T-shirt Tuesday: “Mr. Octopus” from Ript Apparel
January 18, 2011
design by Fran Court
This dapper fellow is only available for three more hours! So, if you want a shirt featuring a moustachioed and bemonocled cephalopod for only $10—AND WHO DOESN’T?!?—you need to act fast! This is the first shirt from Ript Apparel that I’ve featured, and I don’t know much about them. They appear to use the TeeFury model—a new shirt every day, available for just that day.
Eventually, I’ll get back to posting things other than t-shirts…
2009 Holiday Shopping Guide: Apparel!
December 1, 2009
Today’s edition of the Shopping Guide focuses on cephalopod-themed clothing, but first, here’s our regularly scheduled installment of T-shirt Tuesday…
Sir Octopus
Brand new from Sir Critter (who previously brought us Sir Squid), is this dapper fellow. He’s all dressed up and ready for your office Christmas party!
Shirts start at $15.99, are available in a rainbow of color combinations, and did I mention the octopus with a moustache wearing a bow tie and flourishing a top hat? Also, there’s just two days left of their big Cyber Monday sale! All orders over $40 are 25% off.
Buy it now from SirCritter.com
Threadless®
Art Is My Weapon and Loch Ness Imposter are back in stock!
Both are currently on sale for $12 each (all sizes and styles).
As we know, Threadless designs sell out fast, particularly when they’re on sale, so act fast!
Squidfire.com
I’ve already featured several different Squidfire designs, but I’ve barely scratched the surface of their vast selection of cephalopod shirts. They are all currently on sale (and all in stock, as far as I can tell), so any of them would be appropriate for this list. For example, here’s the SquidFire Emblem polo. It normally costs $32, but it’s temporarily reduced in price to $27. Buy it now from Squidfire.com.
The Squidfire emblem is also available on regular T-shirts (both men’s and women’s), long-sleeved thermal shirts (men’s and women’s), and hoodies.
Diesel Sweeties Pixel Socks
Clicky the Pixel Squid
Diesel Sweeties is a webcomic by R. Stevens about robots, music, and geek love. Looking for clever, ironic, and/or pixilated gift ideas? Then check out the Diesel Sweeties Store! These women’s knee socks—produced in cahoots with Sock It To Me of Portland, OR—feature an entire school of adorable cyclopian squid and are only $6.99 a pair!
Etsy.com
The Etsy community seems to be a nigh-unlimited source of hand-made cephalopod products, but for the purposes of rounding out tonight’s list, I’m going to narrow things down to neck ties only. Let’s begin with a rather familiar looking design…
(Click the images to visit the each seller’s Etsy shop.)
Sucker! by toybreaker ($30)
Octopus by jesswitaj ($30)
White Octopus by satisfactory ($28)
Polka Dot Squid by makbeauty ($30)
Wednesday Comics: Happy Thanksgiving from Aquaman and Indie Squid Kid!
November 25, 2009
Adventure Comics #227 (August, 1956)
ISK will be taking the rest of the week off as we recover from the Fabulous Festival of Food that is the American Thanksgiving holiday. If you celebrate, I hope it’s not alone on some fishy reality show like our pal Aquaman here.
Also, an octopus wearing a bow tie…not something you see every day.
Happy Thanksgiving!
