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Category: pulp

May 1935 issue

May 1935

Posted on November 24, 2023May 6, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags diana page, gaston devereaux, henri lamoreaux, la paree stories, lurid, mermaid, phillip di mario, phyllis hoerner, pulp art, robert leslie bellem, sleaze, wesley walkerLeave a comment on May 1935 issue

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)


Gouache on board
21 x 14 inches (53.3 x 35.6 cm) (image)
Initialed lower right

1958 Harper hardcover

1960 Pyramid reissue with new title

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cash, dame, darcy, ed lacy, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, gouache, negligee, pulp art, pyramid paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Winter 1954 issue

Format ImagePosted on November 22, 2023November 21, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags big detective cases magazine, dame, femme fataleLeave a comment on Winter 1954 issue

1949 three sheet US poster

Format ImagePosted on November 22, 2023November 21, 2023Categories film noir, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, film noir, janis carter, john agar, laraine day, movie poster, robert ryan, robert stevenson, san francisco fiction, thomas gomezLeave a comment on 1949 three sheet US poster

pulp art by Enrich

Enrich (Spanish, 1939)


Detective Calendar illustration, circa 1974
Oil on gouache on board
14-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (36.2 x 26.0 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Posted on November 22, 2023December 29, 2023Categories original art, pulpTags calendar art, dame, enrich, femme fatale, fingerprint, original art, pulp artLeave a comment on pulp art by Enrich

cover art by Victor Prezio


Gouache on board
20-1/2 x 17-1/4 inches (52.1 x 43.8 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Did You Hear That?!, Mobsters magazine cover, April 1953

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 22, 2023December 29, 2023Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags dame, gouache, moll, organized crime, original art, pulp art, terry spain, victor prezioLeave a comment on cover art by Victor Prezio

pulp art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Ernest Chiriacka – aka Darcy – (American, 1920-2010)

The Tussle
Watercolor and ink on board
15-1/4 x 13-3/4 inches (38.7 x 34.9 cm)
Signed with pseudonym lower right

Posted on November 22, 2023April 5, 2024Categories hardcover, original art, pulpTags dame, darcy, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, negligee, original art, pulp art, woman with a gunLeave a comment on pulp art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Bang!

Bang! Gang World cover, May 1934
Oil on canvas
19-3/4 x 19-3/4 inches (50.2 x 50.2 cm)
Not signed

Posted on November 22, 2023December 29, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags bill cook, carl b. ogilvie, gang world magazine, jail break, organized crime, original art, pulp art, tommygunLeave a comment on Bang!

cover art by Victor Prezio


Gouache on board
19 x 10 inches (48.3 x 25.4 cm) (image)
Not signed

Real Man cover, July 1965

Posted on November 22, 2023April 5, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, men's magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, original art, pulp art, real men magazine, victor prezioLeave a comment on cover art by Victor Prezio

November 1952 issue


Acrylic on board
15 x 13 inches (38.1 x 33.0 cm)
Not signed

True Cases of Women in Crime magazine cover, November 1952

Posted on November 22, 2023December 29, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, moll, original art, pulp art, true crime, woman with a gun, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on November 1952 issue

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