Jim Flora (1914-1998)'s two previous books (The Mischievous Art and
The Curiously Sinister Art), are each in multiple printings. The
Sweetly Diabolic Art features paintings, drawings, and sketches from the
1940s through the 1990s, most never previously published or exhibited, as well
as more artifacts from Flora's 1940s tenure in the Columbia Records art
department and rare newspaper and magazine illustrations spanning several
decades. Sweetly Diabolic is also the first printing of an abandoned
children's book concept, The X-Ray Eyes of Wallingford Hume. Equally
fascinating are original, never-before-published roughs and rejected images from
Flora's 1950s and '60s children's books and a gallery of pen and pencil sketches
from the 1940s. Sweetly Diabolic also collects, for the first time rarely
seen cartoon-science illustrations: the images are augmented by personal
vignettes, mementos from the family archives, and a 1984 interview with
award-winning graphic designer Robert M. Jones, who offers priceless
insights
A third collection of amusing nightmares from the demonic wand of Jim Flora: art and artifacts spanning Flora's career, including more from his Columbia Records days, children's book roughs and outtakes, rarely seen cartoon-science illustrations and more.
