The cover, and the inclusion in the hard case crime pulp series, is a bit misleading. Charles ardai, writer and hard case crime founder, said. Fiftytoone hard case crime book 50 kindle edition by. She frequently collaborated with hard case crime cover painter glen orbik, with whom she lived until his death in 2015. To celebrate the centenary year of mickey spillane, titan comics is excited to announce mickey spillanes mike hammer, a brandnew hard case crime comic book series, based on a story originally.
See more ideas about cover, pulp fiction and book cover art. During his lifetime vidal refused to republish thieves fall out, his lost pulp novel, thinking it not up to the quality of his later, more serious works. Today im sharing how to use some favorite fabrics to create your own fabric book covers without sewing, turning the ugliest of books into the perfect decorative accessories. The book reveals the hard truth that often victims found in high crime areas are neglected by the police and the press which is likely how a serial killer ran rampant for two decades. Design a crime thriller book cover in adobe indesign. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fiftytoone hard case crime book 50. Exclusive essay by stephen kings publisher about joyland. Typesetting by leigh grossman at swordsmith productions. In this tutorial youll learn how to design a book cover for the crime thriller fiction genre and explore how you can create a genreappropriate design using typefaces, tools and tips available to you in adobe indesign. They reissue books that were previously published and they also publish new books. Browse our collection of thriller book covers and pick out a design you can personalize to promote your latest published work. The covers feature original illustrations done in a style familiar from the. Hard case crime is a well respected and established niche publisher of hard boiled crime novels. Aug 27, 2016 charles ardai, writer and hard case crime founder, said.
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Another beautiful throwback cover from hard case, this time a lush painting from the icon of movie posters, drew struzan, whose wife dylan struzan penned this epic tale of the life of an american gangster. Past books have been authored by no less than ed mcbain and perry mason creator erle stanley gardner. Fiction wife swap yellow peril diver snakes wilderness delinquents frank r. Cain, cocktail waitress, hard case crime, cover art by michael koelsch. To find out about a book or order a copy, click on its title. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers the cocktail waitress hard case crime this is the one that got me addicted to the hard case crime books. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 that recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and 50s.
Their resort is an island of sanity in a slum ocean. And so in 2004, along came the hard case crime imprint, cofounded by ardai and phillips. The series recreates, in editorial form and content. On the same equipment you produce your personalized book cover, you can also create customized ring binders, cd cases and covers for upgrading your punch bindings. Not only the cool retro pulp covers but reprinting old. Hard case crime is already known for its sexy, stylish artwork, and the sharp, tough, highvelocity stories we tell are a natural for the. Gore vidals thieves fall out is being rereleased by titan books after more than 60 years outofprint, as part of its hard case crimes imprint. Can a monk on park avenue save his home from the wrecking ball. We are pleased to offer this series of art prints reproducing the covers from popular hard case crime novels. By adding a fastbind case maker to your binding solution, you double the value of your books with a professional look and a unique cover design. Hard case crime relaunches with titan publishers weekly. The wounded and the slain is a book about emotionalsexual dysfunction and suicidal alcoholism. Charles ardai is the founder of hard case crime and is an excellent writer in his own right. Hard case crime best and worst of the first 50 showing 1.
Choose from our great selection of hard covers and hard cases for binding. Posted on april 18, 2020 categories covers tags magazine, screen book leave a. We talked about the origin of the series, the beautiful artwork that grace the covers, and of his two stephen king publications, the colorado kid and joyland. Her work has graced the covers of numerous books, comics, and graphic novels. Im looking forward to more of both series, as well as seeing what is coming next in comics format. Hard case crime is dedicated to reviving the vigor and excitement, the suspense and thrillsthe sheer entertainmentof the golden age of paperback crime novels, both by bringing back into print the best work of the pulp era and by introducing readers to new work by some of todays most powerful writers and artists. Yesterdays and todays best crime fiction, served piping hot. These hardcover tape binding strips, manufactured by powis parker, utilize super strip thermal adhesive technology to bind a durably bound book block between 3350 pages that will ultimately be inserted into suede or composition fastback hard cover cases to make a beautiful hardbound book. Joshua wagner, biblical counseling crossroads bible college. Whats up,i read your blog named where sleaze meets artistry. The reply arrived within hours and rather took me by surprise. The collection includes both reprints of books from the pulp era typically labeled complete and unabridged on the cover, and new novels written for the collection. The 49th volume in the hard case crime series, david j.
