Cavelo is Most Visited 'mitchmen' Post during 2018 (MPP2)

According to my Blogger 'hit stats', out of all the mitchmen blog articles published to date, 

my A-Z article on Cavelo was the one that registered the most hits during 2018 .
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Cavelo - Buddies Interrogated

Cavelo is an unflagging champion of gay fetish art but his special talent is his ability to depict cute men.
The one on the left is my special favourite.
I suspect the bottomless chair is an idea borrowed from 'Casino Royale'. 

Table 1 – mitchmen Articles with Most Hits in 2018

Position (& last year)	Article	Published	Hits in 2017	Hits in 2018
1 (2)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Cavelo	2008	4844	6574
2 (1)	Priapus of Milet - 1	2012	5673	5722
3 (9)	The Milking Factory	2017	1411	4406
4 (3)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Mike Carcel	2010	3681	2894
5 (6)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Jotto	2009	2158	2836
6 (-)	IFNB A Fantasy World of BodyBuilders	2018		2516
7 (8)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – The Hun	2009	1597	2507
8 (-)	Hunk Hunt – Mitch Colby 5	2017		2489
9 (12)	Bound & Gagged Magazine - 4	2014	1258	2217
10 (-)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Julius	2009		2208
11 (4)	A Christmas Criminal (ep 1-5)	2015	2402	2169
12 (5)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Malex	2010	2354	1691
13 (10)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Martin of Holland	2010	1347	1550
14 (-)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Tagame Part 2	2014		1510
15 (15)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Roscoe	2012	1126	1420
16 (19)	Vintage Spanking Art	2014	1014	1342
17 (7)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Platter	2012	1778	1334
18 (14 )	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Kalabro	2009	1140	1311
19= (13)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Heredia	2009	1204	1202
19 = (-)	The Art of Baron	2014		1202

To clarify, this table shows hits registered during the year 2018 for all articles, not just those published in 2018 which  is shown in the 2018 'new articles' listing. The titles in all the tables link to the original posts. Please tell me if you have difficulty with any links

This year A-Z of Fetish Artists – Cavelo has recaptured top spot from Priapus of Milet-1. Both increased their counts, Cavelo substantially so, which illustrates his enormous popularity considering he doesn't seem to be producing new work now. The tussle for top spot between these two artists in recent years is fascinating, given their contrasting styles (conventional vs CGI) and content (fetish vs vanilla) .

The other perennial chart-topper A-Z of Fetish Artists – Mike Carcel was dislodged from No 3 position in 2018 by the first in the 'Milking Factory' series which seems to be one of those topics which hits a sensitive spot for many fetish fans. The popularity of this theme continued with two more articles posted in 2018 also doing well (see Most Popular 2018 New Posts). Mike's A-Z post saw a decline in hits this year, perhaps reflecting a general lack of visibility for his controversial work on the web. I have lost track of where he is posting now (if anywhere). He still scored more than the record-breaking 'IFNB', top post from 2018 which entered the chart at No 6, illustrating how hard it is for new articles to break into this yearly top 20, let alone the old-style chart based on cumulative hits. Of course it might have been a different story if IFNB had had a full year of hits instead of just 10 months.

The other notable new entry is the Mitch Colby wrestling (with spanking!) article from 2017, a success that doesn't entirely surprise given the size and enthusiasm of the man-spanking fraternity and it's initial impact in the 2017 chart. This fetish also scores well with the continued interest in my note containing some unusual Vintage Spanking Art at No 16. The retrospective flavour of this blog is represented in the bondage arena by the article on the seminal and ground-breaking 'Bound & Gagged Magazine' at No 9, which continues to pick up visitors and recognition.

This list is usually dominated by my A-Z of Fetish artists and there are 11 this year. Jotto and The Hun have maintained elevated positions with much increased hit counts but others (including Franco and Michael Mitchell) have been displaced by the new arrivals which include two 'new' A-Z names. Julius's arrival at No 10 is something of a surprise but probably reflects the promotional effects of my occasional posts re-captioning selected images, together with the recent overhaul of his A-Z entry. In contrast Tagame's entry at No 14 seems long overdue for such an acknowledged master of our genre. Likewise the venerable Baron at No 19 whose photo-manips don't qualify for the A-Z series but is nevertheless a quiet colossus whose technical skills are amazing and whose fetish ingredients have a marvellous subtlety. With these new arrivals, 2013 is now the only year since 2008 not represented in this table. The nearest contender for this role is Hethong Male Spanking at No38

My own Christmas Criminal' story dropped from 4 to 11 (despite my continued plugging on the 'front page'!) but I'm happy to be anywhere in this august company. I started posting my own work here more regularly last year, we'll see where that leads.

