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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 17, 2024

cover art by Uldis Klavins

No Love for Paradise, paperback cover, c. 1979
gouache on board, 30 x 20 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on February 17, 2024December 30, 2023Categories Hardboiled, original artTags ildus klavins, original artLeave a comment on cover art by Uldis Klavins

cover art by Fred Pfeiffer

oil on canvas, 21″ X 34″ Framed 23″ X 36″

1975 Bantam paperback original

Posted on February 17, 2024December 31, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags bantam paperback, fred pfeiffer, hippies, jack w. thomas, juvenile delinquent, original artLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Pfeiffer

December 1938 issue

December 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2024December 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, dime mystery magazine, john kobler, lantern, loring dowst, pharoah, ray cummings, sarcophagusLeave a comment on December 1938 issue

November-December 1938 issue

November-December 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2024December 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, dagger, paul ernst, strange detective mysteries, thorp mcclusky, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on November-December 1938 issue

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bound, h.j. ward, kidnap, robert leslie bellem, ship, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on January 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Rudy Nappi

oil on illustration board, 16″ by 24″

1953 Detective House paperback under the Cameo Books imprint

Posted on February 17, 2024December 31, 2023Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags cameo paperback, drug fiction, jane manning, lurid, original art, rudy nappiLeave a comment on cover art by Rudy Nappi
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