Vintage Octopus Pulp Covers Revisited – Tentacle sex
The origins of the and octopus sex themes in Japanese shunga art (and censorship laws) are well documented, but what if you (like me) are bored (or repelled) by the overt misogyny of hentai and manga?
I’ve long been a fan of Francesca Myman’s fantastic site, an intriguing (and comprehensive) gallery presentation of one of my favorite visual themes – tentacled sea beasties wrestling with damsels in distress! The beauty of her approach is that the Octopus Pulp gallery consists entirely of vintage comic book, sci-fi novel and adventure magazine covers – not a squealing anime schoolgirl in sight.
In tribute to Francesca’s original gallery (and also because I enjoy looking at such things) please find several dozen more never-before assembled low-brow pop culture artifacts featuring the erotic octopus and sensual squid below – enjoy!
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- Adventure Comics #445
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- After Dark Horrorfest 2007
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- Arcwelder CD Release Poster, E Adams, 2008
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- Bloodrayne #3
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- Cavewoman by Frank Cho, 1996
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- Escorpion (Date, Imprint unknown)
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- Futurama, The Beast with a Billion Backs, 2008
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- Heroes for Hire #13
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- “I Wrestle Octopuses,” Popular Mechanix 1953
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- It Came From Beneath the Sea (movie)
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- The John Seabury Solo Ensemble
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- Jungle Girl Season 2 by Frank Cho
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- Jungle Girls #4
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- Jungle Girls #15
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- L’Ivresse du Poulpe, Fred Bernard
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- Paul Westerberg Gig Poster, by Scrojo
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- Prize Comics #43
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- “Red Doom” (painting) by Fassner & Larson
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- Red Sonja #14
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- Red Sonja #21
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- Red Sonja #22
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- Safety Poster (?), Russian
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- The Savage Sword of Conan #51
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- Six Organs of Admittance, 2008
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- Social Distortion / The Hangmen / The Heart Attacks
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- Super Magician Featuring Red Dragon, Vol 5 No. 8, Feb-March 1947
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- “Tentacle School Girl” Skateboard Deck by Sean Cliver
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- Wulf the Barbarian #2
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- Yog : Monster From Space
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- T-Shirt design by “hogboy”, 2007
