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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: June 17, 2024

cover art by George Gross

Daughter of Satan, Women in Crime pulp digest cover, March 1948
Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, george gross, oil on canvas, woman with a gun, women in crimeLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

July 1945 issue

July 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, roger torrey, super-detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1945 issue

May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.s. montanye, edward churchill, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1933 issue

March 1933

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, exposed magazineLeave a comment on March 1933 issue

cover art by Edmond Gray

Oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags edmond gray, mollLeave a comment on cover art by Edmond Gray

July 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

July 1944

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, dan turner, geoffrey north, h.j. ward, harold de polo, hollywood detective magazine, jerome severs perry, randolph barr, robert leslie bellemLeave a comment on July 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1935 issue

January 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, edgar l. cooper, femme fatale, lugar, mirror, spy stories magazineLeave a comment on January 1935 issue

December 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1945

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[post updated 5/3/25]

Posted on June 17, 2024May 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bound, phantom detective magazine, poison, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on December 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl g. hodges, carter sprague, dame, femme fatale, fire escape, john l. benton, mink stole, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on June 17, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bound, curtiss t. gardner, j. lane linklater, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballard, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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