Much of his work depicted gender role reversal and proto-feminist female dominance scenarios. Stanton’s early bondage fantasy chapter serials, commissioned by Irving Klaw in the late 1940s, gained him notoriety in the then-nascent fetish art world.

Much of his work depicted gender role reversal and proto-feminist female dominance scenarios. Stanton’s early bondage fantasy chapter serials, commissioned by Irving Klaw in the late 1940s, gained him notoriety in the then-nascent fetish art world.