Mike Moon / Catgirl Island
and Jamie Robertson / Clan of the Cats
purroudly purrsent a Mike Moon purrduction,
starring The Ladies of The Mew in
The January 2025 Edition of The Mew:
The Catgirl Critics’ Media Mewsings, nyan!
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Happy Mew Year, nyan!
2025 is the 18th Anniversary of The Mew, and the
25th Anniversary of Catgirl Island’s official site, nyan!
in this edition of The Mew:
The Lightning Round Topic: Our Favorite Snakes
TV, DVD & Movie Mewsings:
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5
Yellowstone season 5
Doctor Who “Joy to the World”
Agatha All Along
Nosferatu
Purrinted-Media Mewsings:
Monster Musume Manga Vol.18
Marvel Super Stories Amazing Adventures Book 2
Empowered vol. 12
Official Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Book
We’ll Prescribe You a Cat
The 2025 Oh No, Not Another Cat Calendar
The Catgirl & Kemonomimi Spotlight
The Latest Additions to The Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art:
include cosplay photos of Alexcia Reynolds and Crissy Volpe; plus
Illustrations by Rvkh Brogden, Meesha DJ Walker and Mike, nyan!
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Mike
(the human fella wearing the Carolina Panthers Tee shirt and Teal cargo shorts): Aloha y’all and welcome to The Mew, our monthly “show” in which we review and discuss fun stuff! This month’s Mew comes from Susanowa Beach on the east side Catgirl Island, Mew Hanover County NC, USA where it’s 71 degrees under the Blue sky full of puffy White Cumulo-Neko clouds! I’m Mike, the show’s “purrducer”, and here are The Ladies of The Mew!
Jeannie
(a.k.a. Jen-sensei, Trini-chan’s meowntor, the yogini, model, archer, belly dance instructor & roboticist catgirl, wearing the Serval purrint micro bikini & sheer purrled purreo): Nihao.
Beebee
(the island’s supurrvising Purrk Ranger catgirl and amphibious orienteering coach wearing the Clouded Leopurrd cutout micro bikini): G’day, nyan!
(paw note: “Nyan” is the Japanese word for “meow”, which some but not all catgirls vocalize, purrticularly in the NC OBX Catspeak dialect, nyan!)
Elaenor
(or Ellie for short, the Banker Pony centauress, Fire Meowrshall and body builder wearing the Caracal purrint twisty bandeau bikini top) Hay there
Nyanko
(a.k.a. Nya-sensei the MewJutsu meowrtial arts champion & sensei, dojo & gym purropurrietress catgirl wearing the Siberian Tiger purrint cropped tee shirt and boy shorts): Howdy!
Nyoka
(a.k.a. Nyo-sensei, Nyanko’s twin sister the Meowgick Shop purropurrietress catgirl and twin sister of Nyanko, wearing the Bengal Tiger purrint micro bikini and an open-front cover up):: Howdy!
Yvonne
(a.k.a. Vonny the fishing boat charter captain & drumming circle purrcussionist catgirl, wearing the Fishing Cat purrint monokini with cropped tee shirt): Namaste, nyan!
Tara-chan
(Yvonne’s younger sister, recent college graduate&newlywed, cat & pony owner and nature photographer catgirl wearing the Iriomote Cat purrint tankini): Namaste, nyan!
Trini-chan
(Tara-chan’s wife, the stand-up paddle surfer, board shapurr, pony owner and belly dance instructor kitsune, wearing the Jaguar purrint bandeau top bikini): Konnichiwa!
Elizabeth
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a.k.a. Lizzy, the hot salsa dancer, gamer, Purrkour Club captain and massage spa co-owner catgirl wearing the Asiatic Lion purrint twisty bandeau bikini top): Hola!
Becca
(Lizzy’s nekomimi gynoid wife, avid golfer and massage spa co-owner w
earing the Eurasian Lynx purrint ring-closure bikini and an orchid lei): Konnichiwa!
Meryl
(a.k.a. Sheriff Murry, Catgirl Island’s Police Chief and motorcyclist wearing the w
earing the Bobcat purrint shorts and knotted blouse with her Police hat, radio and badge): ‘Allo ‘allo!
Mary Nyan
(a.k.a. Myayr, the seamstress, cosplayer, headbanger, hula instructor and semi-retired miko catgirl wearing the Couga
Petra
(the art guild purresident, art mewseum co-curator & beach volleyball champion catgirl wearing the Snow Leopurrd purrint side-tie bikini): Aloha, nyan!
Bunnii
(the art mewseum co-curator, Petra’s beach volleyball partner, and purrize-winning carrot cake baker bunnygirl wearing the Cheetah purrint trikini): Guten Tag!
Mielikki (a.k.a. Mie-sensei, the winged faerie golfer, foxfire juggler and outdoor ampurrtheatre repurrtory company’s director wearing the Ocelot purrint criss cross halter neck bikini): Mellow greetings!
Melanakeami
(the blue pupfish – tailed ? tail mermaid who owns the triphibious Lighter Than Air ship tours business, wearing the Andean Cat purrint triangle top bikini): Shellow!
