EXTRACTS: The Art of Denis McLoughlin © 2013 The Book Palace (272 PAGES in Full edition)

5 foreword by mick brownfield Page 7 introduction Page 9 highlights and lowlights of my life by denis mcloughlin Page 13 snakes, ladders and picture shows - a childhood in bolton Page 15 ale, art and air raids - wartime experiences Page 19 illustrator at large - colt 45 to commando Page 35 inspiration and techniques - paint, pastel, pencil and pen Page 53 the hardboiled art of denis mcloughlin by david ashford Page 63 murder can be fun - the boardman crime and mystery covers Page 65 hardbacks and homicides - the non bloodhound mystery hardbacks Page 82 blackjacks and bloodhounds - the boardman bloodhound series Page 92 hardboiled and snub nosed - the boardman crime anthologies Page 162 red arrows, rovers and rustlers - the early pocket books and paperbacks Page 164 post mortems and pocket books - the tvb thriller series paperbacks Page 166 bullets, broads and badmen - the boardman pulps Page 199 dames in danger - the boardman comics Page 209 gunsmoke and war cries - the buffalo bill wild west annuals and others Page 237 jungle lords and war aces - ipc and dc thomson comics Page 255 epilogue - memories of mac Page 267 acknowledgments Page 272 contents