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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 Robert Stanley

1949 Dodd Mead hardcover

1951 Dell reissue

cover art by Robert Stanley

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags brett halliday, dell paperback, florida fiction, mike shayne, private eye, pulp art, robert stanleyLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Stanley

July 2, 1927 issue ~ cover art by C. Clyde Squires

July 2, 1927

cover art by C. Clyde Squires

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, magazineTags a. merritt, argosy magazine, c. clyde squires, jewel thief, pulp art, satanLeave a comment on July 2, 1927 issue ~ cover art by C. Clyde Squires

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

January 1953 issue

Format ImagePosted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, startling detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1953 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)

1960 UK movie poster

Format ImagePosted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories british pulp, film noirTags barry atwater, brad dexter, call girl, dame, edward l. cahn, hooker, mamie van doren, movie poster, richard coogan, vice raidLeave a comment on 1960 UK movie poster

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

Final issue of the title, and the last pulp appearance of the Lone Ranger

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories action fiction, magazine, western fictionTags bank robbery, h.j. ward, heist, lone ranger magazine, tonto, western fictionLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

cover art by James Avati

James Avati (American, 1912-2005)

Oil on board
13 x 18 inches (33.0 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower left



This illustration was published as the paperback cover of A Murder in Paradise by Richard Gehman (Avon, 1956).

Posted on November 22, 2023June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags james avati, oil on board, richard gehman, signet paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by James Avati

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