Most viewed mitchmen post during 2022 (MPP2)

Kalabro - Milking Dave

 Above, a dramatic image by Kalabro taken from the original 'Milking Factory' article which was the most visited of all the posts at mitchmen in 2022. The 2009 mitchmen A-Z article on his early work also broke into the top 20 this year at No17 (below) and this artist also provided the second most popular new post of 2022.

 The table below lists the 20 most visited mitchmen posts during 2021. 

Commentary notes follow. (Titles have links to the original posts ).

 

TABLE 1 - Top 20 Posts at mitchmen (2022)

 

Rank (last yr)	Title (+link)	Total Hits	Last year	Pub Date	Note
1 (2)	The Milking Factory - No 1	9847	9931	2017	1
2 (1)	IFNB A Fantasy World of BodyBuilders	8964	11987	2018	1
3 (5)	The Art of Amalaric – 1 A Slave To Passion	6189	5022	2020	2
4 (-)	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Brick	6027	806	2008	3
5 (3)	Homoeros Gallery Guide	4555	7396	2018	4
6 (-)	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Franco	3830	886	2009	3
7 (9)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Cavelo	3347	3389	2008	3
8 (10)	Priapus of Milet - 1	3166	3116	2012	3
9 (12)	Come and Get It! (Royale Studios Archive)	3241	2304	2021	5
10 (7)	The Art of Brosfate – 1	2828	4053	2020	2
11 (4)	Milking Factories - No 3	2374	6051	2018	1
12 (16)	The Art of Amalaric – 3 Hunks & Manipulators	2353	2169	2020	2
13 (6)	The Art of BrosFate – 3	2312	4562	2020	2
14 (11)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Mike Carcel	2073	2533	2010	3
15 (8)	Milking Factories – No 4	2041	3515	2019	1
16 (19)	The Art of 'Muscle' Matt -1	1977	2064	2019	6
17 (-)	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Kalabro	1964	1145	2009	3
18 (18)	Another Milking Factory (No 2)	1956	2076	2018	1
19 (20)	IFNB Revisited	1900	2040	2020	1
20 (-)	The Art of Homoeros - 6 (Crucifixion)	1820	1952	2018	4

 

(Stats collected on 31st December 2022) 

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This year the original Milking Factory post finally claimed the prize of being most visited during the year. It has been edging closer and closer to top spot ever since it first appeared in 2017 and in 2022 finally overtook the 'mitchmen review of IFNB' which has been it's principal rival in the last couple of years. However, the hit counts of both articles declined in a year in which visits to the blog generally were slightly down.

Milking Factory posts continued to feature further down the table at 11, 15 and 18 (albeit with reduced hits) and with three more bunched together just outside the top 20, the popular appeal of this series seems undimmed.

The same is true of the IFNB series which continued to score well despite being edged out of top position and the companion article 'IFNB Revisited' slightly improved it's position to No 19. The disappearance of this marvellous and very popular blog is a great loss, 

I must do a 3rd IFNB feature here soon!

 

N.B. The 'Etienne/Stephen article index (whose sudden popularity in 2021 surprised and bemused me) turned in another reasonable performance by normal standards this year, not quite enough to stay in the top 20, but it finished at 23.

 

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There was quite a big gap down to the third placed article 'Amalaric - 1, A Slave to Passion' but that article did succeed in raising it's hit count during the year, considerably closing the gap on the leaders. No 3 in the series did the same trick, lifting it to 12th spot while Part 2 (Ancient History) just missed the cut at No 21. The institutional enslavement fantasies of these articles did much to set the tone of this blog in recent years and there's no sign that they are running out of steam yet. I didn't add to the series in 2022 but there is more material I would like to post, so watch this space.

Brosfate was a strong rival to Amalaric when they were first published but fell further behind in 2022. His more conventional bdsm scenarios still secured two places in the top 20 at No 10 and No 13.

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2022 saw something of a return of the old days with a number of favourites from the mitchmen A-Z of Fetish Artists series unexpectedly entering the chart -  Brick (at No 4), Franco (6) and Kalabro (17). In the case of the last two it's been a gap of 4-5 years since we saw them in the top 20. 

