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Saturday, 3 September 2022

Boot Lust Special - A Cop's Selfie Mistake


What would you do if a cop like this came knocking on your door looking for trouble?



Summoned to a disturbance, it's probably a disappointment to him when he finds the occupant of the Hotel room to be an inoffensive and - well, frankly- a nerdy-looking guy - with sagging pants.

 The Officer notices that the guy's eyes have dropped to his crotch and smiles inwardly. 
He's used to attracting this sort of interest. It looks like this one's going to be no trouble at all.



Until he suddenly produces a gun
"Whoa there man!" he gasps in surprise.



The gunman relieves the cop of his cap and shades and sits him on the settee
It turns out he's quite a looker - and gutsy too, deliberately crossing his legs.
His instincts tell him that flaunting his boots and crotch will distract this guy.
Help him talk his way out of the situation, like he's done a hundred times before.



It works only too well, the gunman is mesmerised, 
He sits down beside him stroking the gleaming boots lovingly.
"How's about you give me your uniform?" he suggests.




"How do you expect me to I do that?" splutters the cop in confusion.
For the first time a glimmer of anxiety shows through his confident veneer.
This guy is seriously weird - and he's got a gun.



In reply the gunman waves his gun in the direction of the bed.
The cop obeys, feeling more and more worried.




Once sat on the bed, he's given a rag and told to sniff it. 
"I call it a selfie", the gun man explains, "give it a try man".

The cop guesses that these are the guy's underpants, 
but they have a very odd smell.

There could be anything on them, anything at all.
A turn-on, or a turn-off. He has no way of knowing.

He feels a stab of fear.
But with a gun pointing at his crotch, he's got little choice.




He leans back on the pillow and inhales through the rag
and immediately he feels consciousness slipping away
Realising he's made a mistake, he panics.



.
But it's too late, the guy pounces on him, making sure.



Seconds later, he's unconscious.



The attacker quickly relieves him of the leather jacket, he covets.
It will be a great addition to his collection of Police memorabilia.



Removing the jacket reveals more goodies underneath.
With his cop sleeping like a baby, the thief eagerly sets to work. 



Gently, lovingly almost, he lifts the cop to ease off his Police tee-shirt
becoming more and more excited all the time.



The tight pants present more of a problem,
It requires quite a bit of tugging to get them moving.



But it's worth the effort, as the cop's cute ass appears.
and he's wearing nice, snugly-fitting, white underpants.
The gunman is tempted to take them too.



But it's those shiny boots that have been a main attraction from the start
He pulls them off, piling up the trophies on the bed.
And then he happens on the keys to the cop's apartment.
where there must be a whole wardrobe of exciting, used clothing. 
Another uniform even, yum!



That tantalising prospect must wait, he's got more items to collect here.
Sleeping Beauty is no lightweight but fortunately he slumbers on
 through the rough handling needed to get him over, onto his back.



The front of his underpants prove just as pretty as the ass side.
But the nerd is more interested in getting his hands on the cop's tight pants. 




He leaves him lying on the bed and clambers into his uniform.
Sadly, he doesn't have the physique to fill it as well as it's real owner.
But he can still savour his lingering body warmth and odours 
and the sensation of the fabrics brushing against his skin
 - as they previously did his.




This magical moment is interrupted by a groan from the bed.
It sends him scurrying back toot-sweet.
The cop is regaining consciousness and he's gonna be mad!



Quickly, he pulls off one of his socks.



And uses it to gag the guy.
Regretfully, he's gonna have to leave that item behind.
But he still can take the other one of the pair.




That gag and the ropes should keep the cop quiet long enough while he makes his escape.
In a moment of compassion he tosses the 'selfie' rag onto the cop's body.
A modesty piece to replace the underpants he's stolen.




Briefly the nerd stops and thinks about what he's done.
It's a good feeling.

And he's got a whole apartment of cop goodies, waiting for him to explore.

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I have been an admirer from afar of the Boot Lust site for many years. Intrigued by their idiosyncratic ads and images of cops in tight pants and boots, being taken down and stripped. I always intended to investigate their work properly but the site closed in early 2019 (see announcement). It was fatally wounded by demands for censorship from their payment handling company.  This article is mitchmen's belated tribute to Boot Lust and there will be more to come. 

