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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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cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Howell Dodd

January 1952 issue

Posted on April 28, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, howell doddLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

December 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

December 1951

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 26, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags all true fact crime cases, blackmail, femme fatale, george gross, smokingLeave a comment on December 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

December 1935 issue

December 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 25, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags coffin, dagger, ellery watson calder, lingerie, racist imagery, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on December 1935 issue

July 1935 issue

July 1935

cover art attributed to H.J. Ward

Posted on April 25, 2024April 23, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags dame, lurid, risque, sizzling romances, smokingLeave a comment on July 1935 issue

November 1940 issue

November 1940

cover design by Coughlin (John A. Coughlin??)

Posted on April 24, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1940 issue

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

May 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on April 23, 2024April 21, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags dagger, delos palmer, kenneth a. nelson, pirate, spicy adventure stories magazineLeave a comment on May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by Harry Barton

Gouache on board, 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm) (sight)
Signed lower left

Beacon paperback original, 1960

Posted on April 23, 2024April 21, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags beacon paperback, dame, femme fatale, harry barton, matt hardingLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 22, 2024April 21, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, ken cooper, lingerie, spicy detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories fantasy, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags dagger, demon, e. hoffmann price, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, skull, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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

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