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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 Claudia Caranfa

February 2024 reissue

Posted on November 24, 2023July 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags chicago fiction, claudia caranfa, dame, finest kind, hard case crime, jack clark, taxiLeave a comment on cover art by Claudia Caranfa

cover art by Frank Upwall

May 1954 issue

James T. Farrell, “The Old Flame”
Frank Kane, “Lead Ache” (Johnny Liddell)
Richard Deming, “The Blonde in the Bar”
Jack Webb, “Broken Doll“

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags dame, frank kane, frank uppwall, jack webb, james t. farrell, johnny liddell, manhunt magazine, private eye, pulp artLeave a comment on cover art by Frank Upwall

A Fever in the Blood

June Blair, 1957, A Fever in the Blood

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories film noir, HardboiledTags dame, film noir, june blair, smokingLeave a comment on A Fever in the Blood

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

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

pulp art by Enrich

Enrich (Spanish, 1939)


Detective Calendar illustration, circa 1974
Oil on gouache on board
14-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (36.2 x 26.0 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Posted on November 22, 2023December 29, 2023Categories original art, pulpTags calendar art, dame, enrich, femme fatale, fingerprint, original art, pulp artLeave a comment on pulp art by Enrich

cover art by Victor Prezio


Gouache on board
20-1/2 x 17-1/4 inches (52.1 x 43.8 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Did You Hear That?!, Mobsters magazine cover, April 1953

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 22, 2023December 29, 2023Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags dame, gouache, moll, organized crime, original art, pulp art, terry spain, victor prezioLeave a comment on cover art by Victor Prezio

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