My 'Index of Artists' Page scored 10,816 hits in 2018, which exceeded all these articles by a large margin. I'm glad visitors are finding it useful and hope it will lead newcomers to fantastic art they never saw before.

Total blog visits this year were 559K, up 42% from 2017, a phenomenon I cannot explain. 

The cut-off figure is almost exactly the same as the previous year so it seems the increased traffic must be widely spread. It is also quite selective, since in the table above some articles have significantly increased hits where others have suffered sharp falls, yet still remained within the top 20.

Total mitchmen blog visits for all years are now 2.88 million

Next time I will reveal the winner of the all-time cumulative hit counts.
Did Mike Carcel hold onto his top spot?

A-Z on Brick revised

Brick - Level 5 (from Brick and The Mad Scientists)

My illustrated version of Steve MacHalperin's story 'Brick and The Mad Scientists' (originally published at the now defunct mitchmen Yahoo! Group) is now available as a free PDF from the Mitchmen Club at Adonis Male.

The original story, published at the old Greasetank site, was illustrated by the artist 'Brick' and this is one of his pictures showing the hapless captive, Brick (confusingly named after the artist) being subjected to electro-torture to activate various malign drugs that have been injected into his body. His tormentors have just raised the intensity of the current to level 5 and Brick shudders as it surges through him.

As part of this project I have updated and extended my original A-Z article about Brick
 with lots of additional pictures and commentary

IFNB is Most Popular New 'mitchmen' Post of 2018

IFNB Contest Expediters take the rough with the smooth

At this time of year it is my custom to review the year's posts to see which attracted the most visitors. According to my Blogger 'view count' stats*, the 20 below are the most-visited mitchmen posts out of the 119 published in 2018 (titles have links to the original posts).

Posn	Title (+link)	Hits	Published
1	IFNB - A Fantasy World of Body Builders	2519	Mar
2	The Art of Homoeros -1	1110	Jul
3	The Art of Sparkieshock	1045	Apr
4	Milking Factories -3	974	May
5	Tentacles in Action	964	Jan
6	Another Milking Factory (No 2)	867	Apr
7	The Art of Homoeros - 4	861	Jul
8	The Art of Opemam77	755	Mar
9	The Art of Homoeros - 6	699	Aug
10	The Art of Homoeros - 5	658	Aug
11	The Art of Homoeros - 3	604	Jul
12	A-Z of Fetish Artists - B2	586	May
13	Phausto's Alley Cat	558	Apr
14	The Art of Homoeros - 2	543	Jul
15	A Hunk Born To Suffer - 3	538	Jan
16	Wrestling Arsenal	529	Dec
17	A Life of Pirates	507	May
18	Malex in Space	522	Feb
19	Mitchell's Last Chance Saloon	477	Mar
20	Bondage by Michael Stokes	472	Jan

Stats collected on 31st December 2018

The winner this year with an astonishing 2519 hits was my review of the IFNB fantasy site. This count smashes Woodunart's record of 1443 in 2016. I rarely feature full-on body-builders in this blog because I don't like vein-y skin, but IFNB's imaginative scenarios and sexy humour were irresistible. Interestingly my article on Musclemorphs created by 'BuiltBySteve', which was published late in 2017, had scored 895 by the end of 2018 and probably would have made the 2017 top 10 had it been published earlier in the year. IFNB attracted steady interest throughout the year and it will be interesting to see if that continues in 2019

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Runner up Homoeros also exceeded the 1000 mark and just pipped Sparkieshock in the final days of the year. Six of the eight articles I published on this artist made the top 20 with the other two not far behind. This artist combines some fairly extreme fetish areas with visually attractive images and I expected him to do well here but it's nice to see his subtler, non-S&M imagery also doing well. Of course, Homoeros' multiple successes tends to diminish or block out other worthy and popular articles so I have also prepared a table limiting Homoeros to just his top scoring entry.

