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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Day: February 6, 2024

cover art by Harry Barton

The Squeeze, paperback cover, 1955
tempera on board, 20 x 14 in. (sight)
Signed lower left

Posted on February 6, 2024December 30, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, gil brewer, harry barton, noir, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

cover art by Mel Hunter

Gouache on Illustration Board, sight size 10.25 x 15″

Mercury Mystery Magazine – January, 1958

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 6, 2024December 30, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, mystery, original art, pulpTags erle stanley gardner, floyd mahannah, graveyard, mel hunter, mercury mystery book magazine, wolf mankowitzLeave a comment on cover art by Mel Hunter

1966 Mayflower/Dell paperback

1966 Mayflower/Dell paperback, British edition

Posted on February 6, 2024December 27, 2023Categories british pulp, paperback, true crimeTags assassination, dell paperback, jfk assassination, mayflower paperback, sylvan foxLeave a comment on 1966 Mayflower/Dell paperback

February 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Scott

February 1938

cover art by H.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 6, 2024December 19, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, pulpTags bound, doc savage, h.w. scottLeave a comment on February 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Scott

June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

June 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on February 6, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anatole feldman, archer, c.b. yorke, racketeer and gangland stories, seymour rice, tom lovell, tommygun, walt s. dinghall, walter snowLeave a comment on June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

pulp illustration by Harold McCauley

mixed media on illustration board, 12″x16.5″

interior illustration from unknown magazine

Posted on February 6, 2024December 31, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags harold mccauleyLeave a comment on pulp illustration by Harold McCauley
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