Eric Stanton: For the Man Who Knows His Place

by Burkhard Riemschneider, Eric Stanton (Illustrator)

Eric Stanton gained popularity by drawing scantily clad heroines on his comrades handkerchiefs while he was serving in the US Navy.

Thereafter he drew cover designs for erotic magazines and novels before becoming well-known for his mail order picture stories.

Genres: Erotica, Art

64 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jayakrishnan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not the best of Eric Stanton.

He has done better work than this.

This is like the worst hits of Eric Stanton. That is the truth.

I read this book only because I am a pervert.

I also recently got into drawing.

I had already seen Crumb. I wanted to see what worse perverts than Crumbs had done.

Here is a man who succumbed to his perversions to make a living. You've got to admire him.

He did not join literary fiction.

"Starting in the late 1960s, Stanton supported himself by self-publishing and distributing his work to a quasi-underground network of subscribers and patrons."

We do not know what true greatness is, because we are not in control of our own thoughts, we simply acknowledge what is generally considered to be greatness.

[Gerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fine, and entertaining, selection of Stanton's titillating and erotic drawings, both in colour and black and white.

This is just a short selection of his massive output but it does give a good idea of what he was about and how he enjoyed his work - who wouldn't?!