This particular story is galvanised by the chilling device of the cop being made to knock himself out. The horror is that he doesn't know what the substance on the rag is, it could be lethal, but the alternative potentially is a bullet. I can recall a similar device in a TV programme some time back, where a ruthless gang target a slot machine arcade belonging to a rival outfit and invite the innocent, young assistant who happens to be in charge that night to inhale from an aerosol as an alternative to inclusion in the violence that follows. 

The original Boot Lust storyline is full of ambiguities and alternative threads but I have focussed my narrative on the uniform swapping theme which was always a central element of the site's work and produces some magnificent underwear imagery in this case. You can get a sense of the original  in the 'Selfie' entry at BestDeaths, a site which has created a sort of  archive based on Boot Lust stuff. They give a more plausiblee back-story which may well be the original, but be aware that the material there has also been tweaked to support their more specialised, darker interests and the model's naughty bits in the pictures have all been blurred (see final picture above). 

There's also a good collection of Boot Lust fragments at Metalbond which is always worth a browse.


Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Tarzan Captured by Mystery Artist

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The Tarzan genre isn't the usual fare at mitchmen, I find the high waist and 'modesty panel' on his classic loin cloths take away the appeal of his physique after a short while. However this set of drawings features a decidedly scanty and lumpy loincloth and the dynamic depiction of the jungle hero being taken down and tied up. That sold it to me. The skull masks worn by these attackers bode ill for him.


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It's nice to see that the energetic business of securing the captive also allows space for some casual groping. In fact the clutch of the lower assailant here on Tarzan's bare bottom and the positioning of his face mask is close to being truly intimate.

Also I agree that if you are going to gag someone this way, make it tight!

Men of small stature do not seem out of place in a traditional Tarzan scenario but it's a tricky area these days. These miniature assailants however are heavily stylised and seem to have more in common with the gremlin-like characters in children's cartoons than real humans, so hopefully there's no offence caused.


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Tarzan fights back, but it looks as if it's already too late. 
His effort, however, does produce a nice open-legged buttock display. 
Is that why he's winking? (With his eye, that is).

This winking action commonly occurs in Japanese artworks,
 but I have never understood what it means.


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Tarzan's fightback and flight is ended in spectacularly sexy fashion.
The rugby style tackle is rarely delivered on the field as decisively as this. 
The lump in his briefs seems to testify to a secret passion for danger
- or for subjugation, perhaps.


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The linking of limb restraints into the classic hog-tie signals the end.
And it looks like that fact is finally dawning on jungle boy here.

One assailant plants a foot on his buttock as he pulls the chest roping tighter.
The other attacker puts his foot on the back of Tarzan's other thigh
and his leg seems to take on the shape of a more than worrying threat.
If it's size is anything to go by. 


6

The tightening bindings are more and more painful for jungle boy
But his pec muscles swell in vain - and so it seems does his cock.
His loincloth seems to be slipping down his thighs here.
Great image!


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Finally the famous hero lies subjugated in the grass.
The victors pose over him like big game hunters with their prize.
They poke him to see how angry it makes him
and to demonstrate how helpless he is.

Warily he awaits his fate at their hands. 
Notice that his bindings suddenly now include a neck ligature,
 which reiterates the threat in the skull masks worn by his captors.

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I collected these images about a year ago from the now-defunct user, JungleCaptor @Deviant Art. None of them are signed. Browsing through them again now, I was suddenly struck by the resemblance of the subject matter to the art of Black Prof which also sometimes features miniature, abduction assailants. I have noticed too that he rarely seems to sign his pictures - and then only the 'female' ones. See BlackProf's Deviant Art Gallery.

The similarities between image 7 above and the one below by Black Prof are telling.
The striking colouring of eyes, the furrowed brow, the stand-out neck ligaments, the feet shaping, the fly-away gag end and most significant of all to me is the characteristic way of styling the ear recess with arches and a darker colour interior, which is surely a detail no other artist would match by accident.

 
BlackProf - A Nice Little Package

There are many other points of stylistic similarity, the overall economy of style to start with.
Compare also the impact effects in picture 3 with My Abduction from my BlackProf post.
The screwed up eyes in picture 6 also match My Abduction by Dwarves-4

BlackProf  doesn't usually employ photograph-like backdrops like those in the Tarzan images, 
but then again see the example below .


BlackProf - Evil Huntresses


 This comic image by BlackProf features women rather than diminutive, imaginary attackers, 
but it makes a nice companion piece for this mitchmen post.