The popularity of the Brick article was linked to the release of those tremendous new pictures from him at Metalbond , who helpfully guided his readers to read my 2008 article on his work.

The Kalabro article benefitted from the publication of his Slave Gang picture here at the start of the year and the 'Best of Kalabro' post I was prompted to write as a result. I admit that I shamelessly promote Kalabro's work here and greatly miss his contributions to our art.  

 ('Slave Gang' was one of two 2022 posts which would have squeaked into this table except that I have disallowed new posts this year, the other was a promotional post on Brick)

Franco is another great artist of long standing but his sudden return took me by surprise. His older works mentioned in my A-Z article can lay claim to being pioneers of the Mechanical Milking genre and he's achieved the remarkable feat in recent years of re-inventing himself in an entirely new style, producing more realistic variations of his old pieces that are supremely erotic. Like Brick, his hits mushroomed dramatically during the year but unlike Brick I don't know why. I guess someone has posted a link to my blog somewhere and wholeheartedly thank them!

These three re-joined the amazing Cavelo (7) and MCarcel (14) whose presence in this table seems permanent despite the articles being over 10 years old, their having ceased to publish new work and having no 'home' on the web (as far as I know, if you know better please tell me!). These are great artists but it's still an astonishing testament to their popularity. Priapus of Milet is a new boy by comparison but is shaping up the same way. His steady flow of super new art seems to assure him of continued popularity here. 

This phenomenon has meant that 8 different years are represented in this years table

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Homoeros continued to maintain a presence in the table with the Gallery Guide (whose popularity seems bafflingly at variance with the rather dry content) in 5th place and 'Art of the Cross' reappearing at 20, possibly benefiting from the St Jinx picture I posted this year.

 

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I was personally gratified to see that my Royale Studio Open Archive Post continued to attract hits this year at No 9. It's not really a measure of popularity because I regularly publish new versions linked to the Archive updates but I think the preservation of information on these pioneers of British fetish photography is highly important and the best way to achieve that in this day and age is copy it and copy it. My hope of consolidating as much as possible about Royale within the open archive is really just the first small step but I'm delighted that there are plenty of people out there who support it with their interest. 

This post and the two IFNB articles were the only photographic entries in the list

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'Muscle' Matt continued to attract visits at No 16. I love his swaggering bodybuilders and am glad mitchmen blog has provided a rare platform for the retrospective appreciation of his stylish, amusing and very special sketches. 

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The most interesting post that didn't quite make it into the top 20 was The Art of Black Prof at No22, helped this year, I suppose, by my new post about his Tarzan storyette (which only just missed the cut for the top new post of 2022). His male bondage scenes are something of a side-line but I'm hoping that one day he will produce something for us that emulates the voluptuous glamour of his female captives.

The four posts displaced from last year's table are:

 Milking Factories - 5 (The Development Lab), 

The Art of Roa 1 – The Conquered Hero

The Art of BrosFate 2

Control Room Violation

Roa and Control Room Violation were two of the outstanding new stars of last year of course and their fall vividly demonstrates the difficulty for new articles in keeping up with the scores of their first weeks following publication. It underlines the achievement of the 'old timers', that seem to have 'built-in majority' any politician would die for. 

 

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This year's chart favourites are the usual mix of old and new, with photography, cartoons, renders, photo-manips and traditional art representing an impressive, eclectic range of interests. 

As I reported in the last post, overall visits to the blog dropped a little this year (by 1%) after last year's amazing 20% rise. The winner's total here and the 'cut off' figure for entering the top 20 dropped by rather more, suggesting visitors are exploring a wider range of articles.

The mitchmen 'Index of Artists' feature recorded 12,497 hits in 2022, up a modest 2% on 2021 but still less than 2019's record 13,951. It was still visited often enough to have taken top place if I had included it in the top 20 table above. I'm glad visitors are still finding the index useful and hope it will lead many more newcomers to a fantastic heritage of gay art they didn't know about. 

