Too rad for "Bound & Gagged"

More than ten years ago, I submitted some drawings for publication in Bound & Gagged magazine. A bunch of four drawings were chosen and run in one issue in 1997. The drawing to the right was among those not chosen for publication, even though it was probably one of the most softcore of the lot. What do you think the reason was?

Right, our culture has a problem with physical handicap, and I guess the gay subculture, so often obsessed with what passes for physical beauty and perfection, has an even bigger problem. It does not want to see old men, fat men, men with any kind of disability. Heaven forbid that such men could actually want to have a (gasp ! choke!) sex life. Or that said sex life might even be a tad kinky!

To me the guy I drew in "Tight Bondage" (the title of the drawing) is very hot. So he's missing part of an arm. So the hell what? It's just the way his body is. Nothing ugly or frightening about it. And it poses interesting technical problems - like, how do you tie up a guy who's missing one arm? Tackle that one, you so-called bondage masters!