Bareass Blogs No 67

 Bareassed Bad Example by Probe-ation Officer

I suppose it's one way of getting those delinquents interested.

In being closely supervised and reformed, I mean of course.

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Bareass Blogs No 66

 Bareassed at Break of Day

Looks like another one managed to get away

while he was sleeping.

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Bareass Blogs No 65

 

Bareassed Bobby Dazzler

(with a cheeky smile!)

possibly a member of the Flat Cap Gang?

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Superhero by Deon

 

I rather like Felix D'Eon's eclectic range of artistic styles which encompass various, traditional, 'old-fashioned' techniques, sometimes imitating them for subjects they were never intended for. These two examples of his 'vintage comic' style are good examples in a mode from a bygone era, aimed then at younger people, but here featuring mature subjects and mature men (and he makes such a good job of showing that he understands their attractions you wonder why he bothers so much with fledglings).

The superhero here is El Oso, The Bear. Hence the paw on the front of his suit. I love the way D'Eon has subverted the clean cut (American) view of  such men with the very gay iconography of a romantic, chunky 'bear' finding his mate (I nearly said cub but that would be an inappropriate word after what I said above!). He's been whisked away from danger clad, appropriately enough, in just his very traditional, white Y-fronts which are betraying his own inner feelings. It's a splendid recognition that ordinary men are admirable and sexy too.

The drawing here doesn't have to be spot-on but the perspective treatment of the fleeing arsonist down below is pretty natty (and very much in accord with the chosen style). The trail of El Oso's flight however is less impressive, suggesting that the great man is flying sideways. Maybe he is, or maybe it's an imitation of the naivety in 1950's originals, but whichever the case I'm glad I'm not the only artist who draws himself into a corner sometimes!

In the Spanish dialogue here, 'chispas' is an expression of anger, "i mi plan ha sido arruinado por el oso" simply means "and my plan has been ruined by The Bear". The shrine to the virgin on the front lawn is another Spanish feature.

This picture picks up another typical genre paired with this comic style, the western. I don't think men in union suits with plunging necklines ever featured in those original cowboy comics. It's a mode of dress that always seems deliciously seedy and earthy, thanks partly to those realist cowboy films that depict them as underwear that is never taken off or washed. I like that this cowboy has donned his best boots and hat for his morning constitutional on the front porch. 

 (I confess I'm not exactly sure what a morning 'Joe' is, J/O?). 

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Royale Appeal

Royale Studio - Peter George, You are a footballer

 Can any of my readers identify the source of this Royale Studio image of Peter George dressed as a footballer in tight shorts? I'm sure I used to have it linked to a beefcake magazine from the 60's but have lost the attribution. He's facing a Hussar Guardsman in breeches, boots and spurs who I think is probably Tom Harding. Tom seems to be homing in on that bulge.

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Jungle Captives

Teracles - Jungle Man Captured

Two more images of capture in the tropics gleaned from the  BodyAdonis collection.

The first is by Teracles who is better known to me as the author of blood curdling, execution scenarios from way back in time. That historic focus largely accounts for his absence from the roster of artists here until now. This discovery suggests I ought to revisit his work because it's a very nice, all-male twist on the Ehrlik theme of heroes overwhelmed and helpless in the clutches of captors whose motivations are not known except to be feared.

The elbow restraint depicted is a simple but effective way of keeping the captive's hands out of the way. It also has the capacity to be quite uncomfortable if the pole is tight in the crook of the elbow. Visually, it works well here and although we can't see what his captor is doing to the 'Jungle Man' (punching him  I suspect) we can imagine all sorts of things going on. It's enough to know that he has virtually no chance of stopping it or protecting himself in whatever lies ahead.

The style of this picture, applying the appearance of water-colour painting to a photo-manip composition is probably software-driven, but pleasing nevertheless.

Tarzan Arrested

 This image looks like the work of  D Beverly who used to post on the old 'Chained Muscle' site and seems to specialise in depictions of improbably muscular, giants being captured and tormented by other residents of the jungle with poor manners but an understandable obsession with the charms of hunky men and an unquenchable enthusiasm for playing with them and making them howl.

Beverly's technique is unsophisticated but gets to the heart of the matter rather effectively. Those luscious pecs and what befalls them wins my vote. Another contender for a dedicated post soon.

Beached Hero

Arrested

 I found this image on Deviant Art at BodyAdonis but I don't think he's the artist. The narrative of a deliciously, muscular man falling into the hands of Amazonian beach-combers after apparently being washed ashore on the beach of a tropical paradise is very much the style of Ehrlik, but I haven't spotted this image at his Blades of Zambe site yet. 

The picture has a simple concept but it's a powerful 'hero in trouble' narrative. The impression of those spearheads being very sharp brings it alive. I for one am glad that the two captor's anatomical details are shrouded in deep shadow but that device also works on a more artistic level by throwing the focus onto the unconscious hero's impressive but vulnerable body.

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