Posn	Title (+link)	Hits	Published
1	IFNB - A Fantasy World of Body Builders	2519	Mar
2	The Art of Homoeros -1	1110	Jul
3	The Art of Sparkieshock	1045	Apr
4	Milking Factories -3	974	May
5	Tentacles in Action	964	Jan
6	Another Milking Factory (No 2)	867	Apr
7	The Art of Opemam77	755	Mar
8	A-Z of Fetish Artists - B2	586	May
9	Phausto's Alley Cat	558	Apr
10	A Hunk Born To Suffer - 3	538	Jan
11	Wrestling Arsenal	529	Dec
12	A Life of Pirates	507	May
13	Malex in Space	522	Feb
14	Mitchell's Last Chance Saloon	477	Mar
15	Bondage by Michael Stokes	472	Jan
16	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Ajay Part 2	450	Feb
17	Most Popular Posts 2017	448	Jan
18	Reraizure	441	Feb
19	The Look of Uncertainty	434	Jan
20	First Catch Your Rogue - 11	399	Apr

Sparkieshock's art at No 3, has similar qualities to Homoeros but with a slightly softer and more accomplished style. He takes Bound Gods style electro-torture scenarios to a level that you might call hyper-realism. In their different ways, these two artists show how art can depict what video makers cannot. The lycra art of Opemam77, further down, unexpectedly completes a trio of 'modern' artists.

Last year my article about Mitch Colby and his dual fetish and wrestling careers did well, but that was eclipsed in 2018 by the 'Wrestling Arsenal' review which is the first ever December post to make it into the top 20 (thanks more to the referrals from that site rather than my journalistic talents!). Naturally posts from January have an enormous advantage over December in simple hit counts terms, in fact 11 of the top 20 articles this year come from Jan and Feb! So it's not surprising that nothing else after August even made the cut, which at 472 was the highest ever, beating the previous record of 426 in 2014. All articles scored higher than the equivalent ranking position last year, most by substantial margins of 50% or more (View last years table). This is partly only partly accounted for by the 25% increase in number of visits to mitchmen overall.

Other notable entries are the two follow-up articles featuring Milking Factories which almost matched the success of the original Milking Factory fantasies published in 2017. The popularity of this scenario is not hard to understand, being built on a fundamental male fantasy for tops and bottoms alike. The best of these artists bring it to life on a scale video creators could not afford.

The remarkable Tentacles GIF not far behind completes a memorable top-6 line-up 

(with 'Rogue 11 at no 20 making it a double debut year for GIF's in this review).

'A-Z of Fetish Artist' articles used to feature prominently in these charts and it's good to see 3 of the old-guard (B2, Malex and Ajay) making an appearance. I'm pleased two of my own creations also made the adjusted top 20 – 'Last Chance Saloon' and the re-captioning of Julius 'Pirates' image. Seven of the top 20 articles were photograph-based up from 4 last year

Average Hit Rates

I mentioned above how early articles benefit from being visible for a longer period of time, so finally, I worked out how this table would look if I took into account the publication date (i.e. days on the site) as well as the total hits.

On this measure (ave hit rate per 365 days) Wrestling Arsenal (9,195) takes top spot by a colossal margin with IFNB (3,096) second. Then comes Homoeros-1 (2,426), Milking Factories and Sparkieshock. The rest of the order doesn't change much.

However this method is no less flawed than the simple comparison of totals, giving undue weight to later postings which fit their initial surge of readers into a shorter timescale. Wrestling Arsenal is a telling example and most December posts multiplied by 12 would challenge the leaders. 

Remember, this comparison is only made for entertainment, since I don't really know how accurate Google's stats are, I suspect they don't even count people who just browse through the blog roll.

 

If you want to look at previous years surveys click on the 'MPP' label below

Thank you to all my readers for your interest in my blog, 
I will publish the updated all-time list of favourites shortly. 

Happy New Year!

Mitchell's Fetish Art - Devil's Work

Mitchell - Staked Out (Devil's Work)

 In the 4th article of my series about WWII comic books, I showed an image of a British soldier staked out in the desert  and speculated about it's considerable homoerotic and fetish potential. In this image I flesh that fantasy out. Literally so, because this unfortunate captive has had his shirt ripped open and his shorts and underwear removed, exposing him to the full power of the desert sun (amongst other hot things).

This may not be the only torture he has suffered, the fifth stake suggests. But he's not an information-bearing officer like the original scenario. He's a mere private, a young man barely past the age of conscription.

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Have his colleagues arrived too late to save him?

