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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: nero wolfe

Where’s There a Way…

1940 Farrar & Rinehart hardcover

1946 Avon reprint

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

8th in the Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin series

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags archie goodwin, avon paperback, dame, darcy, ernest chiriacka, nero wolfe, rex stoutLeave a comment on Where’s There a Way…

1956 Avon reissue – cover art by Lou Marchetti

1956 Avon reissue

cover art by Lou Marchetti

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 28, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, mystery, paperback, pulpTags archie goodwin, avon paperback, lou marchetti, nero wolfe, rex stoutLeave a comment on 1956 Avon reissue – cover art by Lou Marchetti

1937 Columbia Picture

1937 Columbia poster

adapted from the 1935 Rex Stout novel of the same name

2nd in the long-running and outstanding series with Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin

Posted on November 18, 2024November 12, 2024Categories original art, pulpTags archie goodwin, columbia pictures, dagger, lionel stander, movie poster, nero wolfe, private eye, rex stout, walter connollyLeave a comment on 1937 Columbia Picture
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