 

 Next time I will reveal the most popular mitchmen post of all time, based on cumulative hits - did Priapus of Milet still manage to keep his top spot and hold off IFNB and Milking Factories?

To look at other charts for earlier years click on the MPP label at the foot of this post.

Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest and support of mitchmen blog.

Keep it tight in 2023!

More Art by Team52Crazy

Read Part 1 of this article - Bondage Art by Team52Crazy

 

This playful image seems to recognise the special, inviolable status that a uniform has for it's wearer, but subverts it by showing him sweating with anxiety, or perhaps it's excitement, as the tailor's hands hover in the vicinity of his crotch. It's difficult to tell if the tailor's 'Asian-wink' is showing puzzlement, contempt at the absurdity of the soldier's sensitivity or is an aside to the viewer signalling his intention to embarrass the soldier even more with the classic, Inside Leg Measurement manoeuvre.

This image of course reworks a tailoring scenario made famous by Tom of Finland in the 60's

This image explores a similar embarrassment but this time it's the lustful stare of the chunky specimen at the adjacent urinal that is discomforting the military man (or is he a cop?). He's had to lower his trousers to get his dick out and it's exposed his white underwear and glimpses of butt cheek, a pose which makes his uniform seem less than intimidating.

This image has a striking resemblance to one of my recent illustrations for the 'Flat Cap Gang' story at the mitchmen Google Group (Chap 133) but I didn't intentionally copy it. I thought I had invented something new! A spooky and humbling demonstration of the secret power of the subliminal mind.

I'm a sucker (as it were) for men in snugly-fitting, white underwear.

This military man seems to be rueing giving in to his impulses, but although we see him lying on a bed bottom up, it's not clear how far he has actually gone, his natty underpants look pristine at this point. If he's been picked up by a hulk like the one in the picture above though, it's possible he's irreversibly committed anyway, I suppose. In which case it's another example of a brave serviceman showing fear in the face of an invader.

I have this titled as a Navy Military Policeman, you can see he has the traditional square back collar shape although it's not differentiated from the rest of his uniform.

Uniforms are an irresistible attraction to many of us but I hope we wouldn't all go to these lengths to demonstrate our interest. The object of desire here seems to be a paratrooper judging by his badge and they are usually credited with being exceptionally well trained to look after themselves behind enemy lines. This Bluto-like character may find he's bitten off more than he can chew.

Of course it's probably just a couple of playful chums.

This tells the other side of the story with the soldier living up to the promise offered by his uniform - demonstrating power, assertiveness and a handy weapon. The intimidating hulk proves to be more sensitive and complicated than he looks.

This picture is a further variation on the eroticism of violating the sanctity of uniforms 
but I certainly can't accuse this one of lacking courage.

Two cops amuse themselves by employing their batons for a ball-beating challenge instead of using them to direct traffic. It's one of a series, a later picture shows one of them reflecting on the mound it has produced in his trousers.

This picture with it's painful test of manhood and the artist's curious way of depicting eyes, plus the cropped hair in earlier pictures reminds me very much of the Art of Andy Warlord who I plan to feature here in the new year. 

Even service men are allowed to have their own secret desires. At first sight it appears this one has been overpowered and gagged by some predator but the artist reveals to us that he has a secret fetish. Hidden beneath his uniform is a set of leather fetish regalia. We might suppose from his gag that he likes to be dominated in the uniquely ritualistic way that is leather S&M.

This curious way of trying to show erotic things that are normally hidden is a phenomenon that seems to be a particular feature of Asian art. It's more commonly used add explicitness in showing sexual penetration but this is a more interesting application. In effect it's trying to show us what goes on inside this man's mind. A sort of ying and yang image, although you might argue that a man in uniform is the embodiment of submission to a master anyway. The leather thongs merely add an explicit erotic dimension.

This image carries the same message, but less subtly. Ordinarily daubings like this are applied by someone else as a demonstration of their power, so the undressing action here is an act of voluntary submission in response to that. 

