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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: original art

cover art by Harry Barton

Women in Green Dress
Gouache on board, 18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories original art, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, harry barton, original art, pulp artLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

cover art by Fred Rodewald

Detective Yearbook magazine, 1950
Gouache on board, 18 x 14 in.
Lower right

[cover updated 12/17/24]

Posted on April 19, 2024June 21, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, updatedTags 1950 detective yearbook, bound, fred rodewald, gouache on board, original artLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Rodewald

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Gouache on board, 9-5/8 x 14-3/8 inches (24.4 x 36.5 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

Dell paperback original 1967

Posted on April 18, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, original art, paperback, spicyTags bikini, brett halliday, dell paperback, gouache on board, mike shayne, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on cover art by Robert McGinnis

cover art by Howell Dodd

My Love Lies Cold!, Police Detective magazine cover, June 1953
Oil on board, 17 x 15 in. (sight)
Not signed

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags hooker, howell dodd, original art, police detective magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

May 1931 issue

Oil on canvas, 40 x 28 in.
Initialed lower right

May 1931 issue

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags oil on canvas, scotland yard, telephone, tux, william reusswigLeave a comment on May 1931 issue

cover art by Robert Abbett

cover art by Robert Abbett

1946 Farrar Strauss hardcover

November 1960 Signet paperback, third printing

the first novel by these cousins, a stand-alone murder mystery

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dame, original art, robert abbett, showgirl, signet paperback, smoking, stripper, wade millerLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Abbett

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Leo Morey

cover art by Leo Morey

November 1945

[updated 2/26/25 with original art]

Posted on April 12, 2024July 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags courtroom, crack detective stories, leo morey, lugar, marvin ryerson, russell gray, t.w. fordLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Leo Morey

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

oil on canvas, 21″ x 30″

Private Detective Stories, June 1941

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on April 9, 2024May 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags h.l. parkhurst, private detective stories, robert a. garron, showgirl, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

December 1950

cover art by Norman Saunders

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on April 9, 2024May 8, 2024Categories aviation fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags andrew holt, craig rice, dime detective magazine, fletcher flora, larry holden, mark hope, norman saunders, stewardessLeave a comment on December 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Allen Anderson

oil on canvas, 21″x30″

Spicy Detective, May 1941 issue

Posted on April 6, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags allen anderson, art mystery, easel, model, robert a. garron, spicy detective magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Allen Anderson

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