Aquaman is an easy character to make fun of…I mean what kind of superpower is the ability to talk to fish, anyway? But in this amazing panel by artist Jim Lee, you can literally feel the full might of the King of Sea bearing down on the Last Son of Krypton. I don’t know what [...]
There are so many awesome things going on on this shirt, that I almost don’t know where to start! Given the nature of this blog, however, it’s only logical to begin with the giant octopus.
It is wearing a tiny hat!
It is brandishing a revolver!
IT IS FIGHTING VIKINGS!!!
Compared to that, the firing cannons, the anaconda, the [...]
I’m starting to think there might be an Octopus Day curse, at least as far as this blog is concerned. As I write this, it is 11:11 (make a wish!), so it still counts, right? (Of course, who knows what time it will be when I finally click “Publish.”)
One of my goals for this blog [...]
Did you know it was October already? Well, it is (despite everything my brain is telling me). Not only that, tomorrow is the 8th, which means, of course, that today is Cephday Eve!
This year ICAD is being hosted by Danna Staaf over at The Cephalopodiatrist blog.
Go to www.cephalopodday.org for more information.
Just like last year, the [...]
Adventures Into The Unknown was a horror comic published by B&I Publishing/American Comics Group. It ran for 174 issues from Fall 1948-August 1967. Cover art for the series depicted pretty typical horror fare—ghosts, vampires, zombies, dinosaurs—but monstrous cephalopods were given the spotlight on three separate occasions. Enjoy.
Does the Sargasso Sea exist? And does this legendary [...]
It took me a second to get what was going on here. At first glance, what seems like the floating head of a Bugs Bunny-esque cartoon rabbit soon reveals itself to be a giant blue octopus gripping what I imagine must be a very startled diver. This guy takes the Mimic Octopus‘ M.O. and turns [...]
In ancient times, sailors were constantly losing track of their drinking vessels. If you set down your tankard of grog for even a second, it was very likely to be absconded (sometimes inadvertently, sometimes not) by one of your fellow mariners. This problem grew exponentially during the cocktail parties which were thrown at regular intervals [...]