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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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Category: crime fiction

1946 RKO picture

1946 RKO picture

1946 film noir directed by Harold Clerman, screenplay by Clifford Odets from a novel by Cornell Woolrich

Posted on August 26, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags clifford odets, cornell woolrich, deadline at dawn, film noir, harold clurman, paul lukas, pulp illustration, RKO picture, susan haywardLeave a comment on 1946 RKO picture

Frank Miller, “Sin City”

Frank Miller, “Sin City”

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 26, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags dame, frank miller, sin city, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Frank Miller, “Sin City”

GLORIA

the great Gena Rowlands in the 1980 film Gloria, directed by her husband, the great John Cassavetes

R.I.P.

Posted on August 26, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, HardboiledTags crime film, gena rowlands, john cassavetes, movie still, woman with a gunLeave a comment on GLORIA

1955 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1955 Dell

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, paperback, pulpTags charles williams, dell paperback, robert maguire, thrillerLeave a comment on 1955 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

February 1938

cover art by Jerome Rozen

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, hugh b. cave, jerome rozen, lee terryLeave a comment on February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

August 30, 1923 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

August 30, 1923

cover art by H.C. Murphy

headers by V.E. Pyles

[post updated 8/27/24]

Posted on August 25, 2024August 27, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, aviation fiction, crime fiction, historical fiction, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags adventure magazine, h.c. murphy, t.s. stripling, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on August 30, 1923 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

two from Charles Williams

July 1960 Holt hardcover

October 1971 Pocket reissue

cover art by Allan Mardon?

bottom:

March 1971 Signet paperback original, first printing

cover art by David Blossom

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, paperback, pulpTags allan mardon, charles williams, david blossom, heist, pocket paperback, sailboatLeave a comment on two from Charles Williams

cover art by Emmett Watson

Captain’s Shot, Detective Fiction Weekly, February 25, 1939
Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 inches (71.1 x 61.0 cm)
Signed center right

Posted on August 25, 2024November 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, original art, pulpTags dale clark, detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn's, oil on canvas, paul ernst, richard sale, t.t. flynn, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Emmett Watson

July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Howard V. Brown

July 1931

cover art by Howard V. Brown

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags howard v. brown, robert mcblair, seymour g. pond, the popular magazine, thomas burtis, trench coatLeave a comment on July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Howard V. Brown

May 21, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 21, 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags argosy magazine, bennett foster, canoe, donald barr chidsey, emmett watson, james b. hendryx, mounties, RCMPLeave a comment on May 21, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

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