Kianalani:
(the red betta – tailed mermaid and aquatic ikebana expert who owns the coffee shop, wearing the Colocolo purrint Brazilian bikini top): Wah gwaan!
Lourdessaluorno:
(Or just Dessy, for short, the Lion Fish- tailed mermaid and Purrramermedic with the pet Meownatee wearing the Bay Cat print bandeau top): Maj Chos!
Daytona
(the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin – tailed mermaid, speed swimming champion and captain of the Surf Purrtrol, wearing the Golden Cat purrint triangular bikini top) Aloha!
Ilyana:
(a.k.a Ilyana-sensei, the underwater archaeologist and meowritime historian wearing the Margay purrint twisty bandeau bikini top) Whassup?
Mike:
For profiles and illustrations of The Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings.
Lightning Round Topic!
So for this month’s Lightning Round we will nominate our favorite fictional snakes, characters who are part snake, or scenes with snakes (real or fictional)! It is a particularly festive year for our lamia & naga friends such as Lina https://catgirlisland.
The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!
Jeannie:
I will nominate Miia and the other lamia, melusine, medusas and Iormu characters of the Monster Musume manga & anime. (Tags Elizabeth with a brush of the tail)
Elizabeth:
The Lamia and Naga characters of Second Life’s Crosswinds, Cassiopeia of League of Legends, Hiromi, Lilith, Lamia Queen and the Lamia Matriarch of Final Fantasy VI! ( tail-tags Tara-chan to go next)
Tara-chan:
I want… I want to nominate Pokemon’s Ekans, Arbok, Dartini, Dradonair, Sunsparse, Zerperior, Zygarde, Silicobra, Seviper, and – and Sandaconda, nyan! (tags Trini-chan)
Trini-chan:
Hammer Films’ The Reptile, The Muppets’ Sammy the Snake, and the Sur Snake of the Star Trek Animated Series epurrsode “The Ambergris Element”! (tags
Becca)
Becca:
Quetzalcoatl Sassassul (or just Suu-chan, for short) of A Centaur’s Life manga & anime; and that evil giant snake Apep that fought Tari in our friend Sharon Williams’ story Osiris Rising https://catgirlisland.
Meryl:
Reptilia of Marvel Comics’ Salem’s Seven. Brook of the Eerie Cuties webcomic, Geenie of the Addictive Science webcomic, and Yu-Gi-Oh’s Lamia cards! (tags Mielikki)
Mielikki:
The snaky people of manga & anime such as Cyan Sung-Sun of the Bleach, Kinana of the Fairy Tail , and Hua of the 3×3 Eyes.fur shur! (tags Ilyana with a flit of the wing)
Ilyana:
Ayame Soma of the Fruits Basket, Habuko Mongoose of the My Hero Academia.Marigold and Sandersonia of One Piece! (tags Elaenor)
Elaenor:
The Lamia, Medusa, Apophis, Basilisk, Bunyip, Echidna, & Shirogebi in Kenkou Cross’ Monster Girl Encyclopedia! (tags Nyano)
Nyanko:
Beetlejuice, Conan the Bsrbarian’s Thulsa Doom. and Lair of the White Worm’s Lady Arabella March who could transform into the giant snakes! (tags Nyoka)
Nyoka:
Bai and Qing of The Legend of the White Snake, Kaa the python in The Jungle Book, and Voldemort’s pet Nagi in the Harry Potter series! (tags Yvonne)
Yvonne:
Sir Pentious of Hazbin Hotel, Karai of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Oliversity of the Green Lantern Corps, nyan! (tags Petra)
Petra:
Medusa, who was animated by Ray Harryhausen in Clash of the Titans, the dancing girl who was animated by Ray Harryhausen In The 7th Voyage of Sinbad! (tags Bunny)
Bunni:
“Jane Avril” in the snake dress by Henry Toulouse-Lautrec, “Serpent” and.“Chained” by Frank Frazetta, “Snake Women” by Boris Vallejo, “Seduction “ by Chris Achilleos, Lamia” by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, and the Lamia paintings by John Waterhouse! (tags Mary Nyan)
Mary Nyan:
Album cover snakes such as Yes’ “Relayer” by Roger Dean, High on Fire’s “Snakes For The Divine” by Arik Roper, Whitesnake’s “Love Hunter” by Chris Achilleos, and The Alan Parsons Project’s “Vulture Culture” by Gavin Riley & Derek Hillier!
Melanakeami:
I would like to nominate Taylor Swift’s 63 foot long inflatable cobra Kayryn from her 2018 Reputation Tour! (tags Daytona)
Daytona:
Lani and I would like to mention our favorite Red Sonja comic book covers that depicted her fighting snakes, Marvel Comics’ Red Sonja #8 (1978) by Frank Thorne, Dynamite Comics’ Red Sonja #1A (2005) by Michael Turner, Red Sonja #29C (2006) by Homs…
Kianalani:
… Savage Tales #5B (2007) by Pablo Marcos; Queen Sonja #28B (2012) by Frank Martin, Red Sonja #8B (2014) by Walter Giovani, Red Sonja #1 (Power Comicon retailer exclusive cover, 2019) by Jose Varese, and Red Sonja #6C by Joseph Michael Linsner! (tags Beebee)
Beebee: caught by the snake on the cover of Fight Comics
Diana fighting the snakes on the cover of Wonder Woman vol. 1 #123 (1961) by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito; Wonder Woman vol. 2 #5 (1987) by George Perez; and Storm fighting the snake in the cover of The Uncanny X-Men #223 (1987) by Kerry Gammill & Dan Green, nyan! (tags Dessy)
Lourdessaluorno:
Tiger Girl on the cover of Fight Comics #49 (1947) by Joe Doolin & Iger Sho; and I also want to nominate Toho’s serpentine kaiju Manda, but I was not sure if she is a snake or a dragon! Back to Mike, nyan!