New stephen king novel from hard case crime coming june 4th 20. Titan and hard case crime celebrate mickey spillanes. Cause of you have that says more about you than them. Honey in his mouth pulp fiction cover book novel paperback hard case crime page 5 pulp covers little girl lost. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by charles ardai and max phillips. They say, because of reduced book shelves, theyre having a harder time getting books into brick and mortar stores.
Of course, one of the most exciting aspects of the hard case crime books is their brilliant covers, which are so evocative of the golden age of crime noir novels. Above the first quarry, by max allan collins hard case crime, 2008, with cover artwork by ken laager. A lot of times, the design is simply made up of the books title and authors name printed in superlarge font size against a singlecolor background. Charles ardai is a writer, editor, entrepreneur, and television producer, best known. Lets get creating a cover stephen king would be proud of. Apr 26, 2019 dylan struzan, a bloody business hard case crime art by drew struzan. His second book, easy death, is the story of an armored car heist just before christmas in 1951.
Before i became a mystery reader, i was a comic book fan so the chance to expand hard case crime into the world of comics is a dream come true. Max allan collins two for the money, the last quarry, deadly beloved, the first quarry, quarry in the middle, quarrys ex, the consummata, seduction of the innocent, the wrong quarry, quarrys choice, quarry, quarrys list, quarrys deal, quarrys cut, quarrys vote, quarry in the black, quarrys climax, killing quarry, skim deep. Im a big fan of wearable book fashions, and hard case crime must be, too. I am a big fan of the hard case crime imprint having read 47 of their books and harlan ellison having read 11 of his books, so i was very excited last year when hcc announced they were going to reprint his long outofprint first novel web of the city. Hard case crime presents the explosive climax to eldo yoshimizus manga homage to gangster cinema. The detective has been playfully repackaged in a new pulp book, the valley of fear, to be published by hard case crime and authored by ac doyle.
Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels. The covers feature original illustrations done in a style familiar from the golden age of paperbacks. Hard case crime is an american imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by charles ardai also the founder of the internet service juno online services and max phillips. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The husband decides to taken a drunken stroll into town, and the story takes off from there. Mccauley prison john newton howitt hard case crime gambling james avati fantastic adventures tentacles james meese carter brown. Nov 15, 2017 i very much enjoyed this interview with charles ardai, founder and editor of hard case crime. Peter blauner began his career as an assistant to legendary new york journalist and future hard case crime author pete hamill and went on to acclaim as a reporter about crime, among other topics, for new york magazine, among other publications and then proceeded to hit a home run his first time at bat as an author of fiction, winning the. Hard case crime is proud to give the book its first professional publication.
London, uk may 30, 2012 hard case crime, the awardwinning line of pulpstyled crime novels published by titan books, today announced it will publish joyland, a new novel by stephen king, in june 20. Hard case crime brings you the best in hardboiled crime fiction, ranging from lost noir masterpieces to new novels by todays most powerful writers, featuring stunning original cover art in the grand pulp style. The collection includes both reprints of books from the pulp era, and new novels written for the collect. But these cases provide hope for the counselor and for the counselee. Have you ever seen someone reading a book with a movie cover and thought less of them for only reading discovering it because theres a movie. May 28, 20 hard case crime publishes new hard boiled crime novels as well as lost ones from the past, all with original covers in the style of old pulp fiction paperbacks. Paperback babes magazine mystery helpless women adult reading scifi temptress full issue painting dangerous women sweats crime western romance dead body robert bonfils manly men at sea cheaters aircraft tough guy robert mcginnis carried away hostage norman saunders hands jungle lesbians space ship animal attack rudolph belarski barye phillips. Fiftytoone hard case crime book 50 kindle edition by ardai, charles. A breathtaking first novel written in the form of three separate crime novels, each set in a different decade and penned in the style of a different giant of the. So was born a collection of novels composed of not only reprints of some of the classic crime pulp, but also new books dedicated to the old styles of the genre.
