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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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Month: March 2024

cover art by Victor Olson

Oil on board, 30 x 20.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

Counterspy Express by A. S. Fleischman, Ace D-57, 1954

Posted on March 5, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags a.s. fleischman, ace double paperback, oil on board, railroad fiction, train fiction, victor olsonLeave a comment on cover art by Victor Olson

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1934

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 5, 2024April 4, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, spicyTags chained, f.k. young, h.j. ward, kidnap, porthole, shackled, spicy detective stories, stockings, tuxLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Morris Kusnet

October 1937

cover art by Morris Kusnet

Posted on March 4, 2024December 21, 2023Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags candid confessions, dame, morris kusnet, top hatLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Morris Kusnet

Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 4, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

November 1938

cover art by William F. Soare

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 4, 2024January 30, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags spicy detective magazine, thug, william b. rainey, william f. soareLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

March 1946 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

March 1946

cover art by George Rozen

better image than previously posted

[updated 1/18/24]

Posted on March 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george rozen, roger torrey, super-detective magazine, telephone operatorLeave a comment on March 1946 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

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

March 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 4, 2024January 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, war fictionTags bayonet, h.j. ward, robert leslie bellem, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on March 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1954 issue – cover art by Bill Molno

November 1954

cover art by Bill Molno

Posted on March 4, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags bill molno, crime and justice comic, drive byLeave a comment on November 1954 issue – cover art by Bill Molno

1974 Paramount poster – artwork by Jim Pearsall

1974 Paramount poster

artwork by Jim Pearsall

screenplay by Robert Towne

Posted on March 4, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, film noir, finest kind, Hardboiled, pulpTags burt young, chinatown, faye dunaway, finest kind, jack nicholson, john huston, perry lopez, private eye, robert evans, robert towne, roman polanskiLeave a comment on 1974 Paramount poster – artwork by Jim Pearsall

cover art by William Reusswig

Gang World magazine, November 1930
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
Initialed lower right

Posted on March 4, 2024April 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags dame, earl and marion scott, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. lane linklater, moll, oil on canvas, paul pry, william h. stueber, william reusswig, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by William Reusswig

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