Indie Squid Kid » Cephalopodmas http://www.indiesquidkid.com The continuing adventures of a hopelessly obsessed collector of squid paraphernalia, cephalopod ephemera and other tentacled miscellanea. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:50:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Merry Cthristmas and Happy Cthu-Year! http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2010/12/25/merry-christmas-and-happy-cthu-year/ http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2010/12/25/merry-christmas-and-happy-cthu-year/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:11:27 +0000 Indie Squid Kid http://www.indiesquidkid.com/?p=2981

(Via Monster Made of Eyes)

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Santa Squid at San Francisco Santacon 2010

(Via Laughing Squid)

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"Yule Squid" by HWANGO

(Via Passing Strange, via Childhood Fear)

It is the solstice tonight, which means, of course, that it is also Cephalopodmas! This blog has been woefully neglegted as of late, yet the sprit of the season still courses through my lazy ass. Maybe Cthulhu Claus will fill my stocking with extra time that I can use for blogging! I also wouldn’t mind an iPad…

]]> http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2010/12/20/oh-squidmas-tree-oh-squidmas-tree/feed/ 1 T-shirt Tuesday: “Happy Cephalopodmas” from Zazzle http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/22/t-shirt-tuesday-happy-cephalopodmas-from-zazzle/ http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/22/t-shirt-tuesday-happy-cephalopodmas-from-zazzle/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:44:58 +0000 Indie Squid Kid http://www.indiesquidkid.com/?p=1622 design by greyaenigma

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!

]]> http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/22/t-shirt-tuesday-happy-cephalopodmas-from-zazzle/feed/ 0 Cephalopodmas Ornaments #4 and #5 http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/20/cephalopodmas-ornaments-4-and-5/ http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/20/cephalopodmas-ornaments-4-and-5/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:44:32 +0000 Indie Squid Kid http://www.indiesquidkid.com/?p=1616 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.

]]> http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/20/cephalopodmas-ornaments-4-and-5/feed/ 0 Wednesday Comics/Cephalopodmas Ornament #3: Deck the halls with busts of Hellboy… http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/16/wednesday-comics-cephalopodmas-ornament-3-deck-the-halls-with-busts-of-hellboy/ http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/16/wednesday-comics-cephalopodmas-ornament-3-deck-the-halls-with-busts-of-hellboy/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:50:04 +0000 Indie Squid Kid http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/16/wednesday-comicscephalopodmas-ornament-3-deck-the-halls-with-busts-of-hellboy/

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.

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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.

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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!

]]> http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/14/bonus-cephalopodmas-ornament-1-he-sees-you-when-youre-sleeping/feed/ 0 Flickr Friday: It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cephalopodmas! http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/11/flickr-friday-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-cephalopodmas/ http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/11/flickr-friday-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-cephalopodmas/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:27:54 +0000 Indie Squid Kid http://www.indiesquidkid.com/2009/12/11/flickr-friday-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-cephalopodmas/

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!

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