Featuring the histories of Eric Stanton, Steve Ditko, Bettie Page, Gene Bilbrew, Irving Klaw, John Willie, Charles Guyette, Leonard Burtman, Edward Mishkin. Heavily illustrated with art by Eric Stanton.

Includes an illustrated collector's guide, plus index.

Tracing the rise of commercial fetish art from its shadowy beginnings in the 1940s to its acceptance in the 1970s, this illustrated biography explores the unconventional life and art of Eric Stanton, a pioneering sexual fantasist who helped shape the movement. With more than 400 rare images and interviews with Stanton's family and closest associates, this biography chronicles the infamous circle of patrons, publishers, and cult icons populating his subterranean world, including Irving Klaw, John Willie, Bettie Page, Steve Ditko, and Gene Bilbrew. It is the untold, secret history of a misunderstood culture, the abuses of government authority, social intolerance, and gangsters. But above all, it is a tale about survival against all odds and an artist who had the courage to stay true to himself.

Author: Richard Pérez Seves
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Page Count: 288pp
Size: 7.5 x 10.25 x 1
Notes: hardcover, b/w
Date of Publication: October 15, 2018
ISBN: 978-0764355424