Is a touching and sexy reunion with his 'special chum' in the unit imminent?

For those of you who are mystified by my interest in ancient Boy's Comics,
I hope this goes some way to explaining it.

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In my re-imagining I drew heavily on the original image (below) but did not attempt to fully emulate that artist's technique in which deep shadowing is used to create the impression of a setting sun. This might be a metaphor for the ebbing away of the life of the victim following lengthy exposure and torture, and also the long search by his unit as they scoured the desert trying to find him.  The shading of the sky rather than the ground adds an ominous note, but seems counter-intuitive until you think about the deep blue tones of dusk in the tropics. The contrast reinforces the impression of a bleak parched landscape

Staked Out (original image from War Picture Library No 1765 'Tough Guy', p36)

My admiration for the original artist grew as I recreated the rescue vehicle, approaching in a cloud of dust. In the original picture, it is created almost entirely by shadowing, but still seems to show incredible detail. The mudguards and headlights, for example. On the side of the lorry, a few patches of white trick the eye into seeing bulk and hidden detail that is amazingly convincing. 

Check out the economy of the victim's facial features as well.

The pattern of shadowing is not entirely consistent, the stakes suggest a different direction for the sun (perhaps indicative of a different source image) but that's a minor quibble. When you consider that this picture is just one out of a total of 130 in the whole book, the attention to quality is astonishing. It's also a superb lesson for any aspiring artist (in which group I include myself) of the importance of creating shape in an image, not just tracing outlines.

Incidentally, the expression 'Good grief' used in the speech bubble was fairly archaic even back in the 1960s and indicative of a 'good upbringing' in which outright swearing was forbidden. As a Sergeant, Sam Kingsby (what a terrible surname that is!) would probably have had a more earthy background. The expression has since been devalued somewhat by its adoption as a comical catchphrase in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

For other War Comic fantasies, click on the label below
View Bizarre Brutality No 2

War Picture Library was published by Fleetway Press (IPC)

Be Careful What You Wish For! (Julius modified)

There's nothing wrong with cross-generational lust as long as it's mutual and the ages are over and not under. I'm a great admirer of Julius Art but not of his captions recounting tales of exploited adolescents,
which I simply won't publish here. 

The young men in this picture from 'School for Sinners' don't even look underage but Julius has captured a sense of blossoming manhood in the central figure that deserves appreciation. Removing the original caption and transporting them to an all-adult, Military context substitutes a legitimate scenario with a disciplinary edge and rehabilitates the handsomely-imagined older man.

I'd love to see a variant in which the 'Sergeant' doing his rounds is still in uniform, disguising his own excitement and thereby putting him in a position to give these two a proper military dressing down (while noting Private Taylor's name for special fatigues sometime in the future)!

Other mitchmen-modified Julius images in this blog: The Pirate, The Hospital Shave 

My A-Z article on Julius

The Humour of Bazz

Bazz - Computer 01

 

The wicked humour of Bazz is featured regularly at GMBA 

(current link in sidebar, Google zaps it occasionally)

Be aware that some of his work is not for the squeamish
 or those averse to political incorrectness.

See also Dream 06,  The Job

Bazz also has a Google group 'Best of Bazz'

The Looks that say 'Christmas Came Early This Year'

For anyone who is alone, or feels alone this Christmas

Santa seems to occupy a  parallel, elastic, time continuum on Christmas Eve

giving him enough time to deliver presents to all the boys and girls in the world.

But it's still a pretty hectic schedule, so he must feel a bit rushed sometimes.
A bit like an NHS Doctor I suppose.

He likes to give all the deserving, gay boys exactly what they ask for.
(partly to dispell those nasty rumours about him and Rudolph)

But the trouble is they all want the same thing, every year,
so it's understandable if it doesn't always come out quite as intended.
Particularly when the 'wish list' is a tattoo and it's presented like this.

There's a get out clause though.
The recipient is not really supposed to be awake when Santa cums.
So that makes him a bad boy really, not a good boy. 
But at least he got something for staying up.
The last lad on Santa's list may find there's nothing left in the sack.
Well, Santa's only human!

This is 'Look' No 15, for others click on the label below.

