Not long ago I published a cowboy, bunkhouse bondage image inspired by the revolutionary, erotic images published by Colt Studio in the late 70's. Cowboy images were a big part of my early efforts at erotic drawing and the one below was one of the first I ever published on the internet, in 2007.
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| Mitchell - Cactus Kid and the Posse |
The Cactus Kid takes revenge on the Posse who have been pursuing him. He's ambushed two of the more attractive members and forced them to strip naked, apart from their Stetsons and boots. Then he's tied them back to back, standing over a low-growing cactus with particularly long spines. We can't see them, but their booted feet are also tied together, heel to heel, on either side of the base of the cactus. This means that they are forced to stand, uncomfortably open-legged, astride the prickly plant.
The Kid isn't going to kill them, he knows that these are not proper lawmen, but ordinary guys, local ranch hands and townsmen roped into the Posse by the Sheriff. That makes their embarrassing plight all more poignant of course. Cactus bears them no ill-will, but will want to have some more fun with them before he makes his escape. Maybe he'll treat them to a few playful punches or the sting of his whip. Something that will cause them to flinch and retreat onto the waiting spines - or to lunge forward angrily which will pull their innocent buddy onto them instead.
He'll probably try groping them at some point to see if they shy away or react violently. Of course they may respond positively, although the presence of a comrade and the cactus will inhibit that and it won't spare them from the prickles anyway. The Kid can also wait for time to take it's toll of their badly stressed legs. Those thigh muscles will soon be racked by pain, eventually resulting in a slow descent onto the needle seat. The first to weaken will pull down his comrade with him.
Once the Kid's gone they can try to escape from the ropes, but knowing the Kid, it won't be easy. If they are lucky the Posse will find them eventually, but then again, being found naked, compromised and defenceless by a gang of frustrated, angry cowboys isn't necessarily a recipe for gushing sympathy.
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This image was the prototype for the 'Cactus Kid' story which you can read in full at the mitchmen club at AdonisMale. This scene wasn't part of that story but I pencilled it in for a sequel - which has yet to materialise! I don't remember where I got the idea for tormenting captives this way. It might have sprung from a TV series or film where the hero's sidekick suffered an amusing, embarrassing accident (not naked of course, probably wearing a union suit) or maybe one of the humorous cartoons that featured in the gay magazines of the 70's. It's also quite likely that I piggy-backed on the picture below by Etienne, The unfortunate and noticeably muscular cowboy forced to cuddle a cactus by his Indian captors in 'Hot Spurs' gave me quite an erotic hit when I first saw it! More than anything else in that book.
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| Etienne - Hot Spurs p8 detail |
The mind boggles imagining the scene as the captive was manoeuvred into this predicament
and whether he was conscious as the ropes were tightened and his legs lifted.
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| Etienne - Hot Spurs p8 full |
In the full picture, the second captive is also seen. He seems to have got off relatively lightly but notice that he has been 'scalped' in a most unusual place, the missing piece is hanging as a trophy from one of the struts of the restraint frame.
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I plan to publish more of my own cowboy images here and build up a new folio of them all at the mitchmen club.
For other gay, erotic art pictures by Mitchell at mitchmen blog click on the 'mitchpix' label below