Better late than never? Well, hopefully!

brownpaperbag’s 2010 Calendar is finally available to order. Odyssey of the Unexplained features twelve pulp novel inspired illustrations by the bpb boys (design and image samples below).  You can have your very own for $20 +$2 shipping and handling.

Since its late in the game, we can’t guarantee a Christmas delivery, though we’ll hopefully be able to get calendars to you before the new year if you order soon.  We’ll start taking orders to the printer this weekend, so shipping time depends on how quickly they can print for us.

If you have any requests, need quicker shipping or have problems ordering, email me at jason [at] bpb-art.com and I’ll try to sort things out.

Anyway, we’ve decided to try something a little different this year…

During the holiday business, we realized we wouldn’t have time to do a full twelve-page calendar this year, so we decided to create a sort of demi-calendar… Three large images, with four small calendars at the bottom of each page.  This year, we decided to do illustrations based on the theme of “hard times”.

We also realized that we wouldn’t have time to make them available for mail order in time for the new year.  Instead we’re offering a pdf of the calendar that you can download and print for yourself (along with suggestions for binding the pages).  There are two versions: One that is 8.5″ x 11″, which is suitable for home printing, and one that is 11″ x 17″.  The latter is the original intended size, but you’d probably need to take the file to a print shop (unless you have a large-format printer at home).

If you download a calendar, feel free to let us know what you think of this whole setup.  Even if you don’t, feel free to post your thoughts.  As I said before, this is all new to us and we’d be interested in know folks’ opinions on the deal.