Born and raised in New York City, Stanton began his career in 1947 at Irving Klaw's Movie Star News company, gaining employment by boasting he could draw better than any of the artists then working for Klaw.
He afterward attended the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, under Batman inker Jerry Robinson and others. One classmate was future Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, with whom Stanton shared a Manhattan studio at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue from 1958 to 1966 or 1968.
Some of Stanton's work during this period shows Ditko influence, and the introduction to one book of Stanton's work says, "Eric Stanton drew his pictures in India ink, and they were then hand-coloured by Ditko". Ditko reportedly denied touching Stanton's work, though Stanton himself said they would spot-ink each other's art.
He afterward attended the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, under Batman inker Jerry Robinson and others. One classmate was future Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, with whom Stanton shared a Manhattan studio at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue from 1958 to 1966 or 1968.
Some of Stanton's work during this period shows Ditko influence, and the introduction to one book of Stanton's work says, "Eric Stanton drew his pictures in India ink, and they were then hand-coloured by Ditko". Ditko reportedly denied touching Stanton's work, though Stanton himself said they would spot-ink each other's art.
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