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: magazine

June 1961 issue ~ cover art by Victor Prezio

June 1961

Posted on November 26, 2023November 23, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, men's magazineTags adventure magazine, bikini, pulp art, scuba, treasure, victor prezioLeave a comment on June 1961 issue ~ cover art by Victor Prezio

March 1933 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Chenoweth

March 1933 issue

cover art by Joseph Chenoweth

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 26, 2023November 23, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blue book magazine, h. bedford-jones, joseph chenoweth, pirate, pulp art, swordLeave a comment on March 1933 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Chenoweth

better image than previously posted

Kenneth Robeson (Paul Ernst) , “Murder on Wheels” (Richard Henry Benson – The Avenger)

Gary Barton (Schuyler Garratt Edsall), “Death’s Option”

Harold de Polo, “Hardboiled”

Posted on November 25, 2023November 24, 2023Categories adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags gary barton, ghoul, h.w. .scott, kenneth robeson, paul ernst, pulp art, schuyler garratt edsall, the avenger magazineLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Scott

April 1940 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 25, 2023November 24, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, garter, manhole, pulp art, real detective magazine, stockings, true crimeLeave a comment on April 1940 issue

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Memo from the Murdered, 10 Story Detective cover, November 1942
Oil on canvas
29-1/4 x 20 inches (74.3 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower left
Dated and titled on the reverse