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| Brock Avery by Bound Gods |
Brock's a real muscle hunk and it oozes out of this shibari job.
I normally limit these pictures to solo poses but the intimate threat of Trenton Ducati is part of what makes this elaborate bondage so meaningful.
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Monday, 15 January 2018
The Look of Uncertainty
The look that says, "Ooohh! I may just have made a mistake here".
and
"You will be careful with me, won't you?"
"You will be careful with me, won't you?"
An over-enthusiastic pick-up realises this Daddy may be more of a challenge than he appeared
(see link below if you require more clarification!).
(see link below if you require more clarification!).
(Actually Brock Avery makes awkward situations something of a speciality,
it's an admirable quality which I will discuss in my next post.)
This is 'Look' No 9, for others click on the label below
This is 'Look' No 9, for others click on the label below
Photo: Brock Avery and Rocco Steele @ My 10 Inches
Friday, 12 January 2018
The Bondage Leanings of Michael Stokes
Michael Stokes is perhaps best known for his calendar style images of uniformed men
and in particular (for me) some great shots of the luscious Colin Wayne
(who sadly has yet to offer up his body to a rope-master!)
(who sadly has yet to offer up his body to a rope-master!)
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| Fireman Colin Wayne |
However, sprinkled amongst this photographer's work are some evocative bondage references
This rather genteel restraint of Attila Toth harks back to the coded messages of 50's/60's vintage beefcake put out by AMG and WPG. This model wears more clothing than they did then, but that does not detract from the image and has the effect of placing his imagined captivity more in the present day, 'real world'. The model's lean, clean cut, boyish look is somewhat reminiscent of Tin-Tin style adventures. His light build and youthfulness is contrasted with a heavyweight rope that would secure an ocean liner, thereby implying an predicament of some severity, which is nicely reflected in his slightly mystified expression.
This example is a dramatic contrast in technique, with the model clad in a seriously sexy grubby jockstrap (and dare I say moist? - click to expand!). He's blindfolded and secured with rope that's more believable than Atilla's, even if the knots aren't!. His bindings are configured asymmetrically for artistic effect but it opens up his torso to the looming electrical monstrosity towering over him, which seems to represent an undefined but rather unpleasant threat, and judging by the way he's reeling away, it already has him in it's thrall. It's like a 1950's B-movie with invisible beams but the modernistic villainy is set alongside an elaborately carved chair. It's worthy of The Inquisition, but with an upholstered seat, probably unsuitable for serious torture exercises.
I haven't identified the model yet (do any of you know?)
Answer in comments below
Answer in comments below
Rodney Santiago seems to have wound up in the same dangerous place, three years later according to the dates on the photos. However, there's a distinct sense that the danger has gone, the model seems quite relaxed in restraints that seem tokenistic and almost girly.
The imagination has to work hard on this one but we can feast on Rodney's buns.
In these two images Stokes conjures up a whole world of captivity with Kyle Clark as the hapless victim. His slightly gaunt-looking face (no doubt a by-product of engineering that amazingly cut torso) gives him a mature and slightly 'hard' appearance which is the direct opposite of Attila's boyish appeal above. To me this suggests a worthy captive, a more equal contest between man and chains, 'the Beast being tamed' if you like. The second picture, where a mask is added, amplifies that idea and if you switch between the two pictures you'll see Kyle seems to relax/droop into his restraints in a submissive way that is surprisingly erotic.
These two pictures play with captivity in general.
In both cases the element of nudity introduces a distinctly erotic flavour but not the same one.
In both cases the element of nudity introduces a distinctly erotic flavour but not the same one.
Bryant Wood's chain gang convict on the left would barely register on the sexual senses were it not for the spectacular, gleaming torso artfully revealed. Convicts are not meant to look like this! One can only conjecture the effect on the other prisoners but it's as if Bryant is sadly contemplating how all the effort put into that physique has only made it into fodder for hard labour.
The right hand image is quite different. With total nudity implied, this is a caged victim of a very different hue, alert and anxiously awaiting the attentions of his captor, which are not expected to be benign. I've commented before on the difficulty of making cages and prison bars look erotic, but the photographer has made a decent job of it here, with the help of a striking model and a tantalising glimpse of his pubes.
Lest you doubt the erotic intent of Michael Stokes' experiments with bondage!