A man in the act of undressing always makes an interesting picture and this one cleverly combines two examples of that particularly sexy moment when the fastenings are undone and begin  to reveal what is underneath. In this case it includes an intriguing jockstrap with a military green waistband and a blue pouch covered with patterns which are vaguely reminiscent of camouflage but strangely suggestive of contents that are extremely interesting and full. Notice how the lower edge of the waistband detours round the mound. Nice.

There's a powerful sense of submission here too. A salacious detail is obscured on the left, but for me the main interest lies in the soldier's arching torso, bursting out of his uniform in a vivid demonstration of the real human inside. The depiction of his groin area is beautifully detailed but commendably restrained.

This is a great beefcake picture that combines the power imagery of a uniform with the accentuated masculinity of highly developed muscles. However, this image also seems to show there's a rather different, youthful and somewhat innocent creature within. He has just knelt at the altar of another man, communed and been duly anointed. This is the embarrassing comic aftermath and you get the impression that it wasn't exactly what he was expecting. 

Life is full of unexpected lessons!

Navy whites seem to have gone out of fashion as homoerotic dress but I personally am as entranced by them as ever I was in my youth (as you might guess from my current Royale obsession). I'm glad to see that Team52Crazy is carrying on the tradition.

Like the preceding image, there's a sense of experimentation here, with shades of Oztangles in the cum-splattered mirror. Bathroom selfies crop up in this artist's work quite often which reflects the modern day proliferation of such images on the internet. There's something quite sexy in this form of narcissism with it's overtones of private moments, modest men revealing their secret vanity and - in shared bathrooms - the lurking possibility of a stranger bursting in at the wrong moment.

In this picture one wonders just who was responsible for decorating the mirror so impressively, was it the selfie-taker or someone else who has left his mark behind for an admirer just as this? 

I don't speak Thai but the phone message in  this cartoon appears to be pointing out the relative merits of consuming different lengths of bananas (or something). The puzzlement of the butch-looking recipient is sexy but I'm not sure I know why!

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This artist has multiple social network pages including Team52 @ Twitter and Team52 @Instagram but the best selection seems to be at Team52Crazy's facebook page. Most of the public art is censored or innocuous with a few exceptions but you get nice drawings of military men undressing or in suggestive situations. The adult content is (presumably) at Team52 @Patreon 

Most Popular new mitchmen Post of 2022 (MPP1)

Brick - Slave Academy 2022 (No 10)

Above:- One of Brick's incredibly sexy, new Slave Academy pictures at Metalbond

(See below for direct links}

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The table below lists the most popular of the new mitchmen posts published during 2022. I'm sticking with last years method of simply counting hits with a mention of other factors in the notes.
(Titles have links to the original posts, column 4 shows annualised hit rate).

On mobiles the table is best viewed by turning your phone sideways

 

TABLE 1 - Top 20 New Posts of 2022 at mitchmen

 

Rank	Title (+link)	Total Hits	Hit Rate Ranking	Pub Month	Note
1	New 'Slave Academy' Pictures by Brick	2082	5	Apr	1
2	Kalabro - Slave Gang	2059	10	Feb	2
3	Oztangles Retrospective 2	1856	3	July	3
4	Enslavement Art by Planet Gay	1811	2	July	4
5	News Of New Pictures By Brick	1602	11	Feb	1
6	Oztangles Retrospective 1	1255	9	Jun	3
7	Most Viewed mitchmen Post Of All Time (2021)	1236	16	Jan	5
8	Art by Ridley - 1	1180	12	Mar	3
9	The Art of Gilgamesh	1135	6	Aug	3
10	Art by Arsch	1136	15	Aug '21	7
11	The Art of Gilgamesh 2	1065	4	Aug	3
12	Vintage Bondage - Dean Spencer	1058	17	March	6
13	Most Popular Posts - Previous Winners (2021)	1039	21	Jan	5
14	Art by Spacron - Sexy Boys	1026	14	Apr	8
15	Ehrlik - The Blacksmith of Zambe	1019	19	Feb	7
16	Best of Kalabro	1018	18	Feb	2
17	Milk Outlets by Penguin Frontier	1004	1	Oct	8
18	Domination Art by Planet Gay	914	8	Aug	4
19	Art by Damo - 1	902	13	May	8
20	Art by St Jinx	885	7	Aug	8

 

(Stats collected on 31st December 2022) 

 

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The outright winner is an index which I created, linking to a series of posts at Metalbond featuring 11 brand new pictures by Brick. An earlier announcement about the first release of these new pictures also made this table at No 5. It celebrates a welcome return of a talented artist to the fetish art scene after a lengthy absence. The story shows two newcomers being inducted into the Academy. He doesn't seem to have lost any of his imaginative flair during the layoff and his technical skills are even better!

