Platoon - strip!

Todays picture in this little collection of some of Mitchell's favourite military images
fantasises on the fate of a group of captured soldiers.


Forced to strip off in front of their mates
they will loose the macho facade which a uniform bestows,
becoming just a group of naked men, vulnerable and defenceless.

For me undressing is one of the most exciting parts of any submission scenario but, sadly, most modern erotic film material hurtles past this point in the first few minutes and frequently omits it altogether, jumping directly from fully clothed to naked in the blink of an eye.

Those of you who follow my writings will know I prefer my subjects to retain enough clothing to give them an 'identity'. Once they are naked they could be any man, anywhere and all benefit of the surrouding atmosphere is lost. If you can see it's a soldier being tortured for information his suffering is heroic, whereas a kidnapped student tortured for pleasure evokes pity. Both may excite but without the visual cues the scenes are indistinguishable.

POW Interrogation

We're back in the realms of fantasy for this image, which caused quite a stir when it first appeared.
It still has that special something - even though all you can actually see is a fine, muscular body.

The loose clothing creates the impression of a military man caught unprepared.

The bindfold and partial undress prompt all sorts of imaginings about what has happened to him
and of what is about to happen. A bare bulb suggests interrogation might be in progress.
The light catches a sheen of moisture on his body which accentuates his musculature beautifully but also suggests an inner turmoil. The spiky screen behind him is an artsy touch but actually is more suggestive of physical danger than conventional prison bars (say) would be.

Another POW

Simple pictures like this get lost in the noise of the internet but the imagery is quite memorable for 'mitchmen' types.

This is a real prisoner of war so I would not want to cast it as erotica.

However, I confess that the ingredients of short hair, wrist restraints
 and humiliating herding of the captives do inspire my imagination.

Military Prisoner

I'm posting this picture as a postscript to my recent mini-series 'The Desert Rat' which is about a soldier taked prisoner and brutally interrogated.

Simple but effective.

Power Love

Mitchell's latest post in his 'Lovin' Feelings Series which explores various facets of Gay Love.

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Animal attraction and power relationships can sometimes produce surprising results.

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Mitchell’s A-Z of Fetish Artists - Garcia

Greg Garcia doesn’t have a strong presence in my collection so I won’t attempt to provide any sort of authoritative analysis. His cartoon series called ‘Hawk’ has attracted my attention, it depicts the adventures of a motorcycle-riding, S&M enthusiast. The characterisation of the ‘tops’ with walrus moustaches and long swirling hair leaves me cold, but that’s just a personal preference. On the other hand the depiction of young men undergoing training as shown in this example does have great appeal.

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Garcia has a very clean technique and the cartoons are uncluttered and easy to read. He is able to capture realistic human poses and erotic scenes in just a few strokes.

You can turn up references to Greg Garcia on the internet. He has contributed to the ‘Meatmen’ series of books, but I can’t find a website for him. I hope to expand this article some time in the future.

Mitchell’s A-Z of Fetish Artists - The letter G - Gicquel

After the rich choice of artists for the letter ‘F’ the only names I have found for the letter G are Garcia and Gicquel. There are some interesting artists working with computer generated images in the ‘G’s (Gorka, Gilgamesh, Greasetank) but sadly CGI doesn’t qualify under the criteria for this series.

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Xavier Gicquel is a mainstream artist with a fascinating style. He uses strong lines to delineate the figures and their clothing and often uses a palette of rich bright colours. The backgrounds are equally strong and this, combined with the use of “naïve” perspective produces an ‘flat’ effect. The overall result is reminiscent of mediaeval stained glass windows and very attractive to view. The stylised trees in the example shown enhance this feeling even more.

Giquel - Forest Fun

The naïve feel carries through into the depiction of the figures as well who are often slightly overweight with chubby, short legs and dressed in clumpy shoes or boots producing a bottom heavy effect. However the naivety stops at the waist, he does a nice line in hairy bodies and manly faces which always wins my approval.

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His characters are usually sexually cavorting in a variety of gay themed locations including leather clubs. In most of these pictures the fetish allusions are incidental to the depiction of joyous gay sex (although you do get the sense that he knows of which he draws!) I might have passed over them were it not for the set of pictures he has produced for ‘Rubberzone’ which show rubber fetish scenes and create a distinctive, dark erotic atmosphere which his other pictures don‘t have. A very interesting artist.

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Lots more nice pictures at Daddy's Here

(Updated Apr 2020, http://www.xaviergicquel.com/ has gone)