The book also includes mini covers of the first 50 copies of the hard case crime novels. Mystery fans in search of pure, unadulterated pulp noir should look no further than donald hamiltons 1954 night walker, a classic whodunit that is being reissued by hard case crime for the first time in more than 30 years. Joe devito gun work joe devito has worked as a professional illustrator for more than 24 years, painting covers for books by hundreds of authors including robert bloch, piers anthony, and robert heinlein, as well as comic book and magazine covers and posters and concept art for movies. These cases also help give examples of ways to frame counseling and how to approach various hard cases. After parting ways with dorchester publishing last august and finding a new home at titan books in the fall, hard case crime is back this season with four new titles. Msb is a distinguished literary author national book award nominee, iowa workshop faculty member, etc. May 21, 2018 his first postgraduate commissions were for dell publishing, devising covers and interior illustrations for adventure pulp magazines, and for thrilling publications, which tasked him with painting covers for popular detective, black book detective, thrilling detective, and similar journals. Centering around barney, an exmilitary expert shootist that prefers the loner lifestyle he purposefully keeps even his few friends and any potential girlfriends at armslength. Those covers brought me right back to the good old days. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and 50s. The hard case crime dress is made out of nearly miniature reproductions of covers from the awardwinning hard case crime line of retrostyled paperback crime novels. The text of the e book is generally good, and i found only a few errors. Stephen kings original hard case crime title returnsfor the first time in 10 years.
The publisher has been featured in a number of respected publications including time magazine and the stranger. Aug 03, 2015 sewing is definitely not my thing so stitch witchery and a good steam iron are two of my favorite partners in crafting crime. The collection includes both reprints of books from the pulp era and new novels written for the collection. The hard case crime books are always easy to recognize as is stephen kings name. Too old for military duty, belarski spent the 1940s. The true story of the rise of organized crime in america brothers keepers donald e. Hard case crime giclee cover prints suntup editions. As a covert war rages in japans underworld, the motorcycleriding yakuza princess ryuko discovers the truth behind the disappearance of her mother and the face of her true foe. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, hard case crime had been founded 50 years ago.
This is a quirky and wonderful new addition to the hard case crime list. Can hard case crime solve the mystery of digital era publishing. Straight cut is closer to literary crime fiction richard price, scott turow than to bloodandguts pulp. Called the best new american publisher to appear in the last decade by neal pollack in the stranger, hard case crime revives the storytelling and visual style of the pulp paperbacks of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
The covers feature original illustrations done in a style familiar from the golden age of paperbacks, credited to artists such as robert mcginnis and glen orbik. Printed on acid free art paper, these beautiful fullcolor giclee prints measure 16. In this tutorial youll learn how to design a book cover for the crimethriller fiction genre and explore how you can create a genreappropriate design using typefaces, tools and tips available to you in adobe indesign. This is a book every biblical counselor should have. Shop through a wide selection of cell phone cases at.
Your storytelling style is awesome, keep doing what youre doing. Aug 07, 2009 hard case crime wouldnt be hard case crime without the covers, any more than a james bond picture would be a james bond picture without monty normans theme music, or a blt would be a blt without the b. Hard case crime was created by charles ardai and max phillips. Influences she cites include aubrey beardsley and alphonse mucha, as well as paperback illustrators such as james bama. Can hard case crime solve the mystery of digital era. Quarry in the black max allan collins october 2016. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the style of the paperback crime novels of the 1940s and 50s. Hard case crime is dedicated to reviving the vigor and excitement, the suspense and thrills the sheer entertainment of the golden age of paperback crime novels, both by bringing back into print the best work of the pulp era and by introducing readers to new work by some of todays most powerful writers and artists. Nov 26, 2015 a look at my hard case crime paperback books and the artists who do the amazing painted covers. If william blake wrote pulp fiction cover art by ron lesser, 2011 my guess the guy is only knocked out his leg is still propped up. Mystery and thriller book covers are usually very monotonous and this is not the fault of the designer.
In each case, youre looking at an integral element that adds flavor and color and texture and juice. The story revolves around a married couple, two severe headcases, that take a vacation to beautiful jamaica. The 53 best mystery and thriller book covers of 2017. From hard case crime joyland to be published in june 20.