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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: September 12, 2024

2013 Doubleday hardcover

2013 Doubleday hardcover

cover design bt Michael J. Windsor

his 10th Easy Rawlins novel, this one set in 1967

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, HardboiledTags doubleday hardcover, easy rawlins, private eye, walter mosleyLeave a comment on 2013 Doubleday hardcover

March 1937 issue

March 1937

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags g-men, real detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1937 issue

H.W. Scott

Pulp cover artist Harold Winfield Scott with a work in progress

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories pulpTags artist's studio, h.w. scottLeave a comment on H.W. Scott

1958 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Darcy

1958 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, pulpTags darcy, ernest chiriacka, gold medal paperback, moll, richard himmelLeave a comment on 1958 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Darcy

1952 Leisure Library

1952 Leisure Library

cover art by Reginald Heade

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories british pulp, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags leisure library digest, reginald heade, spike morellLeave a comment on 1952 Leisure Library

cover art by Robert Abbett

acrylic cover art by Robert Abbett
1963 PermaBook paperback original

one of the finest cover paintings ever

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags perma paperback, richard deming, robert abbettLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Abbett

cover art by Claudia Caranfa

October 2022 graphic novel

4th in the series

cover art by Claudia Caranfa

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags claudia caranfa, hard case crime, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Claudia Caranfa

The Third Man

The Third Man

Posted on September 12, 2024June 21, 2025Categories film noirTags anton karas, carol reed, graham greene, joseph cotten, orson welles, the third man, trevor howardLeave a comment on The Third Man
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