There were no blockbusters this year. Brick's winning score of  2082 is the lowest since 2017 when the inaugural Milking Factory post scored 1411. Top scores since then have hovered around the 3000 mark. At the foot of the table, the cut-off scores have levelled off in the last 3 years, 885 was slightly down on last year's 1012, but in line with 2019. Visits to the blog overall in 2022 also dropped, but only slightly (by 0.7%) after last years spectacular post Covid recovery. These trends seem to imply a broader range of interests in my visitors. 

I must thank all my readers for continuing to show your interest in mitchmen blog!

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Hot on Brick's heels was another 'old hand' - Kalabro with 'Slave Gang', a vibrant picture that picked up on the current vogue for slavery scenarios. I'm a long time admirer of this artist's dynamic 'ordeal' images but paradoxically this wasn't really one of them. 

Kalabro seems to have withdrawn from sharing his amazing art of late, a sad situation that prompted me to post a retrospective of his work this year as a supplement to the A-Z article of 2009 . 'Best of Kalabro' also made this chart at No 16.

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I posted a major, long-overdue retrospective of the work of Oztangles (2006-2022) at mitchmen blog during the year so it's not surprising to see two of the five articles near the top spot. I would normally have expected the lead article to do best, since I send people there if they want to read the whole series from the start. It's there but some way behind at No 6. Oz is another well-established artist and his gifted but sometimes puzzlingly uneven offerings made a fascinating project for me.

Gilgamesh gained two mid-table entries in the chart this year with his own unique brand of renders featuring heavily muscled protagonists whose maturity makes their plight all the more poignant as they are condemned to incarceration and torment in chains in dark, damp dungeons. He too started posting his images way back ca 2006, but his modern work shows a leap in intensity and realism since those early days and the dark story-telling, laden with menace and despair is engrossing. I suppose these hyper-masculine creatures are an acquired taste but there's an earthiness about them that makes them quite different to the bound hunks of J.F. and the youthful lust of 'Muscle' Matt. 

Ridley at No 8 is perhaps this year's wild card. His art, like Oztangles and Gilgamesh dates from the early years of rendering (ca 2005) and it seems surprisingly polished in retrospect. The milking theme that dominates the samples I posted is however a perennial favourite here at mitchmen so it's understandable why it's done so well.

 

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I also posted 5 articles featuring the work of Planet Gay at mitchmen in 2022, two made it into the chart and he is the top 'new wave' entry this year. He seems to have carved a niche for a sort of chocolate box style of bdsm art, with beautiful images showing delicious men being introduced to the delights of fetish practices in a way that seems surprisingly innocuous. Most of the articles were published too late in the year to make an impact in the table but the first got to 4th position and the second one squeezed in at No 18. It will be interesting to see how they fare in the longer term. His rankings of 2nd and 8th based on the 'rate of hits' shows how popular his work is.

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My year end reviews often do well in the following year's table and it's a phenomenon I don't really understand. I usually give credit to the lead image rather than my own writing and the marvellous Priapus image I was able to use to headline the all time winners post for 2021 this particular post justifies it's position at No 7. Priapus has a similar 'mild' approach to fetish scenarios as that of Planet Gay but has been around for a lot longer. His work seems to have become more adventurous of late and indeed, more prolific, miraculously without losing any of the artistic skills that have propelled him to the top of my all-time rankings. 

Another of these reviews came in at 13 topped by a picture drawn by the ever-popular Cavelo which doesn't disprove my theory although I admit that I'd like to think I have some followers with similar geeky interests to myself! Both of these articles would have finished lower down if I had applied a correction for their favoured position of piking up hits from the very first days of the year, their positions in the Hit Rate Rankings (column 4) suggest a more modest position would better reflect their popularity.

