There are the tame subject matters, often selected by middle-class homes and classrooms: pictures of dogs, kittys, horses, natural scenery.
And for guys (and gals leaning in that direction), there's the swimsuit calendars; the most widely sold being the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Calendar. And, with smaller production values and usually with smaller circulations, there's the university- or sports team-specific calendars:
Kansas_University
University_of_Kentucky
Sometimes these stir up controversy:
Central Michigan
But, mostly, controversy is free publicity that drives up sales.
I'm sure there will be others. I just wanted to make the point.
And then there are the art calendars; especially favoring the Impressionists and the Preraphaelites. I'm sure there are a few that include German Expressionism; and (who knows) maybe even Soviet Realism. And unusual interests:
Steampunk
Underwater Dogs
I wonder if someone will come up with really grotesque ones. To my knowledge, a calendar dedicated to controversial art works has not been marketed. Howver, Manet's Olympia and Goya's Disasters of War should surely be included. Maybe they might even make space for Robert Mapplethorpe or Andres Serrano; even though (in my opinion) their fame rests on a succès de scandale and not on any enduring value.
RyanAir Cabin Crew made a calendar, with the proceeds going to charity:
How about a calendar honoring a tavern:
Or Jersey Guys:
But wouldn't the last frontier be a Members of Congress Swimsuit Calendar? Can you imagine Harry Reid or Mitch McConnell or David Vitter decked out in a speedo? Or how about Nancy Pelosi in a bikini? Are you ready for some lunch now?
11 comments:
If RyanAir has flight crew members that look like that, I'd fly them!
I hope they do a 2014 edition.
i have my charity and nature ones. the others i buy at dollar general for $1. :)
I miss the old drug store free calendars; but I like those
Ryanair ones! It's worth Googling the others.
Perhaps we need a Women of the Blogosphere Swimsuit Calendar. I would volunteer to act as the collector of the submitted photos and assemble them into a 2014 calendar to be distributed to our fellow bloggers.
Contact info is in my profile.
Your humble servant,
John
An excellentidea, John!
There was some interest in a Montana Girls calendar up here too.
Feel free to send your finest pics via email or text message. Info on my blog. Requests for calendars can be made the same way.
You would think the Tilted Kilt would be a calendar of guys.
Nice survey of the market
ALOHA from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
=^..^= <3
One year, my wife and I made a calendar, we used our own photos, put everyone in the family's birthday on it, and gave them away to all our family and friends. It was very popular and got a lot of compliments.
I really don't care which pictures are on the calendar, as long as it has more than one weekend per week.
I'm at Jax State, and we get overlooked when it comes to calendars.
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