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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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Tag: dame

Out of the Past

“Out of the Past (1947)
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“Out of the Past (1947)
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1947, Out of the Past

Jane Greer as Kathie, the hardest boiled femme fatale of all time

Posted on November 7, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags dame, femme fatale, jane greer, out of the pastLeave a comment on Out of the Past

2014 Holt hardcover

John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black

his sequel to The Long Goodbye

Posted on November 7, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, raymond chandlerTags benjamin black, dame, john banville, philip marlowe, private eyeLeave a comment on 2014 Holt hardcover

February/March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

February/March 1949

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 4, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, garter, george gross, stockingsLeave a comment on February/March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1950 issue

June 1950

Posted on November 3, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, dame, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1950 issue

July 1954 issue

July 1954

Posted on October 29, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, reward true crime cases, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1954 issue

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

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

cover art by Howell Dodd

Gouache on board, 13.25 x 13.5 in. (sight)
Not signed

paperback cover of Free and Easy by Luther Gordon, Ecstasy, 1951.

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, ecstasy novel magazine, howell dodd, lurid, luther gordon, sleazy, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

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 1951 issue

February 1951

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, real detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1951 issue

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