Would it be fair to say from bizarre culture? Or, specifically, from Stanton since he had been creating hooded characters for almost as long as he had been a fetish artist?” In helplessness and rage, Bill turned on Tom and Grace. "I don’t care what I did to you two. You can’t make me dress up and look like a girl this way. I can’t stand it. It’s too awful."

Exotique magazine was published by Leonard Burtman in New York City between 1955 and 1959. Gene Bilbrew, also known by his pseudonym ENEG, was an artist who contributed work to Burtman's publications but was not the publisher. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotique_%28fetish_magazine%29 [Jun 2005] Gerda Wegener (1886-1940) Danish illustrator and painter, from the provinces but moved to Copenhagen to pursue her education at the Royal art Academy, and married fellow artist Einar Wegener in 1904. After moving to Paris in 1912, found much success both as a painter and illustrating for Vogue, La Vie Parisienne, Fantasio, and many other magazines. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Wegener [Sept 2005] On leaving high school in 1944, Stanton enlisted in the US Navy and produced an information strip about aircraft recognition for a service newspaper. He would also entertain his fellow sailors by drawing glamorous girls on their handkerchieves. Their friendship,” she added, “was centered around creating art. Each of them contributed to the other's art as part of the friendship between two artists. While each was the driving force behind his own work, there was significant overlap. Steve contributed to the erotic stories my father worked on and my father contributed to Spider-Man and probably other stories. Neither one of them ever expected any recognition or money from the other.”I see it reflected in the men and women who walk toward me at my openings; I see it in their fashion, and as tattoos worn on their skin,” she proclaims. “The best paintings, the ones that most resonate with my fans, live on in popular culture, in movies, on ephemeral objects. I see military men and women hang on to these objects as symbols of life, passion and love. People tell me they’ve had fun through the fantasies I’ve painted in their sexual lives, and say they’ve met their life partners and made babies!” Joel collects vintage erotica,” she continues. “French postcards, Weimar ephemera, fetish art by John Willy and Eric Stanton, pre-WWII erotic stereoscopic photos, etchings by Norman Lindsay and Von Bayros, and golden-age pinup magazines. Joel’s penchant for these collectibles, passion for flea marketing and antique bookstores, has added texture and context to my art and life. We grew up dreaming of an unconventional life, and we certainly did reach that goal.” Over 200 original works by the pair are being exhibited together for the first time by TASCHEN Gallery, Los Angeles. Embrace Your Fantasies: Bizarre Life — The Art of Elmer Batters & Eric Stanton is running until 24 May. This time they happen to have a corset and maid’s uniform. I understand that this is a work of fiction, but at least try to make it believable. The damn corset even has a built in gaff with fake fur to simulate public hair.

Together he and Ditko would have ‘skull sessions’ and choreograph many of the great action sequences throughout the books.” Some instances that Seves cites are not quite so convincing: if Ditko did them, he did them by dutifully imitating his studio-mate’s mannerisms to the extent that his own disappear. Or so it seems to me, but I’m scarcely a Ditko expert. This book is absolutely fabulous, filled with bondage, erotica and torture of all kinds. Sorayama's ability to capture the erotic essence of a female is astonishing. His attention to detail and creativity left me in awe. Almost at once Stanton recognized that art provided a unique satisfaction he did not experience in real life: not only access to a special fantasy world, but a sense of personal power: ‘I had control ... I could have the people I drew do anything I wanted’ he reflected in later years. ‘I was king of my world.’ Control and powerlessness—as mirrored in the secret subculture of the sexual fantasist–would become a major theme in his art. [...] His protests lead to additional punishments. They tie him across a stool and spank him with a Ping-Pong paddle. When he is softened up, they take pictures as permanent mementos of his humiliation.Amber said her father always spoke highly of Ditko’s art, particularly his inking ability. “When they collaborated,” she said, “my father did the pencil work, and Steve would ink over it.”