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Nestling just below the midway point of the table (at 12) is the solitary photograph-based post that managed to get into the top 20 for this year, but it's a good one - Dean Spencer's vintage bondage scene with Andrew Lennox in Can Am's 'Fetish Sex Fights 3'. Dean had a oddly alluring, 'pretty boy' sullenness that was great for bdsm bottoming and he had a notable career in the field. Dressing him in yellow rubber for this video was inspired and the uncluttered photography makes a good case for a fetish genre which is often submerged in over-elaborate overdressing. 

Royale Studio imagery topped last year's table but none of the 17 posts this year could repeat the trick. 'Airman's Gym Spanking' did best but it's score of 665 was well short of the top 20 cut. These posts made up 12% of the total articles published during the year and I am concerned that the Royale Project may be conflicting with the other aims of the blog. I will be making an announcement about this soon.

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The rest of the table is made up of a varied selection of newcomers. One of them Arsch at 10 is a hangover from last year when he just missed the cut. It features a familiar milking scenario so I'm not surprised that it continued to score in 2022, if fact it's score in 2022 alone would have got into this years table, so I decided to let it in for this year. I have adjusted it's score to take account of last year. 

I did consider other contenders from 2021 (e.g. Ehrlich - Lab Rat and Roa Part 4) but considered those artists were already adequately represented and other names deserved a chance. 

Ehrlik, however, does figure in the final quarter of the 2022 table but with a different post "The Blacksmith of Zambe". This is the latest in a string of posts about his work, all of which have struck a chord with readers here even though they are mostly fem dom not gay. The 'little boy lost' angle seems to go down a treat.

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Of the remainder, Penguin Frontier's 'Milking Outlet', was a simply conceived image with an arty finish and intriguing Sci-Fi back story. It made a spectacular debut, storming into the table with the top hit rate of the year. However, posted in late October, it's early days so I'm not predicting a new colossus has arrived  just yet!

The Spacron's renders and Damo's cartoonery are not ultra sophisticated but they are sexy and it's nice to see them representing different techniques in the table. Likewise St Jinx's more traditional draughtsmanship, his fantasy-based subject matter wouldn't normally be seen at mitchmen but his unusual crucifixion image which squeezed in at 20 is an elegant contribution to a niche genre that I suspect will be around in appreciative circles long after the artist's fairies have been forgotten.

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This year's table features articles based on photographs, comics, cartoons, renders and traditional art, another cavalcade of gay, artistic talent which testifies to the wealth of sexy, expressive art available to us in the age of the internet. Long may it continue!

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Next time - The most viewed post of the entire mitchmen blog during 2022.

 

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 2022

 

 

 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

from mitchmen blog

 

Start as you mean to go on

Planet Gay - The Slave Is Washed

 Alexandro's New Year resolution was to win Rome's 'Best Kept Slave' competition.

He got his best one up early on the day to give him a good wash and scrub 

(which was sorely needed).

He enjoyed himself so much that he scrubbed and scrubbed 'til the slave was even sorer.

"Please stop Master" he complained "I must look spotless now!"

But he didn't.

The trouble was his hairiness, thought Alessandro

As a man it made him look nice, but would the judges prefer a more boyish look?

Unfortunately if he decided to shave him, he couldn't change his mind later.

But after much thought he decided it probably would be the best presentation.

He could have asked a servant to do the job, but they might botch it.

Shaving his slave himself turned out to be even more fun than scrubbing him.

Especially as his sensitised skin made him twist and turn in his master's arms.

It really was a most agreeable sensation..........

He soon discovered his slave had hair in the most surprising places.

Getting into all those nooks and crannies took time and patience

because he certainly couldn't afford to cut him 

and who knew where the judges might look?

Alessandro's slave didn't make it to the competition at the forum

The anointing of his skin with oil proved to be the last straw for Alessandro.

He dragged his slave off and spent the rest of the day in bed with him.

