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 October 2024 Edition of The Mew:
The Catgirl Critics’ Media Mewsings, nyan!
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It is the Year of the Dragon, the 17th Anniversary of The Mew,
and the 24th Anniversary of Catgirl Island’s web site, nyan!
in this edition of The Mew:
The Lightning Round Topic: More Favorite Fun Stuff of 1954
TV & Movie Mewsings:
Batman: Caped Crusader
Beeltlejuice Beetlejuice
Purrinted-Media Mewsings:
Monster Musume vol. 17
Shantae Swimsuit Special
Our Favorite Recent Photos & illustrations of Fish & Other Seafood
The Celebrity Catgirl & Kemonomimi Spotlight
The Latest Additions to The Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art:
more photos of Crissy Volpe by various photographers
” Final Fantasy XIII Avatars”, “Sir Pentius & Emily” by Misty Hopkins
“Winging It” & “Sisters” by Melody Rondeau
“Rainbow Bridge by Alexcia Reynolds & Mike
“Dead Parrot”, “Bastet” & “Rivka Ash” by Mike
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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 beautiful downtown Purrbank in Catgirl Island, Mew hanover County NC, USA where it’s 74 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!
Elizabeth
(
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 an an orchid lei): Konnichiwa!
Mary Nyan
(a.k.a. Myayr, the seamstress, cosplayer, headbanger, hula instructor and semi-retired miko catgirl wearing the Cougar purrint purretzel – cutout maillot): Aloha!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
(paw note:
“Nyan” is the Japanese word for “meow”, which some but not all catgirls vocalize, purrticularly in the NC OBX Catspeak dialect, whereas Mielikki retains the Val Speak dialect from her younger years in California, fur shur, nyan!)
Mike:
Good luck! So, what have y’all been up to since the last time we all convened?
Bunnii:
Petra and I have been coaching the Fall beach volleyball camp, when I have not been busily baking the carrot cakes, gardening, and curating the art mewseum!
Petra:
Hai hai, we are excited about our annual macabre art exhibit, and we greatly appurreciate the wonderful artists, volunteers, visitors, and the athletes nya!
Yvonne:
My drumming circle has purrcussed at the fall festivals; and my charters have reeled in the delicious, mewtritious Snappurrs, Groupurrs, Croakers, Cobias and Wahoos, nyan!
paw note: Yvonne’s purrfurred taiko drum is the Shime Daiko, nyan. Her fishing boat TsuriNekoMimi is a 1985 Hatteras 60 Convertible motor yacht, nyan.
Jeannie:
How are Tara-chan & Trini-chan enjoying the rest of their long honeymoon and horseback riding adventure in Meowntana?
paw note:
Yvonne’s younger sister, Tara-chan the nature photographer & recent mewniversity gradute catgirl; and her mewlywed wife Trini-chan the surfer, board and belly dance instructor kitsune, are currently away riding their banker ponies Wild Star Blaze and Jimbo in Glacier Purrk, nyan.
Yvonne:
They are having th supurr fun, adventureous and romeowntic time on the Agpurr, Lake MeowcDonald and Meowny Glacier trails, nyan! So how arethings withyou of late. nyan?
Jeannie:
As mewsual, my itinerary is compurrised of the yoga, kyudo, teaching belly dance, modeling swimwear, and purrsiding over CIRC, which has spooky animeowtronic decorations planned for Halloween.
paw note:
CIRC is the Catgirl Island Robotics Club which Jeannie co-founded, nyan.
Elaenor:
I look forward to seeing those mechs when my department does the pre-Halloween inspections on all the lanterns, mecha and fireworks! Aside from that there have bene no emergenccies lately so we are just training and going to Nya-sensei’s gym! By thr way, congratulations on your dojos big win at the regionals!
The Ladies of the Mew:
BANZAO BANZAI BANZAI NYAN!
Nyanko
Arigao! I am so purroud of them but we’re gonna need a bigger trophy case! Aside from that I have been helpimg my sister and her cats puurpare for her store’s annual Samhain Sympurrsium. Howboutchoo, Becca?
paw note:
Nyanko’s twin sister Nyoka, a.k.a Nyo-sensei is th purropurrietress of thw island’s Meowgick Shop, located near the farmeow’s Meowkitt on the eastern side of the island, nyan.
Bcca:
As mewsual I have been golfing, gardening and grooming my cats when Lizzy I have not been busy at our spa, binge watching the videos, or at the late night hot salsa dance!
