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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 13, 2024

1961 one sheet poster

1961 Columbia Pictures movie poster, 27×41″

Posted on February 13, 2024December 27, 2023Categories gangster, HardboiledTags beatrice kay, cliff robertson, columbia pictures, crime syndicate, dolores dorn, movie poster, sam fullerLeave a comment on 1961 one sheet poster

December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1933

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on February 13, 2024December 28, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony field, g. wayman jones, george harmon coxe, norman a. daniels, oscar schisgall, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

[updated with original art 5/7/24]

[cover updated 2/14/25]

Posted on February 13, 2024February 14, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags chained, ghoul, hal k. wells, mystery tales magazine, norman saunders, red circle, shackles, stockingsLeave a comment on June 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Rudy Nappi

oil on illustration board, 12″ x 16″

1950 Quarter Books digest

Posted on February 13, 2024March 4, 2024Categories digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags hooker, lurid, original art, peggy gaddis, quarter books digest, rudy nappi, sleazeLeave a comment on cover art by Rudy Nappi

March 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

oil on canvas, 15 1/4″ x 20 1/4″

Posted on February 13, 2024December 31, 2023Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, finest kind, george gross, original art, woman with a gun, women in crimeLeave a comment on March 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross
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