It's also an addendum to 'Silly Hat' No 10
Actually, the jaunty angle almost rescues it from being silly.
It's floppy tip is particularly poignant in this sad scene.
(click on 'Hats' label below for more Silly Hats)

Photo credit: Ace Era and Dylan James from Lucas Entertainment

Life imitates Art

 Brenn Wyson (right) is a bit of a 'jobber' for Bound Gods and easily overlooked in porn star terms, but as this picture shows he has an enviable physique. He's seen here trying out his boy scout knots on Adam Port, a luckless hiker who picked the wrong day to go down to the woods.

Should have gone to the tattoo parlour, Adam.

This aerial, outdoor spreadeagled stretch looks most impressive and must feel pretty exposed and scary for the naked Adam Port. Behind him Wyson has given himself unrestricted space for wielding the leather flail that is essential equipment for every lurker-in-the-woods. That cute little ass makes a perfect target but he must be puzzling how to reach higher up when he gets bored with tattoed buns.

This bondage scenario is almost certainly inspired by the Cavelo image of captive cowboys being tortured by 'Native Americans' (btw why is 'native' more OK than 'indian'?)

which in turn was inspired by this pulp fiction illustration

See more on this connection in my A-Z article on Cavelo

Back in the woods....

The Bound Gods scene cleverly utilises a natural tree shape to create a restraining frame that allows the captive to rest his weight on his feet, but his legs are in a fairly stretched position that must have gotten pretty uncomfortable after a while. A longer stay (overnight for example) in a true captivity situation would exhaust the toughest man and if your tormentors returned in the morning equipped with staves, spears or just long, whippy branches cut from nearby trees, well.......look out Adam!

Adam Port's nudity makes him looks majestic from this direction, perfectly in tune with his surroundings but  the prospect of a frontal assault soon wipes out any complacency he may have developed about being out of reach.

A below-the-belt, very ouch! moment seems in prospect if Wyson's strike misses his mark. 

Photos: Bound Gods - Brenn Wyson captures Adam Port (2011)

Mitchell's Fetish Art for December - Feeding Time

Feeding Time

In the 'Long Gallery' of a luxurious, stately home,
a naked man sits, restrained, inside a slowly-filling aquarium tank.
Now that the water has risen above his head, he is reliant on a flimsy tube for air.
or else must make strenuous, awkward movements to lift his head above water.
Meanwhile his fellow occupants circle ominously, watching him tire.

Previously published as part of my 'Neighbourhood Police' Story,

but I thought it made a nice sequel to the October picture of the month .

The two pictures are contemporary with one another
and the formative influences discussed in October apply equally to this picture.
It would also fit in with the story outline presented in that article,
although I didn't plan to use it that way when I drew it.

For those who collect my pictures, this is a new copy  with less obtrusive watermarks

for other mitchmen pictures by Mitchell, click on the 'mitchpix' label below
or visit my Gallery Hub (using the tab at the top of the page) 

The Art of Ivan Bubentcov

 

Ivan Bubentcov is a Russian artist whose work caught my eye because of the stylistic likeness to the work of Tom of Finland. For example in this image you can see it in the faces/torso, the quirky poses, cheeky humour and simple background with winding path and trees. In fact this artist has a distinctive technique (evident in the foreground engine detail) which is retro in feel but quite different to ToF. However Bubentcov's reinvention of Kake-like, playful, highly masculine men is a relatively unusual and profound way to acknowledge the Finnish Master in the modern era.

These images come from a group of Tractor Driver pictures. Bubentcov's use of Farm worker imagery seems to echo Tom's fascination with Lumberjacks rather neatly, but if you look at the styling of this image you can see it's much influenced by 1930's design (e.g. the clouds) and Soviet 'Heroic Worker' art in the subject matter (albeit used subversively). Obviously there are less welcome comparisons between gay oppression in Russia now and in Tom's era which no doubt drives the use of sexual innuendo, but I don't think Tom was ever as obviously oblique as this.

Whilst this sauna scene might suggest more Tom connections it's really the closeness of Scandinavian and Russian culture that's responsible here and you'd never confuse this with a Tom picture. He's even emulated a steamy atmosphere. The faces here are recognisably Russian, which is to be applauded. The use of nettles for stimulating the skin is part of the sauna treatment but once again there's an interesting use of heavy innuendo, linking it to the younger man's bottom.

This sauna is depicted in more comic style and gets quite close to being explicit. The man in the foreground is delightfully drawn, long-legged and craggily handsome. He's not quite succeeding in covering his assets, but you have to look close, click to enlarge if required.