Mike:
Oh, I gotta go with Princess Projectra Wind’zzor of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Aluwyn of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, and Snavely of Walt Kelly’s Pogo! By the way, some other friends who will arrive after work for the AfterMew Luau texted their nominations—
Farmers Rico & Nico (catgirls) nominated Richard Avedon’s 1981 photo of Nastassja Kinski with the Burmese Python, and Anthony Mandlert’s 2003 photo of Devon Aoki with the Burmese Python…
reporters Miho & Kaori (catgirls) nominated Britney Spears with the Albino Python at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards; and Patrick Demarchelier’s 2014 photo of Jennifer Lawrence Colombian red-tailed Boa Constrictor…
Librarians Keiko &Yuriko (catgirls) nominated Mrs. Plithive of Kathryn Lasky’s Legend of the Guardians, and Anthony J. Crowley of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens…
Travel writer Formality (orca girl) nominated Maria the exotic dancer (portrayed by Norma Marla) with the Boa Constrictor in Hammer Films’ The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960);
Kitrina & Katherine (catgirls) of the Catgirl Island Purrforming Arts Center nominated the infamous snake of the 1987 movie Hard Ticket to Hawaii; and titular serpents of the 2007 movie Boa vs. Python…
Restauranteurs Na Ling & Ji Yun (Muntjac deer girls) asked if Boa vs. Python’s Eve (Angel Boris) and Escape from New York’s Snake Plissken (Kurt
Russell) would qualify as honorary ‘Hebimimi” (snake folks) given their distinctive tattoos;
The Kitt Inn’s Nami & Kyra (catgirls) nominated G.I.Joe’s Cobra Commander a.k.a Transformers’ Old Snake; and Game of Thrones’ Sand Snake Sisters of House Martell…
…and detective Dr. Dach Savage (anthropurrmorphic weener dog) nominated Jock Lindsey’s pet Boa Constrictor Reggie and the many Well of Souls snakes of Raiders of the lost Ark!
Well, that was another somewhat expedient little lightning round, given that there are 21 of us here for the holiday show, and since we’ve got a lot on our plate, let’s go ahead and jump into our
TV, DVD & Movie Mewsings, with Jeannie’s
review of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5!
Jeannie:
Arigato. These days are the very fruitful time for on – screen Star Trek, what with Strange New Worlds, Picard, Discovery, Short Treks, Short Short Treks, Purrodigy, Lower Decks, the forthcoming Section 31 movie and Starfleet Academy series, plus various fan films and OTOY’s shorts for the Roddenberry Archive.
Although it took me a while to warm up Lower Decks, because the humor & pace reminded me too much of Rick & Morty )which I am not wowed by), but eventually I began to love the characters, stories, designs, animation, lore and humor. I appurreciate the wealth of “easter eggs” too.
Occurring in the year 2382 (appuroximately 3 years after the event of the movie Star Trek: Nemesis), the 5th / final season of Lower Decks continues the voyages of the rather non-conventional crew of the United Federation of Planet California-Class Starship U.S.S. Cerritos NCC-75567.
The Cerritos might have the most gender, ethnicity, and species – diverse crew of any Trek series thus far with Caitian, Kzinti, Human, Vulcan, Andorian, Orion, Bajoran, Tamarian, Trill, Tellarite, Cetacean, Rigellian, Bolian, Demigod, and Exoxmp officers in purrominant roles.
Humor and heroism-wise, I would say that ship is to Starfleet what the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital was to the United States Army. From October 24th to December 19th of 2024, the 5th season’s 10 epurrsodes included appearances by [versions of} Data, Garak, Bashir, Kim, Lilly and T’Pol.
The adventures included counterparts from another mewiverse, an Orion civil war, nannite hunting, revisiting the UFP’s worst starbase, Photonic diplomacy, an undercover mission to a pre-industrial planet, Klingon conspurracies and dimeownsional fissures that threaten the entire meweniverse.
The charming, thrilling, fun plots, dialogue, voice acting, sound, music, direction, editing, art & animation continue to be supurrb, with great knowledge and love of Trek, so I will give the final season the high purraise grade of an A, and hope that it will be released on DVD or Blu-ray soon.
I also hope that creator / show runner Mike McMahon will continue to be involved with the Trek, and that this is not the last that we will see canonically ofT’Ana, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, Freeman, Ransom, Shaxs, T’Ly, Sh’reyan, Billups, Miglemo, Olly and Cerritoss. Nyow here is Daytona and Lani to discuss
Yellowstone season 5.
