Mutrix Booklets Ed Mishkin

Dominating Tame-Azons Shame Men into Subjection,
illustrated by Harry
A Nutrix [Irving Klaw] Publication
Jersey City, New Jersey
1963

digital replica

and

Poor Rich Little Boy-Girl, Volume 1,
illustrated by Gene Bilbrew
text by Carmen Bastinado
Wholesale Book Corp., mid-1960s

a digital replica

Dominating Tame-Azons
First published by Mr. Klaw as a Nutrix book in 1963, Dominating Tame-Azons tells the story of women who re-form men. The techniques of the professional husband-trainers (i.e., the Tame-Azons) in the narrative involve forced cross-dressing to subdue and restrain the aggressive tendencies of the males in their charge.

THE PLOT:
Two wives with rude and arrogant husbands contract with a service that teaches men manners. Executives at Tame-Azons, Inc., initiate a training program that de-masculinizes the errant spouses by dressing them in tight-fitting rubber and leather costumes, often including waist-cinchers, stockings and high heels. The men don't like the regimen, but the instructors are irresistible. In the end, the husbands accept household governance by their wives.

Unlike other stories involving forced cross-dressing, the males are not feminized. Here, the unpleasant aspects of their masculinity are bizarrely neutralized.

THE ART:
Irving Klaw published work by the artist named Harry in the early 1960s, and this is the first time that we have presented his art in ebook form. He signed his drawings with a capital H on a curled square of paper.

On a field of black, he carves his scenes and characters in white lines that comprise a modest geometry of shape and volume. Many of his figures are outlined with a thick white line, which suggests that he may have pasted drawings of characters on to backgrounds. However we may characterize his style or skill, his illustrations describe costumes, feelings and scenarios with the clarity and precision of an accomplished professional.

Where Mr. Bilbrew's fantasy divas are over the top, Harry's women, while stylish dressers, are more like actual royalty, imperious but reserved. Harry's dominant women are shown at work, providing wives with expert service, focused on the task at hand.

THE EBOOK:
The original Nutrix booklet had about 60 pages — a typed story and more than 30 illustrations. It appears that the text was written after the drawings were made, but not everything shown in the pictures is included in the text. We've re-formulated the sturdy prose to more closely associate descriptions with related pictures. While the prose is presented in its original sequence, some pages have been divided, and individual paragraphs placed on separate ebook pages that precede the illustration they describe. The sequence of pictures has been revised to position each one with relevant text as possible.

The ebook offers opportunity to see the clever work of a little-known artist with substantial talent and an appealing point of view. Fans of illustrated fiction with either femdom or T-V themes will enjoy this visual treat.

Poor Rich Little Boy-Girl, Volume 1

When Gordon's mother Laura becomes aware of her son's “inordinate affection for female garb" she decides to train him “in the nuances of being a girl.” She tells him, “It's going to be nice having a sweet, graceful young girl around here . . .” and starts to call him Gloria.

Francine, the maid, participates in Gloria's feminization and other mischief. Gloria loves the feel of lingerie and his undergarments are carefully described in the text by Carmen Bastinado. Laura surprises him by tightening a waist-cincher around him and instructs him in how a lady walks in heels.

Nine interior ink drawings by Gene Bilbrew plus color cover show this master's skill at the peak of competence. His ink illustrations are crafted with confidence and warmth, restating the soft femininity that is a continuing motif in the prose. The sequence of pages has been revised in the ebook to more closely align pictures with relevant text.

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