The two men inside the hut, ostensibly getting in some nettle thrashing practice, are obviously simulating a sexual position and the one on the bench seems to be signalling a preference with his dangling hand. But there's a curious twist to both bodies which shows balls resting on buttock if you look closely.

As hidden eroticism goes, this is pretty challenging. 

This image also flouts the existing order with man touching man's bottom in public and also in front of a (nosey) woman who's not outraged it seems but dismayed or even frightened. (Cue more Tom comparisons). I'm not quite sure what to make of the phallic cactus on her windowsill (balls and all, note). Perhaps it's a comment on female perceptions of men and their equipment, .

Presumably these are workmen but it might equally be an elopement scene with the ladder. I've seen a similar image based on the Rapunzel story, except that the rescuing hero is climbing past the window of the long haired maiden to reach the long haired man on the floor above. The political symbolism of ladders as escape devices needs no explanation. (Tom had his fences of course symbolising the opposite, entrapment and secrecy).

 

Bubentcov has a polished, more academic style as well. 

The faces he draws are infused with the same sense of masculinity and relaxed playfulness.

 

In the context of his Russian background, this image is a remarkable affirmation of homosexuality as a normal form of relationship and something beautiful, not just a method of sexual release. The combination of highly masculine stubble with delicate, almost feminine eyelashes and eyebrows goes further, making a provocative challenge to gender stereotyping. 

The style here is remarkably similar to that of RW Richards (below).

RW Richards - Amorous Cowboys

Artists often thrive in difficult circumstances, and it's good to see Bubentcov isn't surrendering to his.

I hope we will see much more art from this exciting new arrival on the scene.

For more visit the Bubentcov spread in 'Advocate'

Mitchell's Fetish Art - Paul's Loco Peril

 

Mitchell - Paul's Loco Peril

This image may look familiar to you and yet different.

It's my reinterpretation of the War Comic cover art I posted  a couple of days ago as Bizarre Brutality No 2. In that article I fantasised about the sadistic captor forcing his captive to undress before tying him to the tracks. This is my visualisation of that alternative.

As I hoped, the melodramatic, winding bondage works quite well on bare skin, suggesting truly inescapable restraints (although this method isn't usually - if you have the time). But while the original captive raged at his predicament, this man shows his hardness as he calmly contemplates his fate. It's almost dreamlike in fact. 

I tried to give him a degree of maturity fitting for the sabotage role.

I originally planned to have him dressed in underpants of a more contemporary style, i.e. white, high-waisted and with prominent seams at the front where the opening is. Underwear which shouts out it's functionality in other words and would therefore be humiliating to be shown to the enemy. However, the sinuous shaping of his naked body (which resulted quite naturally from filling-in the outline of the original, clothed captive) seemed to warrant something skimpier. Since this man is supposed to be a French Resistance worker, I thought it perfectly possible that he might wear slinky, possibly silk, Parisian briefs under his trousers. Equally fertile ground for an enemies ridicule but in a different way. 

An alternative story line might see the sabotage of a coastal railway line attempted by members of the Special Boat Squadron (SBS, a sort of Navy Commando unit). When his wet suit is removed his sexy, swimming trunks are revealed. Or perhaps he didn't wear a wet suit.....

view Bizarre Brutality No 3

For other pictures by Mitchell, click on the mitchpix label 

or go to the Gallery Hub Tab (at the top of the page)

Homoeros Galleries Guide

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Homoeros has been in touch and tells me his primary site for new work now is at Patreon.
It has some free-to-view images, but a small subscription is required to view everything.
(Jul 2019)

The Homoeros Gallery at Deviant Art is back on the air.

The artist tells me it has been censored but there still seems to be plenty of S&M stuff there
It's a good place to view his pre-2019 work - see footnote*.

He also has a page at Renderotica
and there's a fansite at Daddy's Here with an extensive selection of his work.

Read my 7-part review of Homoeros art starting from Part 1

*Footnote

  Homoeros Gallery at Deviant Art is presently configured as one giant, continuous page and the sheer volume of images there makes it very difficult to access older parts of the archive. If you want to explore the other pictures in the series I have showcased here, try using Deviant Art Search with the reference number I have quoted in the picture captions (or the title if it doesn't have a ref number). In some cases you may have to use the full title including '_' symbols to find the image but should then be able to access connected images by changing the number. You can also narrow the field of search using the tags attached to each picture.