Daytona:
Hai! Created by Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone is probably our favorite TV series of the past six years! Even though I have the DVDs of it, I cannot resist binge – watching the marathons of it on the Paramount Network’s holiday marathons! I like the 1883 and 1923 prequel series too, and I am looking forward to the forthcoming spin-offs!
It has so many wonderful characters! We had to wait a whole year for the final half of season five, and expecting it to be the finale, my eager anticipation was quite high, and like many other fans I was quite curious how the show would deal with the lack of its star Kevin Costner, or how it might have differed had he remained until the end.
Kianalani:
Fans and critics have mixed feelings about how the final season played out, but the last time I noticed a lot of controversy over the plot & developments was maybe the reactions to the final season of Game of Thrones. I will not spoil the plot, which continued to give the sumptuous immersion into cowboy culture, but it did seem rushed at times and I wish there had been a few more episodes
I wish there had been a few more episodes; and I thought the fates of a couple of characters were unnecessary, but in the home stretch a lot of characters’ actions,
Doctor Who “Joy to the World”
Nyanko:
Arigato! Șo it was about a year ago that the 15th Doctor, portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa, first appeared in the 60th Anniversary special “The Giggle”. which was followed by his first full season as the Doctor. I liked him from the start, and I think his best epurrsodes were at the end of that (14th) season with “Rogue”, “The Legend of Ruby Rose” and “Empire of Death”.
Last month on Disney +, we were treated to the latest of the Doctor Who Christmas Specials, which tend to be a lot of fun and quite poignant, and this’ll was no exception! Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Alex Pillaiv, in “Joy to the World” the Doctor visits The Time Hotel which has doors to the different places in time, space, and mysterious cosmic danger!
Among his companions are Nicola Coughlan as the titular Joy, and Steph de Whallley as Anita; with, to the lesser extent, Joel Fry as Trev, and Jonathan Aris as Melnak- who is Silurian! There is the cameo by Millie Gibson as his purrior companion Ruby; however, the most emeowtional scene for me involved Fiona Scott as Joy’s mom, but I should not reveal any more!
With the great plot, purrformances, sets, FX, cinemeowtography, direction, editing, sound, mewsic, “easter eggs & surprises, I think that “Joy to the World” Is another of the 15th Doctor’s best tales thus far, and one of the bestest of the Christmas Specials, so I will give it the high purraise as I eagerly await the next season! Also on Disney+, we got to see Marvel’s-
Agatha All Along!
Nyoka:
Hai! It is hard to believe that we are already about 3/4 of the way into Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s live-action and animated movies and TV series, which began 2 years ago with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania!
Since then, we have expurrrienced Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Secret Invasion, Loki Season 2, What If…?, The Marvels, Echo, Deadpool & Wolverine, and the 9 epurrsodes of Agatha All Along
!In this spinoff of WandaVision, Kathryn Hahn wonderfully returns as the naughty witch Agatha Harkness, who assembles a new coven to traverse the fabled Witches Road in order to regain her meowgickal meowjo.
The coven is compurrised of Jennifer the Brew Witch (portrayed by Sasheer Zamata), Sharon the Green Witch (Debra Jo Rupp), Alice the Warrior Witch (Ali Ann), Lila the Oracle Witch (Patti LuPone) and Billy the Witch Boy (Joe Locke)!
During their quest, we learn more about their personalities, motivations, histories and connections to Wanda as they are tested and hunted by dark forces, such as Rio (Aubrey Plaza), Vertigo (Okwui Okpokwasili) and Snake (Marina Mazepa)!
I think that it has excellent purrrformances, cinemeowtography, FX, mewsic, character developments, myth-making, action, humor & drama, so I will give it the A as in Agatha! I am done, and nyow here is Day-sama to discuss
Nosferatu!
Mielikki:
So like, I liked Robert Eggers’ prior movies The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman, so I was like totally eager to see his remake of F. Murnow’s 1922 Nosferatu movie Eggers’ movies have such amazing cinematography, eerie ambience, captivating plots, and the brilliant performances, fur shur!
That tradition continues superbly in this latest horror movie which he wrote & directed, and it wonderfully stars the dream team of Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Bill Skarsgard, and Simon McBurney!
So like, the 1922 tale of Niosferatu was an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, This version is set in Germany and Transylvania, Most of the film’s sets and locations were shot in the Czech Republic, with the totally awesome production design, art direction, costumes, make-up, sound, music, FX & editing!
It is rated R for the nudity, sexuality, violence,.gore, harsh language and scares. I thought there pace seemed rushed, and I wish it lingered more on the scenes, but it is quite the sensual, intense, grueling tale which I will give the grade of A Minus! Now I will turn The Mew over to Myayr, who will start our
purrinted-media mewsings, with her
review of Monster Musume vol. 18!
Mary Nyan
Arigato! Written & drawn by Okayado (who is also the author of 12 Beast and Ma Ma Mia) and originally published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan, Monster Musume is a sexy comedic urban fantasy manga of the harem trope with ample fan-service, starring the liminal ladies (monster girls) who are romantic rivals for Kimihito, the human guy in whose house they reside!
