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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 Harry Barton

Lita, paperback book cover, 1959
gouache on board, 20 x 16 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on February 14, 2024December 30, 2023Categories finest kind, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags beacon paperback, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, harry barton, original art, saucyLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

cover art by Enric Torres-Prat

mixed media on board

Sight Size 12” X 16” | Framed 20” X 25”
Posted on February 14, 2024December 31, 2023Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags dame, enric, femme fatale, finest kind, original artLeave a comment on cover art by Enric Torres-Prat

September 1933 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

September 1933

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Posted on February 14, 2024December 18, 2023Categories fantasy, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags margaret brundage, robert e. howard, saucy, weird tales magazine, whipLeave a comment on September 1933 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

August 1937 issue

August 1937

Posted on February 14, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, madeleine sharps buchanan, parrot, valentine williams, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1937 issue

January 1930 issue

January 1930

the only issue published

Posted on February 14, 2024December 20, 2023Categories pulp, magazine, war fictionTags garter, bargirl, love and war stories, e. quinton, ross c. holland, doughboy, robert h. leitfredLeave a comment on January 1930 issue

1958 Avon reissue

1958 Avon reissue, 1st print

1954 Croyden digest original, cover art by Bernard Safran

Posted on February 14, 2024June 21, 2025Categories digest, finest kind, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, bart frame, croyden digest, finest kind, lurid, sleazeLeave a comment on 1958 Avon reissue

September 8, 1923 issue

September 8, 1923

first issue of a long-running sports pulp

Posted on February 14, 2024February 10, 2024Categories magazine, pulpTags baseball fiction, sport story magazineLeave a comment on September 8, 1923 issue

1961 one sheet poster

1961 Columbia Pictures movie poster, 27×41″

Posted on February 13, 2024December 27, 2023Categories gangster, HardboiledTags beatrice kay, cliff robertson, columbia pictures, crime syndicate, dolores dorn, movie poster, sam fullerLeave a comment on 1961 one sheet poster

December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1933

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on February 13, 2024December 28, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony field, g. wayman jones, george harmon coxe, norman a. daniels, oscar schisgall, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

[updated with original art 5/7/24]

[cover updated 2/14/25]

Posted on February 13, 2024February 14, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags chained, ghoul, hal k. wells, mystery tales magazine, norman saunders, red circle, shackles, stockingsLeave a comment on June 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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