A decidedly chunky jogger(?) in a wood finds himself targeted by dominatrix huntresses.
He's aggressively stripped and tied up, but I doubt that they intend to put him in a zoo.

That backside stripping frame is great for fans of the fuller figure.

More by this artist at BlackProf's Deviant Art Gallery.
Also Black Prof article at mitchmen blog.

Sunday, 28 August 2022

The Look of Disappointment


 

Well you never know what it's going to taste like until you try!

This is a sort of sequel to Look No 31 at mitchmen 

It's a good lesson for the inexperienced,
finding out that you can't always believe what strange men say.

He'll soon learn that the taste is not the point.
Follow the yellow dick road.

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photo credit: Sami Damo & Conner Habib in Backroom Exclusives 22 @HotHouse
caption by mitchmen blog.

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This is No 32 in 'The Look' series at mitchmen blog,
click on the label at the foot of this post to view the others
or use the mitchmen search function (top right in sidebar) 


Thursday, 25 August 2022

Art by St Jinx

St Jinx - The Bound Lord

At first sight this looks like a crucifixion image but the handsome captive is actually spread-eagled between two pillars. The proliferation of arcane symbols tell you that this is an artist who majors in mystical fantasy. 

He is a highly accomplished draughtsman with a keen eye for the homoerotic. 
Nearly all of his subjects are scantily clad men representing the characters of the fantasy universe,
this is a rare one who looks relatively normal (if you don't count the wings).


St Jinx - The Warden

This character is one of 'The Fae' 

His butch face with a shock of blond hair, chin stubble and general hairiness are most un-fairy-like but appropriate enough for his role as a 'defender', although the artist hastens to assure us that he prefers ploughshares and ecology to swords.

Despite his butch face he has something intriguingly feminine about him.
Not least those flimsy, sagging briefs and pouty lips.


St Jinx - The Summoner

This seems like a nice boy, but his horns and black wings
reflect darker tendencies, a desire to control in fact.
Here he's seen summoning something in The Shadowlands
that might have better been left unsummoned.

I like the mesh-like loincloth he's wearing,
a bit risky though in this situation.





St Jinx's output also includes a version of the Tarot pack and his own Arcana too
I've never understood 'Wands' but I rather like the juxtaposition here 
 of plump buttocks and sharp, pointy objects.

This picture has a touch of Jotto in it's style

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St Jinx main site seems to be St Jinx.com but it's hard work to navigate through the images there.
The St Jinx at Instagram site is more accessible and has some interesting, wider-ranging stuff.
There's a selection of older work by St Jinx @Deviant Art

Search engines bring up plenty of results too thanks to the artist's distinctive name which they can't translate into an unsought shopping opportunity.

Monday, 22 August 2022

True Love



For other Chastity Cage images at mitchmen, 
click on the label at the foot of this post

Friday, 19 August 2022

The Art of Gilgamesh - 2

You can start reading from Part 1 of this mitchmen series
click on pictures to enlarge

Gilgamesh - Broken on the Wheel

In some of Gilgamesh's early work he shows horned devils administering torture to their unfortunate captives. This one employs the classic back-breaking torture wheel, a spectacular device with a medieval ancestry, although what it actually does remains somewhat obscure. In some accounts it is incidental to the punishment. Gilgamesh seems to see it as a type of rack for stretching victims.  

It's noticeable how he shows the two protagonists looking towards each other. The prisoner is not simply enduring his torment stoically, as is often the case in pictures like this, but showing emotion at his predicament. He might be pleading for mercy, expressing defiance or simply watching for the next turn of the wheel with dread, but his feelings are part a significant element of the image. The Devil seems unmoved and determined to continue. 

Erotic undertones are supplied by the relatively inconspicuous cock binding and we might imagine the Devil is just returning to the lever having cruelly induced his prisoner's arousal, exposing his perverse pleasure in suffering such agony.


Gilgamesh - Torture Frame

The interaction between the Devil and his captive approaches intimacy in this image. An ingenious frame with an adjustable back bar forces the prisoner into an arching position, similar to that on the wheel above. This allows his Devil to sexually tease and intimidate him at close quarters with his own cock straining to escape from a holster-like, G-string. The Devil is wearing an executioners mask but it's not clear if his horns are real or merely a scary decoration incorporated into the mask. 

