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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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1960s playing cards

1960s novelty playing cards

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories men's magazineTags 007, james bond, playing cardsLeave a comment on 1960s playing cards

1951 Popular Library reissue

published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cigarette girl, dame, femme fatale, octavus roy cohen, popular library, veilLeave a comment on 1951 Popular Library reissue

February 1963 issue

February 1963

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories true crimeTags pulp illustration, vice squad detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1963 issue

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags armored car, coleen gray, heist, jack elam, john payne, kansas city fiction, lee van cleef, metro goldwyn mayer movie, smokingLeave a comment on 1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

January 1937 issue

January 1937

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fictionTags benton braden, george a. mcdonald, oscar schisgall, snake, thrilling detective magazine, treasureLeave a comment on January 1937 issue

1957 Hillman reissue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1957 Hillman reissue

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, mystery, original art, paperback, pulpTags french fiction, georges simenon, hillman paperback, robert maguireLeave a comment on 1957 Hillman reissue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

May 1907 issue

May 1907

and the ad from the magazine that faced the title page – – –

Posted on October 25, 2024August 28, 2024Categories magazine, pulpTags baseball, the popular magazineLeave a comment on May 1907 issue

1947, The Lady From Shanghai

1947 The Lady from Shangai

adaptation by Orson Welles of Sherwood King’s novel If I Die Before I Wake

starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Wells, and Everett Sloane

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags bullet holes, everett sloane, orson welles, rita hayworthLeave a comment on 1947, The Lady From Shanghai

August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1952

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruce cassiday, detective tales magazine, laboratory, norman saunders, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags headquarters detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

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