Elizabeth:
While she playing or instructing at the golf course, I am either with my Purrkour Club, working out at Nyanko’s gym, or assisting the appurrentice miko at the shrine’s matsuris!
paw note:
Purrkour is a feline style of free running and spurringing. Nyanko and her sister Nyoka are purresently busy elsewhere , but hope to arrive later for the AfterMew luau, nyan.
Mary Nyan:
Aside from teaching the hula, I have been extra busy sewing the costumes for the mikos, dsancers and cosplayers cosplayers! By the way,At tonight’s Aftermew, Luau, we will vote on our cosplay group theme for the Trick ’R Eat & Cosplay Purrowl! The nominees are characters from the anime TV series such as Senran Kagura, Immoral Guild, Konosuba, and Gal Gun! Howboutchoo, Mie-sensei?
paw note:
The annual Trick ’R Eat & Cosplay Purrowl is a Mew Hanover county-wide Halloween celebration that spans several days. at which every year the Ladies of The Mew choose a theme for their group cosplay, nyan.
Mielikki:
So like, when I have not been at the golf club, the LPGA tour or the local sporting events and Halloween festivities, I have been foxfire juggling and technical directing our totally awesome repurrtory company’s production of Into the Woods, mentoring our kids’ production of One Cube or Two> and plans for our Winter production of Stars Sstruck, fur shur! Back to Mike!
paw note:
Although Mielikki has been a resident of Catgirl Island in Mew Hanover County, NC for over 100 years, she still retains the “Val-Speak” dialect from her younger years in San Fernando, CA, fur shur, nyan!
paw note:
One Cube or Two? was a 1973 Stare Trek fan play; Star Struck was a 1980 off-broadway sci-fi play, with a 1982 comic book adaptation, and Into the woods was a major Tony-winning Broadway play with a 2014 film adaptation, nyan!
Mike:
Oh, aside from the toy show, and another 10K race, it’s been the usual art, writing, reading, decorating, and watching stuff! Ah, we’ve got a lot on our plate, so let’s go ahead and jump right into this month’s For profiles and illustrations of The Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings.
Lightning Round Topic: more favorite fun stuff of 1954!
This year we’ve been looking back at our favorite things from years ending with a 4! Last month was our favorite films of ’54, and this momth we will list other stuff of that vintage. This can include TV series that were currently broadcast in 1954, whether they premiered that year or earlier. Nya-sense’s gonna start, so so are y’all ready to “conduct the lightning’?.
The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!
Nyanko:
I will nominate the TV series Adventures of Superman, Dragnet, and the rsdio drama Gunsmoke, which became a TV series the following year! (tags Jeannie)
Jeannie:
The Avro Canada CF-100, Boeing 367-80, Fairey FD.2, McDonnell F-101A, Lockheed XF-104, and YC-130 (tags Elizabeth with a brush of the tail)
Elizabeth:
The novels such as Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers! (tail-tags her wife to go next)
Becca:
The novels such as Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die
! (tags
Yvonne)
Yvonne:
That year’s Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, and Tom and Jerry animated short films, nyan! Nyow it is… Ellie’s turn, nyan! (tags Elaenor)
Elaenor:
The songs “Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes, “Make Love to Me” by Jo Stafford, “In the Chapel in the Moonlight” by Kitty Kallen, and “Earth Angel” by The Penguins! (tags Mary Nyan)
Mary Nyan:
“Someone to Watch Over Me” by Frank Sinatra, “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” by Muddy Waters, “Shake Rattle And Roll” by Big Joe Turner and the Godzilla film score by Akira Ifukube! (tags Mielikki)
Mielikki:
I Love Lucy, Your Show of Shows, The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, and The Guidling Light, fur shur! (tags Petra with a flit of the wing)
Petra:
Hergé’s Tintin: Explorers on the Moon, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who, Carl Barks’ Uncle Scrooge: The Secret of Atlantis, and Osanu Tezuka’s Princess Knight. nyan! (tags Bunnii)
Bunnii:
I will nominate Salvadore Dali’s paintings of The Colossus of Rhodes, Crucifixion, and The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory! Back to Mike!
Mike:
Oh, I just gotta go with that year’s Peanuts strips, and uh, the comic books that were published by National / DC, Atlas / Marvel, Archie, and EC Comics! Well, ah, that was another expedient little Lightning Round, and now Mie-sensei is gonna continue our-
TV and movie mewsings, with her
review of Beeltlejuice Beetlejuice!