Published here in English by Seven Seas, it is rated for older teen readers (of ages 16+) due to nudity, skimpy attire, sexual themes, slapstick violence, fan service, lewd and dark humor aplenty.. Purriced $14.99 in the US & $18.99 in Canada,vol. 18 has 156 pages (172 B&W + 5 full color) of manga chapters 74-80, bonus pages, character purrofiles and 2 pages of ads.
It was translated by Nan Rymer, lettered by Karis Page, edited by Shanti Whitesides and purroof read by Hayame, with the purroduction design by Brennan Thorne & Christina McKenzie, cover design by Nicky Lim and quality control by Dave Murray. Returning with Kimihito in this volume are Miia the lamia, Papi the harpy, Centorea the centauress, Merou the mermaid…
… Suu the slime girl, Rachnera the spider girl, their government case worker Ms. Smith, and the Monster Ops team of Manako the cyclops, Tio the ogre, Doppel the doppleganger and Zombina the zombie. Several new characters of various species are introduced such as Fee, Lutro, Lima, Aide, Kiruraru, Kuuki, Aya, Maika, Shii Mii, Gil, Mimi, Hakuto and and Arbatel.
This volume’s plot is the bit different from mewsual, because much of it occurs in the altered reality in which they are all students at Grimoire Public High School where the wacky romantic comedy antics of the school life mysteriously ensue! As mewsual, it is not for the purrudish folks or the widdle kitties, but it issexy fun with beautiful art! Nyow here is Mike-sensei to discuss
Marvel Super Stories Amazing Adventures Book 2 !
Mielikki:
Hai! So like the old Spidey Super Stories comics of old, this charmingly neat fun anthology series is intended for the readers of all ages, fur shur! Published by Abrams, and edited by John Jennings, this dust-jacketed 5.75” x 8,25” x .5” hardcover is priced $16.99 US, $21.99 Canada, and £11.99 UK.
It includes 15 full color short stories starring many Marvel comics heroes & villains, including Ethan M. Aldridge’s Doctor Strange tale, Ryan Andrews Silver Surfer tale, Chan Chau’s Moon Knight tale, Mike Cavallarto’s Thor tale, Tim Fielder’s Spider-Man 2099 tale, Gabriela Epstein’s Silk tale…
Brian Fies’’ Avengers tale, Dean Haspiels’s Fantastic Four tale, John Jennings’ Black Panther tale, Jarrett J. Krosooczka’s Spider-Man tale, Jamar Nichols’ Hulk tale, Carlisle Robinson/s Hawkeye tale, Kat Leth’s Guardians of the Galaxy tale, Amber Padilla’s Ant-Man tale, and Judd Winick’s Captain America tale!
Also appearing are Doc Ock, Mole Man, Gigantic, Kate Bishop, Lucky, Galactus, Konshu. Cassie Lang, MODOK, Bruce Banner, Pluto, Spectro, The Beast,
The Vision, Wonder Man, Basallo, Shuri, Klaw and (in two widdle panels) Tigra & Reese!
So like, this totally fun book also has brief profiles of all those author / artists, and the editor’s cordial introduction! I hope that there will be further volumes in this series, as there are other characters who I’d love to see these sort of tales of, fur shur! Now for a graphic novel which is not for widdle kitties, here is Trini-chan to tell us about
Empowered vol. 12!
Trini-chan:
Arigato! Empowered is Adam Warren’s sexy & (usually) comedic manga – inspired super-hero tale since 2007, in which the titular character has the awesome powers, many victories and some good friends, but she also has the angsty self – esteem and family issues. Her powers stem from her skin tight alien hyper-membrane costume, which tends to suffer the damages!
Among the many other recurring characters are her boyfriend Thugboy, her best friends Ninjette and Sistah Spooky, Caged Netherwolf, and other super heroes. We have met Adam Warren a few times at the Heroes Convention on the mainland in Charlotte, and are particularly fond of his Dirty Pair, Bubblegum Crisis, Gen 13, Teen Titans, and Livewires tales too!
Originally published in comic book form, it is currently the web comic at http://empoweredcomic.com, but it is not for the widdle kitties due to the sexuality, nudity, violence & language! Published by Dark Horse, Volume 12 is the 9” x 6.5” x .625” trade paperback with the 216 Black and White pages written & drawn by Adam, plus the cover art colored by Ryan Kinnaird.
This longly-awaited volume is the very bittersweet experience, as it is the final issue in this graphic novel format, although Adam states in the book’s afterward that Empowered will eventually return in another format after an indefinite hiatus. So, on one paw, it is sad to see the saga cease for however long, but on the other paw, Vol. 12 is a sumptuously beautiful thing to behold.
Also bittersweet is what transpires in the climactic plot. As not to spoil much, all I will say is that much of it involves a never-ending reboot of her universe, with some major character developments along the way. Some of the imagery is rather disturbing, tragic, and gory, but there are moments to cheer for too! That is all that I should say! Now here is Kami-sn to discuss the
Official Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Book!
Melanakeami:
Hai! I am one of the Swifts so I was eagerly awaiting this Target Store exclusive hardcover book which was published by Taylor Swift Publications and written by Taylor herself! This $39.99, full color 11.125” x 9.5” x .875” 264 page hardcover book Is quite the spectacular with hundreds of photos from her legendary concert tour!