Where both men eventually fell asleep feeling like winners.

More art by Planet Gay 

Nate Karlton Beautifully Bound

Nate Karlton Tied Up at Bound Jocks

 There's something about a big man with his arms tightly restrained

Nate Karlton Tied Up at Bound Jocks

This image with Nate face-down on the canvas shows just how big he is.

The convergence of the straps to a single point at the centre of his back

seems like a symbolic reversal of explosive power 

The anchored ankles are a deliciously simple immobilisation.

The bondage here uses very similar constructs to the previous post in this mitchmen series

but the effect is quite different.

Nate Karlton Tied Up at Bound Jocks

The big man is helpless and must await his captor's pleasure

Keenly anticipating, I'd say.

Early 'Bound Jocks' scenes have a delightful simplicity

Nate Karlton Profile at Bound Jocks

The Nat Karlton video features sexy writhing

Nate Karlton mat bound for Bound Jocks

click on the 'beautifully' bound label below for other pictures in this mitchmen series

Royale Models - Peter George 5 - Fishing for Bulges

Peter George in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio)

Peter George seems to be hanging up his fishing net here at the end of long day of work. 
It's a nice image giving a pleasing, mildly suggestive view of his cute, tight ass. 

It's a civilian scenario but he's wearing a military belt, it is discarded for other shots in the set.

The underlying, arm raised, pose here is inspired by the victory salute in classical statues, so draping it with a black net seems like a deliberate comment on the artistic restrictions caused by the social attitudes of the 50's. The rope coiled round his wrist is even more obviously symbolic of restraint. 

This group of photos appeared in 1961/62 under Royale's, then-emerging, Hussar brand. Peter's tight white trousers with the bottoms of the legs turned up copy what sailors used to do when washing decks but the practice also suggests a dash of stylish individuality which has not been completely overwhelmed by the uniform. 

The rope and the net augment the nautical theme but also supply a hint of bdsm.

 Matt Carrol, Fed Up Sailor by John Palatinus

Calf length trousers were also used for sailor imagery by other contemporaries, such as Palatinus and Barrington. This picture addresses the drudgery and humiliation of having to wash decks directly but the lump in his pants suggests he doesn't mind being bossed. They look more like riding breeches than naval ducks to me but I'm not complaining!

Peter George in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio)

 This is the time of year for nicely wrapped packages, so this grainy image of Peter George is not entirely out of place. The bulge in his pants is teasingly believable here (if not quite as riveting as Matt Carrol's hosepipe just above).

Peter has discarded his belt here and is also disentangled from the rope and net, but his slightly seductive pose does not entirely dispel the simmering possibility of restraint and bdsm. We saw the fishing net previously, you may recall, in the fetishistic, wader images of Peter George Part 4. It's possible these pictures come from the same shoot. 

US sailors did wear straw boaters something like this at one time, but I'm not sure that Brits ever did, certainly not with shredded brims. Basil Clavering was an ex-sailor and a stickler for authenticity by some accounts, but the pictures in this series put me more in mind of a farm boy than a sailor. 

 

Peter George in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio)

 This proud, defiant pose with net and rope completely discarded seems to pick up that idea of throwing off restraint. It also  gives Peter a chance to show off some impressive pec and arm musculature projecting a sense of inner power that counterbalances the sudden appearance of  'nakedness' produced by discarding the belt and all those accessories.

I dare say that the bulge lower down has also caught your eye. It' looks a more improbable manifestation here but still teases the eye with intriguing detail and I suppose it contributes a sexual dimension to the story of the inner man breaking free. It irresistibly reminds me of the homoerotic trickery of British contemporary photographer, Scott of London*.

I don't think the tight fit of the pants around Peter's thighs is faked, however, it's a very sexy look.

*Normally Basil Clavering and his colleague John Parkhurst are credited with producing the photographs of Royale Studio but I do wonder whether Scott (aka Tom Nicholl) was involved when I see 'bulge' pictures like this. He certainly photographed some of the models used by Royale for his own output and I recently stumbled across a reference which suggests a more direct connection which I will reveal in a future post.

