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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: richard s. prather

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Tempera on board, 9-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches (24.8 x 29.2 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

1954 Gold Medal reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 25, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, private eye, richard s. prather, robert mcginnis, shell scott, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Robert McGinnis

October 1960 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

Format ImagePosted on March 12, 2024January 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, men's magazine, pulpTags barye phillips, cavalier magazine, private eye, richard s. prather, shell scott, showgirlLeave a comment on October 1960 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

November 1954 issue

November 1954

first of only two issues

cover art attributed to Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2023December 10, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags fletcher flora, frank ward, hal ellson, jack webb, menace magazine, richard deming, richard s. pratherLeave a comment on November 1954 issue

July 1953 issue ~ cover art by Lou Marchetti

July 1953

cover art by Lou Machetti

Posted on December 5, 2023April 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, bullet holes, craig rice, ed mcbain, evan hunter, frank kane, fredric brown, lou marchetti, manhunt digest, pulp art, richard s. pratherLeave a comment on July 1953 issue ~ cover art by Lou Marchetti

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