For the next week, beginning Monday, students will be able to purchase posters with images like John Belushi from “Animal House” and Al Pachino’s “Scarface.”

Eastern’s annual poster sale kicks off Monday and will continue throughout the week, ending Friday. The sale will be from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. everyday.

After a more than 20-year tradition of handling the sale, members of the art department is once again sponsoring the poster sale.

Sue Rardin, the art department office administrator, said while they are sponsoring the sale and providing the tent for the sale, members of the art department will not be running it.

Pyramid College Poster Sale Company will be coming from New York City with various posters featuring movie, music and sports images for college students.

“They are responsible for the set-up and tear down every day,” Rardin said.

Pyramid President Erol Liguori said they will have roughly 1,000 posters available.

He said they try to accommodate by bringing posters that are related to what is popular, like famous movies and TV shows.

Other than movies, TV and music posters, the company will also be carrying fine art prints, photography and funny posters.

Most of their posters will be from $5 to $9, but they are also selling 39-by-55-inch posters for $15.

Rardin said they do this for colleges all over the country and they understand their market.

“They understand that the prices need to stay reasonable,” Rardin said. “If they didn’t then we probably wouldn’t have them come anymore.”

The company is prepared for demand of certain posters at the sale.

Liguori said they hardly run out because they bring multiple copies of each poster.

“If you like ‘Breaking Bad,’ we probably have a hundred copies of ‘Breaking Bad,’” Ligouri said.

The College Poster Sale Company donates $500 to the art department for their contribution in sponsoring the sale and helping promote it, Rardin said.

Rardin said more than 1,000 students come each year.

“Lots of kids buy, lots of kids browse, but it is a big turn out every year,” she said.

Rardin said the art department sponsors the sale every year to give students the chance to express themselves.

“It gives the opportunity for the kids to have some art in their room,” she added.

Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.