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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: Hardboiled

cover art by Fred Rodewald

watercolor on illustration board

Sight Size 9 3/4″ x 12 1/4″ Framed 21 1/2″ X 24 1/2″

Posted on February 21, 2024December 31, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicyTags exotic novel magazine, fred rodewald, hooker, lurid, original art, perry lindsay, sleaze, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Rodewald

unused original cover art by Norman Saunders

oil on canvas, 24″ x 35″ ~ estimated date, 1933-35

Posted on February 21, 2024January 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags bound, furnace, norman saunders, original artLeave a comment on unused original cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

April 1941

cover art by Hubert Rogers

Posted on February 20, 2024April 4, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags laboratory, the whispererLeave a comment on April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[image updated 5/5/24]

Posted on February 20, 2024May 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags carl mckinnon saunders, h.h. stinson, handcuffs, norman saunders, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1937 issue

July 1937

Posted on February 20, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags FBI, g-men, naval intelligence, propaganda, secret service, shotgun, the feds magazineLeave a comment on July 1937 issue

cover art by Will Hulsey

oil on illustration board, 20″ by 27 1/2″

Guilty Detective Story Magazine, November 14, 1956

Posted on February 19, 2024January 1, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags bob mcknight, guilty detective story magazine, jay flynn, jim ferguson, original art, showgirl, will hulsey, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Will Hulsey

October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

October 1948

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 19, 2024December 28, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, dime mystery magazine, dorothy dunn, francis k. allan, frederick c. davis, grim reaper, jules archer, poison, robert jay arthur, skeleton, william campbell gaultLeave a comment on October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

cover art by Norman Saunders

oil on illustration board, 14″x22″

August 1952 issue

Posted on February 19, 2024April 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags charles j. beckman, fire escape, john d. macdonald, larry holden, new detective magazine, norman saunders, original art, philip ketchum, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

November 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 18, 2024December 20, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, coast guard, FBI, g-men, naval intelligence, parachute, secret service, the feds magazineLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

cover art by Howell Dodd

“Rare, original cover art for a 1950 Line-Up Detective Cases pulp magazine. This piece was used to illustrate the interior story: I am a $100 a Night Call Girl!”

gouache on illustration board, 12 3/4″ x 17 3/4″

February 1950 issue

Posted on February 18, 2024January 1, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags hooker, howell dodd, line-up detective, paddy wagonLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

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