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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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December 1949 issue

December 1949

cover art by Howell Dodd?

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, moll, special detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1949 issue

Lana Turner, 1946

Lana Turner, 1946, promotional shot [detail] for The Postman Always Rings Twice

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags dame, james m. cain, lana turner, postman always rings twice, smokingLeave a comment on Lana Turner, 1946

December 1956 issue

December 1956

Posted on November 12, 2024December 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crime, updatedTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, smoking, true crime exposeLeave a comment on December 1956 issue

1963 Monarch paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1963 Monarch paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

one of the finest covers ever

Posted on November 12, 2024September 4, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags call girl, dame, frank boyd, hooker, monarch paperback, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1963 Monarch paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

May 28, 1973 issue

May 28, 1973 issue

Jackie Brown and Foxy Brown, to name just two memorable roles

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, spicyTags pam grier, soul magazineLeave a comment on May 28, 1973 issue

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

cover illustration by Craig Dodd

second of his Alan Grofield novels, offshoots from the Parker series

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags alan grofield, craig dodd, dame, donald e. westlake, professional thief, richard stark, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

1958 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1958 Dell paperback original

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags charles williams, dame, dell paperback, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, noirLeave a comment on 1958 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 11, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags argosy magazine, flanders field, graveyard, mauser, rudolph belarski, theodore roscoe, veteren's day, WWILeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

January 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on November 11, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective action stories, erle stanley gardner, j. allan dunn, j. lane linklater, leslie t. white, subway, van wyck mason, william reusswigLeave a comment on January 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

RKO, 1952

The Narrow Margin (RKO, 1952). Very Fine+ on Linen. Six Sheet (79″ X 82″).
Starring Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey, and Harry Harvey. Directed by Richard Fleischer.

Posted on November 11, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, HardboiledTags charles mcgraw, marie windsor, movie poster, richard fleischer, train fictionLeave a comment on RKO, 1952

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