This image will probably still be posted on the internet when all of us have gone.
It's Pure Lust Dust.
I think the model is JR Bronson but will accept corrections!
If I'm right Michael Stokes has certainly brought out the best in him
If I'm right Michael Stokes has certainly brought out the best in him
This image is simply magnificent on all sorts of levels. It isn't really depicting bondage but flirts with spread-eagle restraint and crucifixion alike - or even descent of an angel. The loin cloth contributes mischievously to those associations, but it is in any case a garment that I find erotically interesting with all sorts of historical and cultural connections that fire the imagination.
It took two brave men to make this picture, the photographer and the model.
It doesn't have the same intrinsic beauty as the preceding picture and fetishists will look upon the result with different eyes to the rest of the world, but no-one could deny the powerful impact of the clever, pseudo-medical imagery. It graphically spells out the pain of an invisible sort of restraining bondage, one which most of us will never have to experience. Great stuff. Good job.
We finish with this cover of one of Michael Stoke's publications
which returns to a more classical theme of Herculean pulling.
The straining makes all the difference!
See more at Michael Stokes Photography
also Stokes Photo on Twitter and other social media,
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
The Most Popular mitchmen Posts of All Time (2017)
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| Priapus of Milet - Shooting The Past |
Regular readers might be shocked that there's not a Mike Carcel image headlining this article,
surely he's not been overtaken in the total hits count since last year?
Well, no he hasn't, but read on and I will explain. (Image Courtesy of Telemachus)
surely he's not been overtaken in the total hits count since last year?
Well, no he hasn't, but read on and I will explain. (Image Courtesy of Telemachus)
According to my Blogger 'hit stats', the mitchmen articles registering the most hits during 2017 were
Table 1 – mitchmen Articles with Most Hits in 2017
The all time top 20 once again saw only small changes in 2017. Unsurprisingly (given it's lead) my Mike Carcel A-Z article kept it's spot at the top. Priapus of Milet-1 in second place closed the gap but not by much. These two articles continued to pull away from the nearest challengers but late-starter, A-Z article on Cavelo is in hot pursuit. He jumped two places to 8th and may well hit 4th place in 2018 at this rate.
2013:- my 2nd article on Mike Carcel which is stuck at No 30 (29),
Unfortunately the oldest A-Z entries, notably letters A-G, were much sketchier and originally had censored images so they are not well represented in these results. I have replaced most of the adulterated pictures now but my plans to revise more of these articles are progressing slowly. Cavelo was done a couple of years ago and has started to overcome the handicap of being one of those early articles.
The articles I post to this blog are very much based on my own interests and fancies but the results of this survey do help me plan future offerings. My readers preferences doesn't always match my own (where are Les, JoeT and Link?). Nevertheless it's gratifying to see such interest in the great artists who often have a fairly low visibility on the web.
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. Also the hit numbers on older articles suggest that stats prior to the blog's temporary suspension in 2010 were probably deleted.
Position
(& last year)
|
Article
|
Published
|
Hits in
2017
|
'All Time Hits' position
|
1 (2 )
|
2012
|
5673
|
2
| |
2 (1)
|
2008
|
4844
|
6
| |
3 (3)
|
2010
|
3681
|
1
| |
4 (9)
|
2015
|
2402
|
26
| |
5 (4)
|
2010
|
2354
|
3
| |
6 (5)
|
2009
|
2158
|
4
| |
7 (11)
|
2012
|
1778
|
10
| |
8 (-)
|
2009
|
1597
|
20
| |
9 (-)
|
2017
|
1411
|
102
| |
10 (=6 )
|
2010
|
1347
|
7
| |
11 (=6 )
|
2009
|
1267
|
5
| |
12 ( - )
|
2014
|
1258
|
35
| |
13 (15)
|
2009
|
1204
|
9
| |
14 ( - )
|
2009
|
1140
|
21
| |
15 ( - )
|
2012
|
1126
|
23
| |
16 ( - )
|
2014
|
1064
|
44
| |
17 (17)
|
2010
|
1044
|
17
| |
18 ( - )
|
2012
|
1023
|
15
| |
19 (10)
|
2014
|
1014
|
55
| |
20 (13)
|
2010
|
1009
|
16
|
I have changed my approach to this annual review this year, counting only hits registered during the current year, rather than their cumulative totals since publication. This gives a more current view of what's popular and is more interesting, I think. The old-style table appears further down this article. To see earlier years click on the 'MPP' label at the foot of this post. The titles in all the tables link to the original posts. Please tell me if you have difficulty with any links
The top article this year is Priapus of Milet-1 and that is the reason why a recent example of his art is displayed above. He's not really a fetish artist in the conventional sense but he often explores sinister physical and psychological subjects in an understated way which is quite classy. My choice of image is one of those sort of fetishy, control situations from his recent story 'Shooting The Past'. A hunky, factory worker is persuaded to pose in 1930's 'heroic worker' style and then to strip for the camera, producing this slightly comical, deliciously submissive relationship. This situation is more erotic for me than the view through the lens would be.