The background is dominated by an incongruous electronic device reminiscent of 1950's Sci Fi fantasies and Frankenstein laboratories. It stands against the wall glowing ominously. In the dim shadows we can see a more traditional dungeon accessory - an antique iron cage. A more mundane, cut-throat razor sits on the table, possibly there to shave off the prisoner's body hair that defines his manhood. However, it's super sharp blade, still open, represents another threat.



The Devil's torment is even more complex here with the prisoner forced to squat on two posts and impale himself on a dildo stake while the Devil plays with his manhood (the stake is hidden here but visible in other images). He is steadied in this perilous position by a collar and chain which will suspend him by the neck if he falls. In fact in this series the Devil ultimately uses it to lower him onto the dildo stake, an example of the darker thoughts that occasionally surface in this artist's work (see Part 3).

This is a complex torment worthy of of the Devil's reputation in the Christian religion and given the artist's Latin American background, it's tempting to make that connection with these pictures. The Christian cross is actually shown on the wall in one of his  ''Heroes in Peril' images, as though referencing the tortures of The Inquisition. However that is an isolated example as far as I know and it's not obvious that these religious references have any deep meaning for the artist or are anything other than cultural. 


Gilgamesh - Demon Hunter Training

In his more recent work Gilgamesh substitutes other unearthly beings for the Devil and draws on more 'modern' fantasy and game play scenarios. Thus this picture is based on the concept of a 'demon hunter'. This one is better at finding them than eliminating them apparently. Gilgamesh describes him (the captive!) as a stud and he's certainly impressive with a particularly well-moulded, smooth body which contrasts dramatically with the wizened and wrinkled face of his captor. 

I suppose demon physiology is not necessarily the same as humans but this wrinkled face does not conjure up old age so much as a very long experience of  debauchery. So it's not surprising that having taken possession (as it were) of this interesting human foe the Demon is anxious to show him what he's been missing. 

Once again here we can see the captive's reaction. It looks like he's gritting his teeth as he deals with the initial restraint and pain. I imagine there's going to be a lot worse to come. He's perhaps less conscious as yet of his sexually teasing display. Other artists might use tattered remnants of clothing to depict his wretched state, Gilgamesh gives him a cock-sleeve full of holes. 


Gilgamesh - Sergei's Desert Adventure p0

Other beings appear in Sergei's Desert Adventure (that's a rather light-hearted term for what is about to befall him). Initially we see an extremely mature man, grizzled and exceptionally hairy, trekking across the desert. We know only that he is exploring, in search of adventure presumably, and perhaps loot. He looks like a powerful, capable man, but details like the heat haze in the distance and his sweaty brow indicate that this trek is taking it's toll.


Gilgamesh - Sergei's Desert Adventure p13

Eventually he finds an Oasis, a surprisingly luxuriant one.
He drinks some water, enjoys a refreshing swim and then falls asleep.

Gilgamesh invokes the power of rendering to create an idyllic scene,
notice the realistic reflections in the water


Gilgamesh - Sergei's Desert Adventure p19

But Sergei is not alone. Gilgamesh describes this horned creature as an 'imposing imp'. 
It appears that this oasis is one of his haunts, which may account for it's incongruous fertility.
He finds Sergei asleep, naked and defenceless, and likes what he sees.


Gilgamesh - Sergei's Desert Adventure p37

Arabia is not particularly well known for it's imps, but it is the land of enchantment.
Sergei awakes to find himself trapped in a magical web.
He tries to fight back but is eventually overwhelmed by the imp's spells.

In this sequence Gilgamesh uses imaginative imagery to convey a sense of glittering, magical manifestations gradually enveloping and overpowering Sergei.


Gilgamesh - Sergei's Desert Adventure p52

The imp is not only able to entrap Sergei with his magic,
he is able to materialise metal fetters and chains to permanently secure him.
He leads his captive out into the desert.

Using Magic to capture men, like drugging them, seems a bit of a cheat, but the end result seen here is a splendid image - showing a powerful man suddenly enslaved and dragged off like a chattel - and for no apparent reason. He joins other forlorn captives at mitchmen blog, forced to cross the desert to an unpleasant fate in images by Etienne and PlanetGayChirenon, Bowen, Modus Vivendi, Amalaric and an unknown photo-shopper


Gilgamesh - Sergei's Desert Adventure 2 - p39

I won't reveal the entire storyline of Sergei's little epic (which appears unfinished at the time of writing but already runs to 143 panels). However I will mention a particularly nice moment in Part 2 which sees Sergei taken into an underground lair. His arrival causes enough of a disturbance to distract a second imp who has been amusing himself with another 'Adventurer' (seen above). 

