Amazing imagery sometimes combines with amazing creatures.

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

Our friend Brookelynn, who btw is a terrific crafter and all-around amazing human being, says she’s made up a new word, cephalerotica. She writes: “It describes the amazing art that combines the erotic with the octopus.”Shawn Connally

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.