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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 George Gross

George Gross
Blood Bath of the Faithless Flirt, Police Detective Cases, May 1948
Oil on canvas
20.25 x 15 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories uncategorizedLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

cover art by Fred Rodewald

cover art by Fred Rodewald, gouache on board. 17 x 13 in, signed under her elbow

July 1949 issue

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, fred rodewald, true crime cases magazine, women in prisonLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Rodewald

1957 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Daniel Schwartz

1957 Dell paperback original

cover art by Daniel Schwartz

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags david schwartz, dell paperback, jack finney, prison escape, san quentinLeave a comment on 1957 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Daniel Schwartz

1958 Corgi reissue

1958 Corgi reissue

Lucille Fletcher and Allan Ullman, first published in 1951

cover art by Oliver Brabbins

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags allan ullman, corgi paperback, lucille fletcher, oliver brabbins, prisonLeave a comment on 1958 Corgi reissue

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, pulp illustration, smoking, women in prisonLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, geoge gross, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1931 issue ~ cover art by Gerard C. Delano

May 1931

cover art by Gerard C. Delano

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags devil's island, george e. walsh, gerald delano, machette, r. coleman dusoe, star magazineLeave a comment on May 1931 issue ~ cover art by Gerard C. Delano

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Charles Biro

Crime Does Not Pay #28 Mile High Pedigree (Lev Gleason, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. prison riot cover by Charles Biro

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags charles biro, crime does not pay, prison breakLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Charles Biro

December 1944 issue

December 1944

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags private detective stories, roger torrey, showgirlLeave a comment on December 1944 issue

May 1938 issue

May 1938

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags bound, true magazineLeave a comment on May 1938 issue

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