For readers with an eye towards purchasing gifts (for me): a single asterisk (*) indicates that I already own the item in question.
Clothing (Shirts, unless otherwise indicated)
Non-clothing
Cthulhu-related merchandise
Cthulhu is probably the most well-known cephalopoid character of fiction, although his mythos is not unlike that of Tennyson's Kraken. Cthulhu has gathered such a powerful, merchandise-hungry cult following that he really merits his own section. In fact, there are so many Cthulhu items online that I'm limiting this section to the designs that I find exceptionally creative or classy.
Things that would be really cool to buy but they're not for sale, sorry
1. My gentle readers may be aware that the word octopus is derived from the Greek, not the Latin. As such, the more etymologically correct pluralizations are octopodes (strictly Greek), octopods (combination Greek/English), or octopuses (strictly English). However, in the case of this t-shirt, the question of pluralization is of less concern than the clearly non-eight numbers of arms possessed by the beasts.
- Octopus in a Teacup
- Squids! Do you love 'em?
- Octopus hoodie with a sneaky tentacle coming out of the pocket!
- Cephalopodcast has some very fine zazzle designs:
- Sir Squid: Classy!
- Late Night Snack
- Octo-Love*
- Sucker Octopus Necktie
- {Terror}: surreal!
- Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (including "I was into cephalopods before they were cool" design*)
- SquidFire
- Squids
- Squidplosion (shirts plus tote bag*)
- Squid Swarm*
- My Octopi1
- Giant Octopus
- Threadless
- Octopus: Nature's All-Star
- slightly distressed vintage sea monster
- Sinister Octopus says: We were not meant to be!
Non-clothing
- Animal Den's fine line of ceph products
- Etsy is jam-packed with goodness--just search for "cephalopod"--what follows is a selection:
- Noadi's store is the best!
- Octopus Pendant
- The Hipster Cephalopod Hat
- Octopus Cookie Cutter*
- Octopus Cake Pan** (Yes, I have TWO! They are awesome but I don't need any more!)
- The Squid Whisk** (um, yes, I also have two of these)
Cthulhu-related merchandise
Cthulhu is probably the most well-known cephalopoid character of fiction, although his mythos is not unlike that of Tennyson's Kraken. Cthulhu has gathered such a powerful, merchandise-hungry cult following that he really merits his own section. In fact, there are so many Cthulhu items online that I'm limiting this section to the designs that I find exceptionally creative or classy.
- Cthulhu bandana gives you mouth tentacles
- Cthulhu Knot
Things that would be really cool to buy but they're not for sale, sorry
1. My gentle readers may be aware that the word octopus is derived from the Greek, not the Latin. As such, the more etymologically correct pluralizations are octopodes (strictly Greek), octopods (combination Greek/English), or octopuses (strictly English). However, in the case of this t-shirt, the question of pluralization is of less concern than the clearly non-eight numbers of arms possessed by the beasts.