It includes some backstage & rehearsal photos, and costume designs too! It has many full page pics, two-page spreads, and a couple of gatefolds! There is not a lot of text, but compared to what you might pay for most thin trade paperback concert program books,
I think this is a great value and a gorgeous memento of the Eras Tour! I will highly recommend it, but I do wish she would release a live album and the Eras concert film DVD! I am done, and now here is Ilyana to review
We’ll Prescribe You a Cat!
Ilyana:
Arigato! Written by Syou Ishida and originally published in Japan as Neko o Shoho Itashimasu, this 297 page hardcover novel was translated by E.Madison Shimoda and published in the USA by Berkley, with cute illustrations by Alissa Levy!
It puritans to the therapeutic kitties Bee (mixed- breed), Margot (tortoiseshell), Koyuki (small white cat), Tank (American Shorthair), Tangerine (Ragdoll), Mimita (Scottish Fold) who are paired up with patients of various emotional needs by the mysterious Nakagyo Kokoro Clinic for the Soul!
It is quite the bittersweetly charming and sometimes sad tale of the healing power and better living through human / feline cohabitation! Nyow for more talk ofneko ka no publications, here is Tara-chan to tell us about the-
2025 Oh No, Not Another Cat Calendar!
Tara-chan:
Hai hai, since the 1970’s, Jim
and – and Melody
Rondeau have been famous as the authors, artists, writers, agents, editors, humanitarian and – and felinitarians, nyan! They also are known for the fanzines they publish through Buffalo Chip Press, nyan!
Furthermore is their purresence at cons, festivals and shows, and the meowrchandise they sell on consignment such as the fanzines, magazines, comics, books, scripts, press kits, movie posters, games, toys and videos through their site Make it Go Awayhttp://crossovers.net/
Purrhaps y’all have seen some of Melody’s beautiful art in our mewsum, nyan!? Well, since the 1980’s they have also published their delightful not-for-sale, limited-edition annual wall calendar, nyan! This lovely 8.5×11” calendar opens up to reveal the monthly 17 x 11” spurreads, nyan!
Each has the annotated date grid and lovely B&W illustrations of anthropurrmorphic felines and- and other species such as the cute widdle mice, nyan !including the front and back covers, there are fourteen such pen and ink illustrations, and each year there is a different theme, nyan!
For example, 2023 theme was feline rulers, the 2024 theme was gambling, and the 2025 theme is science, nyan! The front cover depicts the lab-coated cats and mouse with the flasks, the atom and- and meowgnifying glass nyan! Each scene is quite whimsical and purretty, nyan!
January’ Astronomer sees the UFO, February’s Microbiologist gets a paramecium massage, March’s Meowthematician eats and – and calculates pi(e), Apurril’s Zoologists play with the critters, May’s meowdical doctors and and nurses cradle-hold the cute widdle newborn kittens…
…,June’s Botanist is grabbed by the amorous plant, July’s Exobiologists are robbed by alien mice, Augusts’ Geologists collect rocks, September’s Chemists experiment with the fluids, October’s Psychiatrist analyzes the Mewsophobic patient, November’s Physicists play with balls of string theory…
… December’s Oceanographers in the submeowrine observe the delicious, mewtritious sea life, and to top off this beautiful, informative, amewsing calendar is the back cover pic of Squeeky Rondeau the Tuxedo Cat sprawled atop the stack of books, nyan! That is all for our reviews, and nyow here are Dessy, Becca and – and Lizzy to purrsent
The Catgirl and – and Kemonomimi Spotlight, nyan!
Elizabeth:
Hai! in this monthly portion of The Mew, we commeowmorate famous therianthropes, monster girls, shape-shifters,
Becca:
Hai hai! For example in Empowered Vol. 12, Empy’s friend Sustah Spooky wears the leopard purrint hat and high heels, se we will consider her the honorary neomimi for that feline fashion statement!
Lourdessaluorno:
For the third time in this edition of The Mew, we wish to meowntion Taylor Swift, this time for the leopard purring couture of her 2018 Reputation Era, such as the R13 leopard purrint skirt & matching Stella McCartney backpack.the A.L.C. leopard purring coat and the Monique Lhuillier Black velvet Panther purrint dress!
Elizabeth:
In the Friends TV series’ November 1st 2001 epurrsode 8.6 “The One With the Halloween Party”, Monica Geller (Courtney Cox) cosplayed as CatWoman!
Becca
Lilly-Rose Depp in the leopard print bikini with Timothee Chalameton the boat n Capri, Italy in 2019!
Lourdessaluorno:
Russian gravure model, actress & cosplayer Marina Dyagileva a.k.a.
Octokuro wore the tiger stripe tights and ears to cosplay as marvel Comics Tigra!
Elizabeth:
In the TV series Land Man, Angela Norris (Ali Larter) often has the leopard purrint appurral, such as the blouse, jacket, coat, leggings and the tote bag!
Becca:
Mewsician, actress, broadcaster & purrducer Michelle Visage is a judge for the TV series RuPaul’s Drag Race, and she puts the spots in the TV spots with that leopard purrint
maillot whilst purrched upon the
Dadonka dunk tank!
