Randie Draws Octopus
In my recent visit to our local aquarium… I was fascinated by the resident octopus. There were two, but the male of the pair (in separate tanks) was the more active… and he didn’t disappoint me in his octopus-ness. At first he was coiled up ever so tightly against the glass… his suction cups suctioning the glass for all to see. Then, as I was drawing, he began to unfurl… it was like water coming to a full boil… the movement was rapid and he then, decided to “sit around for a bit.” Visitors, who have little control over their cameras (there’s a sign that says please don’t flash the octopus), shot some flash photos, and perturbed, he shot across the tank. He stayed active for some time before sliding into a crevice.
Interestingly enough, cool Monterey-Bay-Aquarium-octopus doesn’t have a name… the staff is forbidden to name the fish… only the otters and Bubba. As I am going to bring OUR octopus back for more, any name ideas?
I just read your archives, and I find that your life is very similar to mine in a lot of ways! ^^ I really liked it and I’ve bookmarked your RSS feed!
On to the Octopus… maybe Melvin? Or Mandrake… Stanley? Mister Boots?
Yep, that would be interesting to know what poor octopus thinks. ^^
How about Frank?
Fred…I’d call him Fred.
How about Grip.
I was going to say Stan, but I REALLY like Fred. Dunno why 🙂
Ahhh, Melvin and Stanley… they almost sound like a Vaudeville act! I like them… they go on the list!
And I am most glad you’re enjoying “Squid.”
Ha ha… get a Grip! I’ll post a running list of names on the blog… maybe take a vote?
this octopus are hard to draw
He looks pretty indifferent to Randie’s drawing… I think it’d be interesting to know what he thinks of it! As for the name… how about Albert? but have him go by Al?
I’m a new reader but so far I like what I see :)!
I have to go for Melvin too, or something similar.
Hehe, “flash the octopus”.
how about Bob? I have a “bob” calf, a Bob horse. . . . but never a Bob cat. . . 🙂
My name suggestion is Octavius. For short, you can call him Gus.
Great name! It’s now on the list!
Yep, I’m liking Octavius (Gus). That works for me. XD
Aahh, it’s so nice to be in time with a comic again. And such a great work, too! ^_^