Eric Stanton, Reunion in Ropes (TASCHEN Icons Series)

He's been called "the Rembrandt of Pulp-Culture" and it's not hard to see why - Stanton is the creme de la creme of his genre. His imaginative, detailed full-colour comic strip narratives picture buxom, leggy femmes fatales having their way with tied-up, handcuffed, or simply awestruck men. The stories included here are highlights from our klotz title "Dominant Wives & Other Stories." Look at it how you want - Stanton's imagery is either an empowerment of female sexuality or a gross caricature of female-domination fantasy.