My 2012 articles on Priapus were based on his early stand-alone images but he seems to produce stories now, which are published regularly at Telemachus12 (a site I highly recommend for its stable of top class artists, of which two more, Jotto and Franco also feature in my top 5). The link from that site to mine drives some of the 'hit' figures here and I suspect the same is true of the other top scorers, but I have yet to identify all the sites concerned.
Priapus displaced Cavelo from the top spot (in this list) in 2017 but both artists still registered more hits than last year (as did most of the top ten in a year in which overall site views increased by 14%).
Mike Carcel stayed in a respectable 3rd place.
Mike Carcel stayed in a respectable 3rd place.
As in previous years the list is dominated by my A-Z of Fetish artists and other artist appreciations, so, as you might imagine, I am pleased to see my own 'Christmas Criminal' story at No 4. I must admit I did plug it a lot on my 'front page' but the success of this experiment - use of colour and publication via the blog - is encouraging me to try more .
Two new artists enter the top 10 this year, Sean Platter and The Hun. As I have mentioned in past years, 'demonic' is a frequent search term at mitchmen, Platter's imaginings are clearly very popular. The Hun takes his rightful place alongside the other fetish masters following my renovation of his A-Z article. I should point out that I don't have comprehensive figures for 2016 so some of the (-) rankings here may simply reflect that vacuum, rather than a sudden rise in popularity.
The balance of the top 20 is made up with some interesting 'non-Artist' entries. My new measure of popularity tends to exclude the latest year's articles because they don't get a full year of readability, but 'Milking Factory' gets in at 9. 'Woodenart' last year also got into the chart in his first year but his disappearance now and the comparison with the figures at the top of the table shows the extent of the challenge in sustaining that first flush of popularity!
This blog has a strong retrospective flavour which is very well represented in my top 20 but I'm particularly glad to see the article on the seminal and ground-breaking 'Bound & Gagged' magazine getting the attention it deserves together with several other articles celebrating the glories of what you might call 'the liberation years' from the 60's to the 90's. My first sight of a 'Bound and Gagged' magazine gave me a thrill of excitement comparable with my first encounter with Tom of Finland's work and
the experience I describe in 'My Initiation'. All never to be forgotten.
the experience I describe in 'My Initiation'. All never to be forgotten.
'Retrorope' is a welcome counterbalance to these dusty memories, despite his name he's a worthy and classy representative of the modern way, refreshingly simple and youthful. You might visit his Retrorope blog if you haven't been there recently, there's an interesting set of pics called 'Camp Retrorope' (post dated 9th Aug 2017).
There's no representative from 2011, 2013 or 2016 in this table. The nearest contenders were
2011 A Tribute to Bound Gods @27
2013 Hethong Male Spanking @21
2016 Greasetank - Part 1 @34
My 'Index of Artists' Page scored 8664 hits in 2017, which exceeded all these articles, I'm glad visitors find it useful and hope it will lead newcomers to fantastic art they never saw before.
Total blog visits this year were 393K, up 14% from 2016 (343K).
