Cryptocephalerotica

Over at Boing Boing, a guest blogger has posted an intriguing entry entitled “Cephalerotica”:

Yes, there are a lot of “amazings” above, but, then, that’s an art form too. Still, the point is made and cephalerotica’s creation is to be congratulated.

There is a link at Boing Boing to cephalerotica images. It does appear most specimens shown are known species of octopus, although I did see at least one (giant) squid in the mix. Therefore, this forces me to jump into the water here.

Of course, since I enjoy etymology and creating new words or phrases, too, I find the above discussion an opportunity to invent yet another new word, as it applies to cryptozoology: cryptocephalerotica = art that combines the erotic with examples of cryptid giant squid and giant octopus.

And how about another one? Cryptiderotica = the art and popular culture that combines the erotic with imaged examples of cryptids, in general.

[I decided “cryptiderotica” makes more sense than “cryptoerotica,” as most “erotica” is already understood to be “crypto” (“hidden”).]

Since illustrated examples of both cryptocephalerotica and cryptiderotica, by their very nature, are NSFW, I’ll skip most of the images.

However, besides the great comic book cover from Boing Boing at top, here below is a poster for the 2007 Japanese “pink” (look it up) film, Uncle’s Paradise. It sort of is about catching a giant squid, but then it develops in other directions.

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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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