Filed Under: "1960s"

Tempera on paper, ca. 1960 (one-quarter of 8.5″ x 7″ work)

Jim Flora passed away in 1998, one year after the TV debut of SOUTH PARK. We don’t know if he ever watched it. Yet there is incontrovertible evidence that Flora telepathically transmitted artistic ideas to series creators Matt and Trey. Exhibit A: In the New York Times, March 15, 1959, Flora depicted the stork delivering a litter of South Park denizens: Forty years later, the above figures would have reproduced in sufficient quantities to populate…

We guess that’s a three-legged dog and we suppose he’s got a bone. That could be the moon peeking through the curl of his tail. But perhaps we’re being overly literal. Detail from an untitled work ca. 1960s. Another detail appears here.

New York Times Magazine, October 1, 1967

Unpublished (and likely unexhibited) artifacts from Jim Flora sketchbooks Tempera on paper, early 1960s Pen sketch, early 1940s