Total mitchmen blog visits for all years to date are 2.32 million (*see footnote below)
Table 2 below shows the results using the method I have used in the past
Table 2 below shows the results using the method I have used in the past
Table 2 – Articles With Most Hits Since Publication
Posn
(last yr)
|
Title of Post
(& link)
|
Year of
Publicn
|
Total
Hits
|
1 (1)
|
2010
|
21126
| |
2 (2)
|
2012
|
18065
| |
3 (3)
|
2010
|
12568
| |
4 (5)
|
2009
|
10950
| |
5 (4)
|
2009
|
10680
| |
6 (8)
|
2008
|
10256
| |
7 (6)
|
2010
|
7950
| |
8 (7)
|
2012
|
6390
| |
9 (9)
|
2009
|
6082
| |
10 (14)
|
2012
|
6006
| |
11 (10)
|
2010
|
5608
| |
12 (12)
|
2010
|
5403
| |
13 (13)
|
2011
|
5304
| |
14 (11)
|
2009
|
5265
| |
15 (15)
|
2012
|
5148
| |
16 (18)
|
2010
|
4809
| |
17 (19)
|
2010
|
4779
| |
18 (16)
|
2010
|
4650
| |
19 (17)
|
2010
|
4599
| |
20 (27)
|
2009
|
4371
|
The all time top 20 once again saw only small changes in 2017. Unsurprisingly (given it's lead) my Mike Carcel A-Z article kept it's spot at the top. Priapus of Milet-1 in second place closed the gap but not by much. These two articles continued to pull away from the nearest challengers but late-starter, A-Z article on Cavelo is in hot pursuit. He jumped two places to 8th and may well hit 4th place in 2018 at this rate.
Further down, A-Z of Fetish Artists – Platter had a another good year rising 4 places to enter the top 10 and is in touching distance of 8th spot. Is this man a new contender for the Fetish Hall of Fame?
The only new entry in the top 20 was A-Z of Fetish Artists – The Hun, which rose 7 places to grab a toehold in the top 20, pushing out 'More Bondage Sightings'
Michael Mitchell and Marc both recovered the places they lost last year
There are still no posts in the list later than 2012, but several are poised just outside it.
The top contenders in these years are
The top contenders in these years are
2013:- my 2nd article on Mike Carcel which is stuck at No 30 (29),
2014:- A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tagame (Part 1) is at 25 (23),
2015:- closest is A Christmas Criminal (ep 1-5) at 26 (72),
2016:- A-Z of Fetish Artists - WoodunArt is at 59 (66).>
For comparison, my 'Index of Artists' page reached 16040 total hits during the year (up from 8664)
which would have earned 3rd spot in this ranking if I counted it as a post.
It shows the continuing level of interest in artists who work in our field.
which would have earned 3rd spot in this ranking if I counted it as a post.
It shows the continuing level of interest in artists who work in our field.
You can see from the list of missing years that the total hits method of assessing popularity is biased towards older articles and so (being a geek!) I worked out the 'total hits per year' since publication to even things out - see table 3 below. In this list, multi-part articles are represented by the highest scoring individual post and I have left out all 2017 posts which did not have a full year and are covered by a separate post.
Article
|
Published
|
Hits per year
|
Position
(& last year)
|
'Total Hits' position
|
2012
|
3167
|
1 (3)
|
2
| |
2010
|
2645
|
2 (2)
|
1
| |
2015
|
1868
|
3 (5)
|
26
| |
2010
|
1632
|
4 (4)
|
3
| |
2016
|
1452
|
5 (1)
|
59
| |
2009
|
1341
|
6 (9)
|
4
| |
2009
|
1192
|
7 (7)
|
5
| |
2012
|
1081
|
8 (6)
|
8
| |
2008
|
1067
|
9 (-)
|
6
| |
2014
|
1045
|
10 (8)
|
25
|
As you can see, this method helps redress the balance, but the usual suspects still bag the top spots and no-one is going to shift them any time soon. My own 'Christmas Criminal' and 'Woodenart' retain the afterglow of their 'newly-published' effects in 2016. It will be interesting to see how they fare next year. Tagame is still hanging in but not likely to trouble the leaders.
Unfortunately the oldest A-Z entries, notably letters A-G, were much sketchier and originally had censored images so they are not well represented in these results. I have replaced most of the adulterated pictures now but my plans to revise more of these articles are progressing slowly. Cavelo was done a couple of years ago and has started to overcome the handicap of being one of those early articles.
The articles I post to this blog are very much based on my own interests and fancies but the results of this survey do help me plan future offerings. My readers preferences doesn't always match my own (where are Les, JoeT and Link?). Nevertheless it's gratifying to see such interest in the great artists who often have a fairly low visibility on the web.
Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest and support.