Lourdessaluorno:
Snuffy the raccoon girl I with the swishy tail is a VTuber on Youtube, Discord, Twitch, Twitter, Patreon, and TikTok who likes to play games and create fun content!
Elizabeth:
Cutie Corinne the kitsune succubus is a Vtuber
on Youtube, Instagram, Kick, TikTok and Twitch who streams 3D full meowtion dancing and plays games!
Becca
:
Melounia the neko musume is an ASMR artist on Youtube, Patreon, Twitch, and Twitter who creates the soothing relaxing videos to enhance the catnaps!
Lourdessaluorno:
Nyanako the LGBTQ+ “trash-kitty” is a. VTuber on Youtube, Twitch and Twitter who used to create vocalpid / UTAU content loves to write, draw, sing and play games!
Elizabeth:
KitCatSwag the non-binary LGBTQ+ gengineered neko musume is a VTuber on Youtube, Twitch and ko-fi who likes games and the horror genre!
Becca
Shylilly the cheerfully cute German Netherlander orca-cat is a TVuber on Youtube, Twitter, Twitch TikTok, Discord, Instagram, Carrd, and SubReddit!
Lourdessaluorno:
Gwen a.k.a SquirrelGirlDGT is a plus-sized VTuber, Kaleidocrafter and former diner owner on Youtube, Twitter, Twitch TikTok, Discord, Instagram, Throne, Carrd, Steam and Bluesky! That is all for this month’s spotlight, so nyow it is time for Petra, Bunny.Vonny, Meryl and Beebs to purrsent
the latest additions to The
Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art!
Petra:
Arigato, nyan! For those who are new to here, Galleries 1-8 display the images by our purrducer Mike, whilst Guest Art Galleries 1-6 display images by other folks with their purrmissions; and Mike’s collaborations with other artists are throughout the mewseum, nyan!
There is no overall chronological order from gallery to gallery, so you will find older and newer pics in each gallery, nyan! However, on Catgirl island’s Official Web Site, the most recent pics are on the lowermost row of the cropped widdle “thumbnail” portions of the pics in a gallery, nyan!
You have to click on those to see the full images, nyan! Some of the images are sexy and might tastefully depict the artistic nudity, but none are hentai or porn, nyan! Furthermore, none of the content at Catgirl Island is purrmitted for A.I. purrposes, nyan! This month, into Guest Gallery Two https://catgirlisland.net/
more cosplay photos of Crissy Volpe a.k.a Sunseenli http://www.
Yvonne:
Firstly is Rvkh’s latest “Midnight Dance” pic of her original catgirl character Eamane, who resides in a lovely cottage with a coastal garden in the island’s meowritime forest, nyan! This is the third illustration to depict Eamane’s fun hobby of ther sensual late night dance by the bonfire & torches in the forest grove under the full moon, mew la la, nyan!
Secondly is Rvkh’s joyfully beautiful image of the “Angel Globe” which has the cute widdle angel inside the serene snow globe for Christmas, nyan! Thirdly of Rvkh’s art is her the logo for the Starry Eyed Artist Collective https://www.facebook.com/
Nextly we are purroud to purrsent Meesha’s gorgeous illustration of “MerMay 01” which depicts Sema Hex the meowgickal mermaid with the Electric Blue Acara tail, nyan! She is a Turkish-American shell crafter, spell caster, mom & wife who lives with her husband, son and two pet dogfishes in a mid-century meowdern coral house in Mertown near Catgirl island nyan!
Beebee:
After that we are delighted to display Alexcia’s selfie photos of her purretty horse costume nyan! As of December 2024, this equine excellence is the latest of her several lovely fur suits, nyan! Alexcia is a very talented illustrator, author, cosplayer, needleworker and web meowster, nyan!
Perhaps y’all have seen her illustrations, stories, and the photos of her other fur suits, nyan?
Then we are elated to exhibit more photos of Crissy’s cosplays, nyan! We have 2 collages of 3 photos apiece nyan!
In the 1st collage are Crissy in the costume by Setsuna Kou as Rogue of X-Men Legacy at the New York Comic Con 2024; Crissy in the costume by guotaiminan_362508 as Maki of Love Live! School Idol Festival at Otakon 2024; and Paul Zuckerman’s photo of Crissy as Lois Lane of Superman: The Animated Series at the New York Comic Con 2024, nyan!
In the 2nd collage are Louis’ photo of Crissy as Rosemary of the Metal Gear Solid 2 vido game; Adrian Velez‘s photo of Crissy on Ghostbusters Day 2024; and Crissy as Sarah of the movie Labyrinth at New York Comic Con 2024 wearing the blouse, vest & pin by Vixen by Michelle Pitta, the bracelet from RoseSenpaiCrafts with store-bought Barrett, loafers & jeans, nyan! The Ghostbuster and Sara pics were photomanipped by Mike in 2024, nyan!
Meryl:
Nyow we will introduce eight new pics by Mike, nyan! Mike’s widdle Christmas 2024 illustrations include his latest pic of Ellie’s niece Charlene the Banker Pony Centauress who likes to LARP on holidays in her Star Trek- The Meowtion Picture: Meowrror Mewniverse Starfleet mewniform with the insignia cutey mark, nyan! Then we have his latest pic of Tara-chan in the Santa Suit when she and Trini-chan returned from the long honeymoon with the sack full of gifts, nyan!
