About

JAMES (JIM) FLORA
A biographical sketch

QUOTES ABOUT JIM FLORA
Well-known fans pay tribute

JIM FLORA’S CURIOUSLY SINISTER MISCHIEF
by Irwin Chusid, Juxtapoz, August 2007

JIM FLORA’S ONLINE LIFE
by Steven Heller, Printmag.com, January 2018

ALBUM ART OF CARTOON WIT, RAPTOR ENERGY
by Ben Sisario, The New York Times, December 2004

JIM FLORA’S UNSETTLING GHOST STORIES
by Jim Knipfel, The Chiseler, September 2017

FLORA IN TWILIGHT
New York Press, July 1998

FLORA OBITUARY BY STEVEN HELLER
The New York Times, July 18, 1998

LOWBROW GENIUS (View/download PDF)
Resurrecting the Long-Lost Artworks of Jim Flora, the Original Pop-Surrealist
by Coury Turczyn, Knoxville Metro Pulse, January 17, 2008

SAVING JIM FLORA’S PRIVATE STASH
Interview with archivist Irwin Chusid by Steven Heller of the American Institute of Graphics Arts (AIGA), Nov. 2005 (web archive)

JIM FLORA CHILDREN’S BOOK GALLERY
Seventeen books with stories and art by Flora, and three others he illustrated

THE CURIOUS BOOK ON JIM FLORA
Interview with author Irwin Chusid by Coury Turczyn, Pop Cult Magazine, Nov. 2005

PERSONAL LETTER FROM JIM FLORA
February 1998

JIM FLORA — WIKIPEDIA
Biography, references, links (crowd-sourced, not authoritative)

JAMES FLORA CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ARTIFACTS
Archives & Special Collections, U of Connecticut
Dr. Irvin Kerlan Collection, U of Minnesota

 

Thanks to the Floraphiles