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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: tempera on board

cover art by Howell Dodd

Tempera on paper laid on board, 17 x 12.75 in. (sight)
Not signed

PROVENANCE: The artist, Connecticut.

Lay Down and Die! by Mark Reed, Falcon #26, 1952.

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags dame, falcon digest, howell dodd, mark reed, moll, smoking, telephone, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Paul Rader

Tempera on board, 12-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches (32.7 x 17.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed (signature whited out bottom left, visible on book’s cover)

Midwood paperback original, 1962

Posted on September 17, 2024September 10, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, midwood paperback, mike avallone, paul rader, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Paul Rader

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

cover art by Harry Barton

The Squeeze, paperback cover, 1955
tempera on board, 20 x 14 in. (sight)
Signed lower left

Posted on February 6, 2024December 30, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, gil brewer, harry barton, noir, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton
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