This captive is a very impressive man at first sight, younger and more clean-cut than Sergei. But despite his many attractions he's still less desirable to the imps than the older man, apparently. Or perhaps they share the weakness of gay men for fresh meat. In this intriguing insight into the artist's thoughts, instead of welcoming the unexpected relief from impish torments, the captive seems to resent his sudden abandonment.

Gilgamesh has come a long way from that hunky young bodybuilder we saw in Part 1.


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Other supernatural beings entrap a would-be plunderer in 'Igor's Adventure'

Igor's Adventure - Part 1 p5

Igor's story is another epic (currently 94 frames at the time of writing) and it reads like a classic labyrinth game. He is seen running through a maze of vaulted, stone corridors. There he encounters a strange creature (Gil describes it as goblin-like). It is clad in fetching olive green briefs (leather? rubber?) and kneels respectfully before him. Igor advances intending to kill it (just to be on the safe side presumably, in true gaming style). However the wily creature shoots drugged darts at him and brings him down. 


Igor's Adventure - Part 2 p4

While Igor is unconscious, the creature decides to make him his slave. 
He strips him of his weapons and all his clothes and starts to restrain him in 'enchanted' shackles.

Placing a captive in a seated position to tie him up is not an simple task, but it makes a more interesting picture than the more conventional approach of tying him up, lying on the floor where he has fallen.



Igor's Adventure - Part 2 p13

Igor regains consciousness just as the creature is strapping a hard, metal ball-gag in his mouth. Realising what is happening, he leaps to his feet. He towers above his malevolent captor, but with his wrists and ankles now clamped in iron fetters, he discovers there isn't a lot he can do to him. The creature grins back at him.

This is a rather splendid imagining of the paradox of a giant rendered helpless by a smaller foe.
The giant, metal collar seems to chillingly embody the irreversibility of his captivity and the enormity of his humiliation.


Igor's Adventure - Part 2 p20

Igor panics and does succeed in kneeing the creature out of the way so he can make a run for it. 
Restricted by heavy shackles it's an act of pure desperation and a measure of his fear. 
But the creature easily catches up with him and leaps onto his back.


Igor's Adventure - Part 3 p5

With the creature sitting on his shoulders, Igor finds he is forced to obey it's commands. 
It directs him to descend into the dungeons.

This imagery seems to draw on very ancient roots and symbolism. It visualises the idea of 'the devil on my shoulder'. The theme has popped up before in this blog where I link it to Japanese mythology. I can't think of a western, literary example though it feels like there ought to be one in the Arabian Nights, Lord of the rings (Gollum?) or John Bunyan even.


Igor's Adventure - Part 4 p41

At the foot of the stairs a dungeon awaits (you guessed!). 
A second creature helps to release Igor's wrist fetters but chains him to the wall with them. 
His balls are clamped in a metal stretcher and chained to a lug set into the floor of the cell.
His captor stays on to play with him, drains him and then leaves.

The skull on the floor suggests that if his captors have anything to do with it, Igor's adventure will end here. That sense of isolation and abandonment haunts much of Gilgamesh's work. But Igor will have more duties to perform first, for as the creature leaves, he is already planning to return and 'adorn' his captive's body with more devices. 

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More Gilgamesh in Part 3
Gallery Links are given in Part 1 of this mitchmen series

Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Classic Homoerotic Images 4 - Levi Laundromat



This TV advert for Levi jeans starring Nick Kamen caused a sensation when it was first aired in 1985. Nick's public disrobing was not exactly shocking back then but it wasn't the sort of thing shown on TV and ads in the UK were still being policed by regulators. Somehow it escaped censure though.

For gay men, though, the homoerotic impact of a man stripping off on prime-time TV in an everyday scene was even greater. It must have been an unforgettable milestone for many teenagers in their journey to self-awareness. 

Naturally, the ad itself was couched in heterosexual terms with females and an old man watching the strip performance. It was easy to miss suggestively gay references in the opening seconds, a soldier loitering outside misses seeing Nick's ass arrive and a kid reading a comic suddenly looks up and finds Nick's jeans close up very interesting. 



The theme was borrowed by hunky rugby player Thom Evans for a health campaign in 2015

 Levi laundromat video borrowed from U-Tube

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For other homoerotic classics in this mitchmen series click on the label below.

See also My Beautiful Launderette