Little Known Incidents of WWII (No 8) Bizarre Brutality No 2 (Loco)

Talk about the Perils of Pauline! *
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A melodramatic but gruesome execution technique is imagined in spectacular fashion for this comic cover art. (Actually this is Jacques but there is a Paul later in the story).
Despite it's absurdity, the bondage and danger is not without a frisson of interest!

*Apparently Pauline was never tied to  railway tracks in her films (according to Wikipedia) 
that honour went to Mabel Normand .
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Jacques is a resistance fighter who has laid explosive charges on the track to disrupt enemy troop movements. He is caught in the act by a patrol whose (unusually high-ranking) Commander decides to make his punishment fit the crime after Jacques is cheeky to him. A back-handed face-slap is always good for rebuking insolent prisoners and underlining their helpless predicament. 

Jacques is tied to the track in place of his dynamite charge. In the top image it looks as if his leather jacket has been removed first, but not these other ones. In view of Jacques trim physique one might have hoped that such a sadistic captor would be minded to strip him to his underwear at least. It would have made a much better picture. But the smoke in the distance suggests there wasn't time.

(If you agree about stripping him visit 'Paul's loco Peril')

Thanks to the enemy's efficient running of the railway system Jacques doe not have long to wait before he meets his fate, the 3.30 is bang on time. His sadistic captor is rewarded with an involuntary show of cold sweat and fear.

However, salvation is at hand. Jacques had actually laid two explosive charges in case one failed to go off. Luckily the first one explodes right on schedule, just in time to derail the train which fortuitously takes out the enemy patrol as well, but leaves Jacques unscathed. 

The slightly less gallant Paul, who has been watching from nearby,
frees Jacques to fight another day (hopefully after a bit of stress-relieving, man-on-man action).

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These images are from Battle Picture Weekly which was a second generation War Comic, printed in a tabloid format rather than the booklet form of the originals. Produced in the 1970's it featured more spectacular imagery and dramatic angles like the top picture, reflecting the advances in Comic Art used to stunning effect in Marvel Superhero scenarios.
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It also had a less restrained approach to violence than it's predecessors, perhaps illustrated best here by the second, face-slapping image which is pretty convincing. The explicit bondage in this strip is also a product of that change, in earlier comics, bondage scenes are brief and usually devoid of any interesting detail. This artist produced work for both regimes, his blond heroes are instantly recognisable, but they don't flash the flesh sadly, let alone any attractions below the waist. The cover art, however, looks like it was produced by a different man and you sense slightly more erotic flavouring in the hint of pecs and the tighter arm restraint.
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Nevertheless, this little story is full of homoerotic and fetish interest for imaginative minds.

Go To Little Known Incidents (Part 9)

or for other War Comic innuendo click on the label below.
or Read series from Part 1

See also Bizarre Brutality No 1,  Bizarre Brutality No 3

Wrestling Arsenal

If you have enjoyed my occasional forays into the world of wrestling you may like to sample the posts on offer at Wrestling Arsenal. I'm partly returning a compliment with this review as they recently featured an article about my own 'Mitchell' artwork and blog but you'll find the author of this blog has a similar mindset to my own. He explores most thoroughly the homoerotic pleasures offered by grunting hunks in combat, illustrating his ruminations with generous lashings of erotic imagery. 

Johnny Moran humiliated

I'm not the greatest fan of the biff-bash, punch and jump  style typical of modern pro-wrestling, let alone the stuff with tables and ladders and pretended feuds. It's genuinely dynamic nature does not make for the best quality images either. However, it's apparent realism makes the occasional hunk humiliation (like Johnny Moran's above) all the more spicy. The author of Wrestling Arsenal does us the service of extracting some of the sexiest elements of these contests, presenting them as still photos and digestible GIF's.

The author is probably a more genuine fan of wrestling (the sport) than I am,
and you can tell he's aware of the craft and skills involved,
 but he also has a keen eye for homoerotic moments like this
which wouldn't usually feature in most match reports.

Anyone who understands how sexy, show-off trunks like this
make the humiliation of the wearer that much more pleasurable, certainly gets my vote.

Pain holds and submission scenarios have always rung my bells (providing they look reasonably convincing). They usually seem to focus on the opponents back which tends to produce nice, groin-offerings and body arching. Unfortunately the dangers of such manoeuvres, pointed out in the caption here, usually seem to blunt the attack rather than enhance the threat. The fact that the combatants don't face each other in the 'Crab' has always seemed a shame to me, with both men missing a out on a tremendous view! However it does produce some excellent butt-on-butt moments sometimes.