Saturday, 6 January 2018
The Estate
After lunch, Alexandre took me on a tour of his estate. We soon came across two men who were working together clearing some fallen wood. It was a sweltering day and they were wearing only underwear (both in the same shade of blue, which was the estate colour). Moistened by the sweat of their labour, the garments clung to their bodies most revealingly. Alexandre called to them and they stopped what they were doing and turned towards us, striking provocative poses.
"They want to be chosen to bed with you tonight" laughed Alexandre, noticing my surprise. "You can pick one of these two, if you wish, but there are plenty more working in the fields further on".
I must say that, looking at them, these two men did not look eager at all. They met my eyes with sullen stares. I supposed Alexandre must reward them in some way for providing hospitality to his guests. In fact, by some peverse law of nature, one of them had indeed taken my fancy. His very hostility stirred me, a challenge which was very masculine in nature.
Alexandre interrupted my thoughts, "Come, you don't need to decide now" he chuckled, having noticed the connection we had made. We turned and walked on down the path and he continued, "There are some other very handsome creatures down here, bringing in the harvest, but these two will still be here working when we return to the house. You'll be able to pick him up then if you wish and take him back with you for your shower".
Photo credit: Jordan-and-Jocelyn-by-Alexandre-Berthiaume
for other illustrated fantasy mini-stories, click on the label below
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
The story of Leo the Abducted Cop
I have updated my 2013 story of Leo, the black cop.
Based on images by Bound Guys Studio,
it tells how Leo is kidnapped and forced into a life of terrible servitude.
I have developed and spiced up the narrative,
improved the flow and added some extra images
Sunday, 31 December 2017
The Most Popular 'mitchmen' Posts of 2017
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| Kalabro - Milking Factory |
At this time of year it is my custom to indulge my vanity and geeky side by reviewing the year's posts to see which attracted the most visitor interest. According to my Blogger 'view count' stats*, the 20 below are the most-visited mitchmen posts out of all those first published in 2017
(titles have links to the original posts).
Posn
|
Title (+link)
|
Hits
|
Published
|
1
|
1411
|
Feb
| |
2
|
804
|
Apr
| |
3
|
632
|
May
| |
4
|
602
|
Mar
| |
5
|
582
|
May
| |
6
|
522
|
Mar
| |
7
|
465
|
Mar
| |
8
|
427
|
Sep
| |
9
|
Control (by Chirenon)
|
422
|
Jul
|
10
|
422
|
May
| |
11
|
419
|
Jul
| |
12
|
417
|
Aug
| |
13
|
406
|
Apr
| |
14
|
403
|
Apr
| |
15
|
402
|
Apr
| |
16
|
389
|
Jul
| |
17
|
386
|
May
| |
18
|
385
|
Jan
| |
19
|
376
|
Aug
| |
20
|
359
|
Aug
|
Stats collected on 30th December 2017,
Where articles have equal numbers of hits, those with the later publication dates are ranked higher.
italicised entries are 'follow-ups' from multipart sets (see 'Duplicates' below) .
The winner this year is not an A-Z article for once, but a collection of Milking Factory fantasies by different artists. Themed posts like this have also done well in previous years (e.g. 'You're Going Down' which was 3rd in 2015) and I particularly liked this group which included some stunning art by Kalabro. A similar cluster of posts at GMBA (current link in sidebar) also attracted appreciative comments so I wasn't entirely surprised by it's popularity, perhaps by the scale of it's triumph though! It fell just 32 short of Woodunart's record of 1443 last year
A bigger surprise to me was the popularity of my 'hunk' series about Mitch Colby and his fetish & wrestling careers. Every episode scored well and 7 of the 9 made it into the top 20. This was my personal appreciation of a man whose persona seems quite modest but who has some very attractive, masculine qualities. The top scoring article in the set (No 5) featured some of his erotic wrestling performances with some great-looking partners, all wearing sexy gear plus (perhaps most importantly) a spanking gif. Never underestimate the popularity of spanking! The next 3 ranking articles from the set were all about his leather fetish appearances which are my favourites too and probably less written about than 'erotic wrestling', where I know he has a lot of fans. There are lots of sites reporting this subject, so I didn't expect my contribution to grab so much attention. Colby's articles also benefited from being posted early in the year and some episodes were overtaken by later posts in the closing weeks of the year.
