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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: August 27, 2025

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by Alexander Redmond

January 1940

cover art by Alexander Redmond

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags alex redmond, master detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1940 issue ~ cover art by Alexander Redmond

Curtain for a Jester x 2

1953 Lippencott hardcover

1954 Avon paperback reissue

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags avon paperback, frances & richard lockridge, lippincott hardcoverLeave a comment on Curtain for a Jester x 2

1946 Avon reissue – over by Renaldo Epworth

1946 Avon

over by Renaldo Epworth

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags avon paperback, dagger, gothic mystery, mary roberts rinehart, renaldo epworth, skullLeave a comment on 1946 Avon reissue – over by Renaldo Epworth

October 25, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

October 25, 1936

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bertrand w. sinclair, lugar, racist imagery, rudolph zirm, short stories magazine, walter c. brown, yellow menaceLeave a comment on October 25, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

January 1949 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

January 1949

cover art by Hubert Rogers

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, science fictionTags astonishing science fiction, hubert rogers, lewis padgett, scalpel, skullLeave a comment on January 1949 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

Detective Story Magazine September 1939

cover art by Modest Stein

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags detective story magazine, j.j. des ormeaux, modest steinLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

May 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1945

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bathtub, frances & richard lockridge, george gross, jerome odlum, morgue, two complete detective books magazineLeave a comment on May 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross
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