Merry Cthristmas and Happy Cthu-Year!
December 25, 2010
(Via Monster Made of Eyes)
Santa Squid is coming to town!
December 21, 2010
Santa Squid at San Francisco Santacon 2010
(Via Laughing Squid)
Xmas roundup 2009
December 29, 2009
We had a marvelous Christmas here at ISK headquarters, and if you celebrate I hope you did too! This year was Kid Indie Squid Kid’s first Christmas, and even though he is a little too young to know what was going on, it was still very exciting. Family came to us, so we didn’t have to worry about traveling with the baby, and that turned out to be ideal, because I seem to have the virus and/or secondary bacterial infection that WILL NOT DIE.
It will come as little surprise that there were a number of cephalopods underneath our Christmas tree. Here’s a rundown of all the loot…
- Imaginext 3-Headed Sea Dragon Gift Set
- Imaginext Ocean Squid
- Arkham Horror: Innsmouth Horror Expansion (by Fantasy Flight Games)
- orange googly-eyed plush octopus
- Young Mad Scientist Alphabet Blocks (by Xylocopa from ThinkGeek)
- polymer clay tentacle pendent/ornament (by bunny X productions)
Well, I think that’s it for now. I’ve been unplugged for a week so I got to ease back into things, you know?
T-shirt Tuesday: “Happy Cephalopodmas” from Zazzle
December 22, 2009
Today is Cephalopodmas, but there’s too much to do for that other Capital C holiday that’s just around the corner to post much this week.
The Santa Squid was designed by Adam “Apelad” Koford and the shirt is offered by greyaenigma. It is available in a variety of colors and styles starting at $12.95. Buy it now from Zazzle.com.
Have a squelchy Squidmas and a tentacular New Year!
Cephalopodmas Ornaments #4 and #5
December 20, 2009
My plans for a week of short Christmas ornament posts got waylaid by a time destroying combination of illness, work, weather, and social commitments. So here are the two that were intended for Thursday and Friday…
This Santopus (or should that be Cephaloclaus?) ornament sports a biologically inaccurate toothy grin (and eye brows), but I’m willing to go easy on it because its arms all twist and curl in different directions. And I think that’s neat.
This one is probably my favorite of the bunch—a Sperm Whale and and a Giant Squid (and some echinoderms) on a wreath of seaweed. The ornament came from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. It is particularly appropriate because the museum’s logo was inspired by one of the oldest specimens in their collection: a complete skeleton of Physeter macrocephalus.
Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like Hellboy draped in tentacles., originally uploaded by Cryptonaut.
The classic image of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy draped in giant tentacles, that we first saw in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #2 (1994), was finally rendered in Christmas ornament form in 2002. The ornament was sculpted by the now apparently defunct Big Chief Studios and released by Dark Horse Comics.
Bonus Cephalopodmas Ornament #2: Santa’s Little Helper
December 15, 2009
Christmas octopus 2007, originally uploaded by Cryptonaut.
Elves make the toys, reindeer pull the sleigh, but cephalopods are perfect for the oft-overlooked but highly important task of keeping the Christmas lights untangled!
My sister got this festive octopus ornament for me a couple of years ago in the U.S. Virgin Islands—St. Thomas, to be exact.
Bonus Cephalopodmas Ornament #1: He sees you when you’re sleeping…
December 14, 2009
Christmas octopus sees you!, originally uploaded by Cryptonaut.
Cephalopodmas (aka Squidmas, aka Solstice) is next Tuesday, so every day this week I will post a bonus photo of a different cepahlopod holiday ornament.
I don’t think this rubber octopus was intended to be a Christmas decoration, but it has a string on it so…POW! ORNAMENT!
Flickr Friday: It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cephalopodmas!
December 11, 2009
Unfinished: Cephalopodmas, originally uploaded by xtopher42.
Cephalopodmas is December 22…only eleven days away!
Watch this feed in the days to come for more holiday fun!
Polo Shirt Pteusday: “Squid Polo” by Gama-Go
December 8, 2009
I really should have included this in last week’s Holiday Shopping Guide, so consider this an addendum. This three-button polo features the by-now-familiar Gama-Go Giant Squid and is available in Black, Navy, and Khaki. It originally retailed for $32, but it is currently on sale for a mere $12 USD!!! My guess is that this sale will probably last until they are sold out…so what are you waiting for?? Buy from Gama-Go.com.