Naturally posts from January have an enormous advantage over December (see 'Averaging Hit Rates' below). My articles tend to be 'slow-burners' so it's not surprising that nothing after September even made the cut, which at 359 was higher than both last year's 317 and 331 the year before. Apart from the winner, all articles scored higher than the equivalent ranking position last year, significantly so for the 4 runners-up. (View last years table). This was in the context of increased visits to mitchmen overall.
The good showing by my two articles on Siproites was also unexpected, simply because that artist deals often with male to female transformations. I toned down that ingredient for my article, but it's still a bit off-piste for a gay fetish blog! I'm glad that many of you also 'get' this intriguing predicament art. It follows a similar good showing by my review of Yomero's racial and body size transformations posted in 2015.
'A-Z of Fetish Artist' articles usually feature prominently in these charts and 7 made it into the top 20 this year (against 11 last year). This was out of a total 15 published during the year which concluded the first edition of the series. The total was boosted by a couple of one-hit wonders but I think this was a good showing in a relatively weak year (imho) and it reflects the continuing popularity of this series. In 2018 there probably won't be many new ones, as I have reached the letter Z and plan to direct my short term efforts mainly to bringing the early articles up to a better standard.
I didn't do a bondage collection post until the last few days of the year, but despite this the number of articles with photographic content rather than artwork was boosted by Mitch Colby's muscle from 3 last year to 8 this.
~
Duplicates
In my standard table above, popular multipart series, like Mitch Colby this year and Christmas Criminal last year, can give a distorted view of the subjects people are actually looking at. If I eliminate all but the first entry in these series (those italicised in the table above) the revised chart below is produced.
Posn
|
Title (+link)
|
Hits
|
Published
|
1
|
The Milking Factory
|
1411
|
Feb
|
2
|
Hunk Hunt – Mitch Colby 5
|
804
|
Apr
|
3
|
Siproites Transformation Art – 1
|
632
|
May
|
4
|
A-Z of Fetish Artists - Zelolee
|
427
|
Sep
|
5
|
Control
|
422
|
Jul
|
6
|
A-Z of Fetish Artists – Yael
|
422
|
May
|
7
|
A-Z of Fetish Artists – Franco Part 2
|
419
|
Jul
|
8
|
A-Z of Fetish Artists – Zamok 1
|
417
|
Aug
|
9
|
A-Z for Franco Updated
|
389
|
Jul
|
10
|
A-Z of Fetish Artists – Yahn
|
386
|
May
|
11
|
Mike Carcel still top post in 2016
|
385
|
Jan
|
12
|
A-Z of Fetish Artists – Zanuf
|
359
|
Aug
|
13
|
353
|
Jun
| |
14
|
The Look
(You won't mention this, will you?) |
352
|
May
|
15
|
346
|
Jun
| |
16
|
341
|
May
| |
17
|
338
|
Sept
| |
18
|
336
|
Aug
| |
19
|
333
|
Jun
| |
20
|
The Look (Huh? feat Tony Orion)
|
328
|
Jul
|
This approach allows 7 more articles to enter the top 20 including 3 more A-Z's
(which then claim half the top twenty places). Links are shown for these additions only.
Perhaps more interestingly, the unexpectedly profuse Fetish Art of Beau appears at 15.
This chart also includes 4 single photo posts with modified images and a humorous commentary
(i.e. 'Control', 2 'Looks' and 'Mitchell's on Holiday').
My jokes don't usually do this well, just blame it on Brexit!
~
Average Hit Rates
I mentioned above how early articles benefit from being available 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 for a year of 365 days) Milking Factory (with 1653) is just pipped to the top spot by my article on 'The Other Zero' (1653) which was published much too late (in October) to break into in the main charts. These two are followed by Zelolee (1404) and much further back by 'Mitchell's on holiday' (1153), Zamok - Part 1 (1144), and Mitch Colby - Part 5 (1099) with Franco - Part 2 (974) squeezing Siproites-1 (973) into 8th place.
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. As a telling example, my December post of Fujimoto's 'Abducted Cops' has clocked up 211 hits in 16 days so far. That's a hit rate of 4813 per year. Don't ask me why! I excluded obvious anomalies like this but I don't expect 'The Other Zero' or my 'Holiday' post of the lovely Mike Radon to figure so prominently in future surveys! Time will tell.
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!
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