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: footprints

1945 Popular Library reissue – cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman

1945 Popular Library reissue, No. 66

cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 25, 2026September 17, 2026Categories mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags footprints, golden age mystery, h. lawrence hoffman, patricia wentworth, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1945 Popular Library reissue – cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman

March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

March 1935

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 16, 2025January 2, 2025Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags footprints, jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Oil on stretched canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Not signed

September 1945 issue

Posted on June 25, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, footprints, oil on canvas, rafael desoto, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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