spring to mind.

Also, a good ad for leotards in this case.

 

It's not confined to the strictly controlled, college, amateur code

This is from an MMA fight between James Clark & Colton Kielbasa

That tells you how difficult it is to escape from and how painful the splits. 

 

 

 

The General idea is to trap the opponent's arms and legs from opposite sides.

The body behind him further inhibits his ability to wriggle free.

 

Surprisingly, the attack can be initiated from a standing position.

 

But once you've got him, you can roll him.

Thus, the embarrassment begins. 

 

And rapidly transitions into humiliation. 

 

Then the fun can really begin. 

 

You don't have to be young - or properly dressed,

 to suffer the indignity of being 'rolled'.

 

 

Indignity or surrender is the name of the game 

Mendez nails Hardy in 2024 

 

The entrapment of the highly rated Hardy and his inability to escape 

was a minor internet sensation at the time.

As if losing like this in front of the arena crowd wasn't bad enough.

 

 

I don't suppose this MMA fighter felt great about being caught like this, either. 

At least the loose, black shorts spared him some blushes. 

 

Even so, the view from the ringside wasn't too flattering for him!

Luckily, his opponent hadn't got the leverage to force a submission. 

 

 

Lighter guys can be rolled into a position where their shoulders are pinned for a fall.

This way up can't feel good, particularly with the ref hovering so close by.

At least he's deflecting some of the prurient, butt interest onto himself.

 

 

Anyone would feel nervous in this position!

 

 

 

And it's not just the ref who's watching! 

 

 

This seems a bit like rubbing it in!  

 

 

But there's a brighter side for some....

Come and get me baby. 

 

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