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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 9, 2024

September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on February 9, 2024December 28, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags art fiction, dagger, rafael desoto, ralston shields, raymond whetstone, terror tales magazine, tux, wayne rogersLeave a comment on September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1935 issue

June 1935

[updated 4/20/24]

Posted on February 9, 2024April 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, lupton a. wilkinson, mirror, phantom detective magazine, red hood, robert wallaceLeave a comment on June 1935 issue

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

April 1936

cover art by William F. Soare

Posted on February 9, 2024December 29, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags brant house, frederick c. davis, secret agent x detective mysteriesLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

cover art by Robert Abbett

gouache on board, 21 x 14 in.

1961 Avon paperback original, 1st print

later edition of unknown date

Posted on February 9, 2024December 29, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, ed lacy, gouache on board, robert abbettLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Abbett
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