Telluride Tellarite purrody pic of his Tellarite fan-character Commeownder Hamanda Faye Grayson (or just Hammy Fae to her friends), nyan! She is an officer in the Caitian Impurrial Starfleet, serving under Roar Admeowl Shiboline M’Ress in the Meowrror Mewniverse in the 2270’s, nyan Hammy Faye first appurred in Jim and Melody Rondeau’s 2023 purrinted fanzine Enterprise Forever!, and here she is the Grand Meowrshall of the Impurrial film festival nyan!
Then we have Mike’s latest Christmas fan art of other folks charcters, such as Marvel Comics’ Dr. Hank McCoy a.k.a. The Beast of The X-men and The Avengers; our friend Phillip Evan’s Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game character Tarzan the Gorn Captain of a Galaxy Class starship; and Matt McAdams’ character Clone 13 who stars in his web comic Modem Problems https://www.fur.com/~
Bunnii:
Those were drawn with Derwent pencils, inked with Sakura Micron pens, colored with Copic markers, and embellished with Photoshop on the Mac with the mouse! Nextly is the 4th in the Rivkah series of Rvkh’s Elder Scrolls Online video game characters Previously we have seen Rivkahs Storm, Snow and Ash; so now meet Rivkah X the Calico Khajiit catgirl of the Nekromeowncer, class ! This was done with Photoshop and the mouse!
Lastly but not leastly for this month’s additions to the Mewseum is Mike’s illustration for Crissy of the frisky “Four-Play”! After the fun time at the beach, buffet & boutiques of Catgirl Island, the holiday double-date continues with mini-golf team play as Hermione (gender-fluid elf / fae) & Shannon (androgynous hirja nekomimi) vs Crissy (female human) & Purrsis (pansexual catgirl)!
The latter team will win if Crissy sinks this last putt, but 18 is the most challenging hole, with the meowgickal hazards! The crows seem to be enjoying the game! It is a splendid time regardless of who wins, after which the four ladies will be pampered at the spa, dress for the supper & dancing, retreat to the hot spring, and no telling what else,! So, what do y’all think of the art?
The cat lady sings…
Elaenor:
Oh gosh that pic of Charlene captures her portraiture and spirit, including that temporary tattoo ion the Purrscanner buckle on her tummY
Melanakeami:
I can say the same about the pic of Tara-chan from her huge grin and happy tail to the heft of the loot sack! Whatchoo think, Tara-chan?
Tara-chan:
Waaah! I am not worthy, nyan! Domeow arigato gozaimeows, nyan!
Mike:
Doitashimaste! Am.. just wait’ll y’all see the wedding pic I do of her and Trini-chan!
Trini-chan:
(blushing as red as her vulpine ears, and tail) See!
Kianalani:
The Telluride Tellarite pic is a clever gag with the porcine movie purrodies! I see that she has a meat cleaver instead of an imperial dagger!
Lourdessaluorno:
The “moe fang” makes the Beast looks quite cute, but the purrpetual Gorny smile is hard to read and kinda scary!
Jeannie:
Mike could not resist drawing Clone13 in the Trek uniform! I hope that Matt was pleased with it. He draws such sexy characters and mecha.
Meryl:
I cannot wait to find out what Crissy thinks of that latest pic of her, and I hope that we will see her at next month’s awards ceremony!
Ilyana:
Oh oh, I just noticed that pic’s nod to It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, with the palm trees forming “a big W”!
Nyanko:
It is the tough decision but “X” might be my favorite of the Rivkah series, down to the book titles around her!
Nyoka:
Rvkh’s logo for the Starry Eyed Artists Collective has such the meowgnificent meowgickal quality!
Mielikki:
Fur shur, and that Angel is totally adorable as adorable can be!
Elizabeth:
It is amazing to see how Rvkh’s art style & techniques have evolved over the years when you compurr that 3rd Midnight Dance pic to the purrior ones!
Becca
Meesha’s pic of Sema has such graceful symmetry, richly vibrant colors, fabulous details, and the vivacious ambience!
Mary Nyan:
Alexcia’s horse costume is quite supurrb from the eyes, ears and teeth to the mane, tail and the hooves!
Daytona:
Crissy, the costumes, locations, photography, and the sense of story combine for such stunningly stunning images!
Beebee:
Hai hai, those beautiful aspects along with the lovely coiffure, make-up, lighting, and her great enthusiasm are the winning hand, nyan!
Bunni:
It is almost time for other friends to arrive for the AfterMew Luau, so perhaps that will do it for this edition of The Mew!
Petra:
We wish to thank all of the amazingly talented people whose works we have discussed, and we purrticularly thank our wonderful webmeowster Jamie, nyan!
Yvonne:
Hai hai, and we also thank our other friends, families, acquaintances and our audience whom we greatly appurreciate, nyan!
Mike:
We’ll be back next month with our February Mew!, and our annual awards presesentation1 Be there… aloha!
The Ladies of The Mew:
Happy tails to mew, until we eat again! Baibai, nyan!