Peter George snoozing in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio)

No Peter George series of photographs is complete without some shots of his amazing backside. 

Even cloaked in trousers in an image of indifferent quality, his allure shines through.

These clandestine peeks always seem sexy.

His face seems to reflect his growing maturity from this viewpoint.

Peter George sleeping in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio)

Freed from his constraints the freed man relaxes into dreams while he waits for the right man to come alone (Matt Carrol?). I don't think he'll have to wait too long.

Peter's backside is once again the focus here in an image that is unquestionably framed with an eye to sexual allure. There's absolutely no pretence of showcasing an athlete's dedication to health and weight-training in the gym - although I've no doubt that pursuit contributed to his shapeliness in this department. 

This daring image appeared in the British Magazine, Scan No 10 in 1961. 

Whether they got away with it I don't know.

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More about Royale and Peter George in a Future Post (pending)

Planet Gay's bdsm Christmas

Planet Gay - Waiting For Christmas

I already expressed my admiration for the artwork produced by Planet Gay and the delicious hunks he's populated them with in several articles this year, but I couldn't resist making this image the centrepiece of my Christmas Day offering, which as usual is dedicated to anyone who is alone or who feels alone at this time of year when everyone else seems to be enjoying themselves.

I suppose this image of togetherness with a gay couple gazing out of a window at the winter wonderland might seem an odd choice in that context but gays don't have to be in a relationship to share such pleasures and you don't have to be in a relationship to appreciate the joy sharing brings. Besides, looking out for Santa's sleigh is a cute allusion to happy childhood memories. 

For me, this is also a normalising image that gives gay men a legitimate place of their own in a festival that is resolutely 'family' oriented in our society (for 'family' read 'heterosexual'). Hence I've tagged this post with my 'Pride' label at the bottom.

If, on the other hand, you think this picture is far too slushy 
and hardly in keeping with this blog's fetish credentials, well, read on.....

Planet Gay - Who's Not Been A Good Boy

It turns out the two young men are waiting for Santa to arrive and the light in the first picture signals the approach of his gift-laden sleigh. (It looks like Rudolph's nose has been upgraded up this year or else he's been replaced by a lighting system borrowed from a  Pop Festival). The fact that the pair seemed to have stripped off in readiness for Santa's arrival suggests they haven't put a train set or an Action Man at the top of their Christmas list. 

We all know that boys who haven't been good during the year don't get a present from Santa. Unfortunately gay men have a talent for being naughty even if they do have skills with dressing and décor (witness the authentic Victorian chaise). I'm not sure whether getting spanked by Santa counts as a present or a punishment, but I'm glad to see the pink-cheeked recipient looks genuinely discomforted. 

I suppose he'll be getting a consolation gift from Santa's sack afterwards - I'm talking about the one sitting on the floor of course, filled with nutritious fruits, nuts and gingerbread men. Yum!

Planet Gay - We Heard You Weren't a Good Boy

In this picture his partner already has his gingerbread man, so he may have been spanked already.
The roaring fire in the background could be a clue to the fiery heat that he's feeling.
Unfortunately the way Santa is weighing up his backside doesn't suggest he's finished with it yet.
Hence the telling look of dread on his face.

Perhaps the biscuit is a bribe to comfort him in readiness for 
the blunt end of the chunky candy cane being brandished by the elvish assistant.

It's not clear whether the gym horse that the young man has been set astride is a piece of equipment the couple keep in their living room for daily exercises or has been brought along by Santa on the luggage rack of his sleigh for this express purpose.

Planet Gay - Vaxxi-Claus

It turns out the Santa gang is really a hit squad from the local vaccination centre.

I'd hazard a guess that this injection it's not for flu or covid.

Perhaps it's a precaution against the possible fall-out from his undisclosed naughtiness. 

But it's also quite possible that Santa is sticking a needle in this man's bottom

because he likes sticking needles in the bottoms of cute men.

Who can blame him?

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More Planet Gay on New Year's Day (pending)

There's a big gallery to explore for Planet Gay at Deviant Art

Read the mitchmen series on Planet Gay from Part 1