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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 14, 2024

1918 Sherlockiana

rare early American Sherlockiana

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories digest, magazine, mystery, pulp, whodunnitTags chicago fiction, clifton r. woolridge, sherlockianaLeave a comment on 1918 Sherlockiana

July 1932 issue ~ cover art by Leonard Whitney

July 1932

cover art by Leonard Whitney

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags kidnapping, leonard whitney, master detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1932 issue ~ cover art by Leonard Whitney

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

1931, 29 in (73.66 cm) x 23.5 in (59.69 cm), oil on canvas

The Complete Detective Cover, February 1931

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags complete detective novel magazine, h.l. parkhurst, madelon st. denisLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

October 20, 1924 issue ~ cover art by Colcord Heurlin

October 20, 1924

cover art by Colcord Heurlin

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags bald eagle, canoe, colcord heurlin, fishing, ralph d. paine, the popular magazineLeave a comment on October 20, 1924 issue ~ cover art by Colcord Heurlin

1927 Paramount Picture

Paramount, 1927, very fine on linen. one sheet (27″ X 41″)

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories gangster, pulpTags ben hecht, josef von sternberg, movie poster, paramount pictureLeave a comment on 1927 Paramount Picture

February 1925 issue ~ cover art by Lawrence Herndon

February 1925

cover art by Lawrence Herndon

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags agatha christie, blue book magazine, hercule poirot, j.s. fletcher, lawrence herndon, pearl necklaceLeave a comment on February 1925 issue ~ cover art by Lawrence Herndon

October 22, 1927 issue ~ cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey

October 22, 1927

cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, dagger, dame, m.e. chase, walter beach humphreyLeave a comment on October 22, 1927 issue ~ cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey

November 1924 issue

November 1924 issue

one of the few times a Continental Op story by Dashiell Hammett was not in a copy of Black Mask Magazine: “Who Killed Bob Teal?”

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags continental op, dashiell hammett, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1924 issue

1930 Paramount poster

1930 Paramount poster

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories mystery, pulp, whodunnitTags movie poster, paramount picture, philo vance, private detective, s.s. van dine, william powellLeave a comment on 1930 Paramount poster

June 30, 1925 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

June 30, 1925

cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags adventure magazine, derringer, J.W. Schlaikjer, paddlewheel, riverboatLeave a comment on June 30, 1925 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

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