Everyone knows who Robert Crumb is.
But how many people have heard of Eric Stanton?
I've been putting together a biography on Eric Stanton, since so few people know anything about him. The first 3 chapters are up -- just about finished. And since it's an online biography, of course, I tried to make it visual, punchy, and fun -- chock full of Stanton illustrations and pics.
Eric Stanton is interesting to me in a lot of ways. In my mind, he's forever enmeshed with Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-man. But he's also connected with Bettie Page, Irving Klaw, John Willie and a host of underground artists, like Gene Bilbrew (Eneg) -- all people who went against the grain and took real risks. They were the sexploiteers/provocateers of their day.
In many ways, the history of Eric Stanton, is the history of sexploitation. By which I mean, the pre-porn history of American pop culture. Eric Stanton was a fetish artist back in the days when being one meant endless harrassment by the law and the FBI and sometimes being imprisoned, as Irving Klaw was, as Leonard Burtman (another sexploiteer publisher) was. Being a sexploitation artist back then also meant having gangland connections, because Times Square bookstores and theaters were mostly run by the syndicate (a.k.a. the mob).
I hope you'll check out my little Eric Stanton biography (the first 3 available chapters, at least):
It all begins HERE (follow the links) -- where I mention how Eric Stanton was an influence on my new novel, Permanent Obscurity (which will find a publisher eventually, yeah yeah). Rediscovering Eric Stanton helped me to put my novel into focus. I didn't realize until after I was done with the book, in fact, how much he influenced me (even suggesting the nature of the so-called "dirty movie" Dolores and Serena set out to make -- yikes).
CHAPTER ONE:
Eric Stanton meets Irving Klaw + Steve Ditko + Gene Bilbrew + Bettie Page
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-dedication-stanton3-1950s.htm
CHAPTER TWO:
Goodbye Bettie Page + sexploitaton emerges as a force + hello drug addiction
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-dedication-stanton4-1950s.htm
CHAPTER THREE:
Recovery + Stanton/Ditko = Spider-man
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-dedication-stanton5-1960s.htm
Ole' Eric draws the type of women that Charles Bukowski would feel right at home with:
Eric Stanton ... Robert Crumb ... Charles Bukowski ... do I see a pattern here? Hmmm.....
Cheers, baby! Rock-'n'-roll! Freedom of speech!
http://permanentobscurity.com/
Casa de:
Permanent Obscurity
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But how many people have heard of Eric Stanton?
I've been putting together a biography on Eric Stanton, since so few people know anything about him. The first 3 chapters are up -- just about finished. And since it's an online biography, of course, I tried to make it visual, punchy, and fun -- chock full of Stanton illustrations and pics.
Eric Stanton is interesting to me in a lot of ways. In my mind, he's forever enmeshed with Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-man. But he's also connected with Bettie Page, Irving Klaw, John Willie and a host of underground artists, like Gene Bilbrew (Eneg) -- all people who went against the grain and took real risks. They were the sexploiteers/provocateers of their day.
In many ways, the history of Eric Stanton, is the history of sexploitation. By which I mean, the pre-porn history of American pop culture. Eric Stanton was a fetish artist back in the days when being one meant endless harrassment by the law and the FBI and sometimes being imprisoned, as Irving Klaw was, as Leonard Burtman (another sexploiteer publisher) was. Being a sexploitation artist back then also meant having gangland connections, because Times Square bookstores and theaters were mostly run by the syndicate (a.k.a. the mob).
I hope you'll check out my little Eric Stanton biography (the first 3 available chapters, at least):
It all begins HERE (follow the links) -- where I mention how Eric Stanton was an influence on my new novel, Permanent Obscurity (which will find a publisher eventually, yeah yeah). Rediscovering Eric Stanton helped me to put my novel into focus. I didn't realize until after I was done with the book, in fact, how much he influenced me (even suggesting the nature of the so-called "dirty movie" Dolores and Serena set out to make -- yikes).
CHAPTER ONE:
Eric Stanton meets Irving Klaw + Steve Ditko + Gene Bilbrew + Bettie Page
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-dedication-stanton3-1950s.htm
CHAPTER TWO:
Goodbye Bettie Page + sexploitaton emerges as a force + hello drug addiction
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-dedication-stanton4-1950s.htm
CHAPTER THREE:
Recovery + Stanton/Ditko = Spider-man
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-dedication-stanton5-1960s.htm
Ole' Eric draws the type of women that Charles Bukowski would feel right at home with:
Eric Stanton ... Robert Crumb ... Charles Bukowski ... do I see a pattern here? Hmmm.....
Cheers, baby! Rock-'n'-roll! Freedom of speech!
http://permanentobscurity.com/
Casa de:
Permanent Obscurity
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| PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez) Richard Perez's PERMANENT OBSCURITY on Amazon |
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"Notebook" for the novel --> http://permanentobscurity.com/
I need to emphasize that PERMANENT OBSCURITY is not "erotica," although it has BDSM overtones (leaning toward so-called "femdom"). It's really a dark comedy about bohemia and the difficulty of relationships (female/male and female/female) and finally the big question for anyone in the arts (or in the tabloid media): sudden fame vs. permanent anonymity. The style of the novel is inspired by '60s over-the-top sexploition films like those of Russ Meyer (FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and those Something Weird Videos, like A SWEET SICKNESS and BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL [so-called “cautionary tales”]) -- updated to the Bush era (circa 2006).
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
Written in the 3 parts:
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 1 - THE KINKY HOOK
Whereupon we are introduced to Dolores and Serena and their kinky shenanigans.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 2 - STRANGE HUNGERS
Whereupon Dolores and Serena grapple with relationship/sexuality issues, life-threatening drug dealers, irreversible money woes. Culminating in a desperate attempt at making a so-called "femdom" film.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: PART 3 - NO MAN'S LAND
Whereupon Dolores and Serena find themselves in a place not expected. Namely, hell.
PERMANENT OBSCURITY: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana (as told to Richard Perez)
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» PERMANENT OBSCURITY: the title and where it came from --> http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-origins-title.htm
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» The subversive power of sexploitation:
pre-porn era sexploitation and its influence --
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-sexploitation-1.htm
¤*.¸¸.·´¨`°*» BAD GIRL CINEMA (and its influence on the novel):
http://permanentobscurity.com/perm-obsc-origins-badgirls.htm
Buy now from AMAZON (U.S.) >> http://www.amazon.com/Permanent-Obscurity-Cautionary-Misadventures-Pornography/dp/0971341540
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: About the Author:
Initially published small literary magazines, Richard Perez has also written for The New York Times (a newspaper he doesn't read.) His first novel, The Losers' Club (aka: The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition) has three foreign translations to date: Korean, Turkish, Italian. PERMANENT OBSCURITY: or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography, and Death — his second novel — also reflects his infatuation with bohemia and willful nonconformists.
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