From butts on butts to lips on lips (?). We're used to seeing sportsmen embracing and kissing on the field, but the suggestion of a furtively snatched kiss in this image goes one better in some ways, because it's not typical of this bare-skin sport. This picture has captured a swirling sense of intimacy between the two scantily-clad and tough-looking boys.

 Another furtive moment has been spotted here, this one starring Alex Wright's pouch.
I think that lady in the crowd has seen it too.

Dak Draper strutting

Pro wrestling is not awash with pin-up beauties but a touch of rough charm
coupled with well-shaped, white trunks and a sweaty torso is a decent substitute.
 

 Those same qualities are showcased in this porn-like, intimate image.
The look of looming defeat doesn't sit well with those 'golden boy' boots
and this lends an air of delicious humiliation to his plight.

 

Plight is probably the word for this scenario too, as the ref joins in the poor victim's humiliation, restraining Caliboy here so Chace LaChance can punch him. This image is from an erotic wrestling studio (Wrestler4Hire) which I featured here not long ago. In these matches the action is more acted out than usual and there's no paying audience, but that gives the scope for more overtly homoerotic and better quality imagery..

 

Studio matches allow sexy close-ups like this one of Chace's pert pouch

You don't normally see ball-tapping either in pro-matches, at least not as blatantly as this and certainly not by the referee! It's quite a robust tap too, I think Caliboy's recoil and subsequent grimace is probably perfectly genuine.

A bit of tit-tweaking (right) seems quite tame by comparison, but I guess it depends how sensitive you are. Quite apart from the underhand bullying here, the sustained physical restraint of Caliboy creates a series of very nice images.

There's eight years of sweaty encounters to work your way through at the Wrestling Arsenal blog
 and the earliest posts are equally interesting and imaginative.

Boot Worship (click to enlarge)

 This little gem is from Jan 2011, picking up a typical pro-wrestling, mock-humiliation scene and embellishing it with dialogue that takes the domination fantasy almost into the realms of enslavement. I particularly like the referee's opportunistic suggestion. The images selected for the montage are all seriously erotic for a fetish fan and you can see the effort that has gone into creating an image that is just one of several in this article. You'll soon realise this guy puts an awful lot of effort into assembling his material and commentary.

To misquote Tom of Finland, I know an image is good when it makes me want to improve it - in this case I'd make the loser show a bit more reluctance and be ordered in the last frame to get to the dressing room/shower and ready his ass for the winner's input - but perhaps you can't go that far with pix of real people.

The use of accessories in the ring is not something I normally favour, but I couldn't ignore these chains, not in a fetish blog. The man on top is podgily attractive and even gets away with sporting some wild hair. Unfortunately such moments cannot really lead anywhere very interesting in a  contest with an audience. I guess we're also flirting with tricky, historical taboos in some respects here, but then, fetish does not discriminate!

If you like these images pay Wrestling Arsenal a visit
for other wrestling articles in this blog, click on the 'wrestlers' label below

There are also a few wrestling posts at my gateway blog including one about Adam Maxted

First Catch Your Rogue 13 - The Art Thief

First catch your rogue

 Then make him grovel.

Then widen his education.

He won't thank for it, but at least you'll be doing your bit.

Devin Moss loses his shorts and has his ...erm...horizons widened 
by Rafael Alencar in Disturbing the Peace (2011)
Photos courtesy of MEN.com

For more rogues click on the label below

Mitchell's Art - A New Series - Brick and the Mad Scientists

This is one of the pictures in my new series, just started at the mitchmen Yahoo! Group

It's adapted from Boi Bill's original story 'Brick and the Mad Scientists' 

and the previous adaptation of it by Aquadude (whose site I recommend).

It tells the tale of hard-up, bodybuilder Brick, who volunteers for a medical trial

to get the money for his overdue apartment rent. 

In this scene he waits for the Doctor to come and examine him

to determine if he's fit enough to participate in the trial.

It turns out he is - unfortunately for him.

You can see it as it is published by joining the mitchmen Yahoo! Group

(it's free to adults)

for other mitchmen pictures by Mitchell, click on the 'mitchpix' label below
or visit my Gallery Hub (using the tab at the top of the page)