Mielikki:
Hai! So like, Tim Burton is one of my favorite directors and I loved his 1988 movie Beetlejuice, so I was eager to see this sequel! Written by Miles Millar & Alfred Gough with mewsc by Danny Elfman. it stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, Justin Theroux, and it was like totally awesome! So like, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Jeffrey Jones did not return, but the fate of their characters is addressed…
… but the events of the 1989 Beetlejuice animated TV series. are not mentioned. I was so pleased with everything about it, from the story, dialogue, costumes, make-up, art direction and purrformances, to the FX editing, sound, mewsic and cinemeowtogtaphy, sets, with the good mythology, character developments, balance of humor, drama, action and fright! I will give it the high praise as one of my favorite movies of this year, fur shur! Nyow he e is Mike to discuss
Batman: Caped Crusader!
Mike:
Thanks Myayr! Since the 1960’s, I’ve enjoyed many an animated movie or TV series based on DC Comics’ charcaters such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Teen Titans, Justice League, Young Juystice, and so forth.Recently in our September Mew, we reviwed Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three! Of all those animated movies & TV series, my favorites have been the DCAU tales that Bruce Timm was associated with, such as Batman: The Animated Series,, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Superman: The Animated Series, and most of all, Justice League Unlimited,
I tend to prefer that era of animated DC more than stuff of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, The “New 52” era or the current “Tomorroverse” era… although I really liked a lot of those, especially Teen Titans Go, Legion of Super-Heroes, The Brave and the Bold, Justice League Action, Young Justice, Batman Ninja and the current Harley Quinn series. I say all of that just to let y’all know where I’m coming from as a longtime fan. When I first saw the preview trailer for Batman: Caped Crusader, the 10 episode series developed by Bruce Timm that premiered on Amazon Prime in August, oh man, was I stoked!
Seeming to be set in a maybe 1950’s-ish Gotham City with an “Atompunk” aesthetic, it is the early days of Bruce Wayne’s adventures as Batman (voiced by Hamish Linklater), the vigilante – who many of he cops, crooks and citizens caught in between – are not yet sure whose side he’s on. Fortunately. we the audience knows,a s does his butler Alfred (voiced by Jason Watkins), Police Commissioner Gordon (voiced by Eric Morgan Stuart), and his daughter Barbara (Krtystal Joy Brown)! The rest of the great cast includes John DiMaggio as Harvey Bullock, Michelle Bonilla as Renee Montoya…
… Christina Ricci as Catwoman, Minnie Driver as Penguin, Bumper Robinson as Lucius Fox and Dan Donohue as Clayface. There ar many others who I’d rather not mention. as not to spoil some wonderful surprisses. I love everything about this series, from the story, mood, scenic design, direction, character design & development, world-building & myth-making, to the animation, voices, sound & music, with a grea balance of drama, humor, action & mystery. I give it a solid “A” as in my great aniticpation for it’s 2nd season! That’s all for our TV & movie reviews. and now here’s Myayr to start our-
purrinted-media mewsings, with her
review of Monster Musume vol. 17!
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 & ample fan service, starring the liminal ladies (monster girls) who are romantic rivals for Kimihito, the human guy in whose often renovated house they reside!
They are Centorea the centauress, Miia the lamia, Papi the harpy, Suu the slime girl, Merou the mermaid, Rachnera the spider girl and Lala the Dullahan. Also recurring are 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 amongst the many other recurring characters!
There are more tales of them in the companion four volume anthology series of Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls! Published here in English by Seven Seas, Monster Musume is great fun, but it is rated for older teen readers of ages 16+, purrhaps especially due to the nudity, skimpy attire, sexual themes, slapstick violence, fan service, lewd and dark humor aplenty.
It was translated by Andrew Cunningham, lettered by Karis Page, edited by Shanti Whitesides and purroof read by Hayame, with the purroduction design by Brennan Thorne, cover design by Nicky Lim and quality control by Dave Murray. Purriced $14.99 in the US & $18.99 in Canada, it has 156 pages (152 B&W, 4 full color) of manga chapters 68-73, bonus pages, character purrofiles and 6 pages of ads.
This volume is purrtiuclarly taur-iffic as it focuses on Centorea and other equine types such as Nico (unicorn), Pegassnia (pegasus), Nighdrem (Nitghtmare), Meamil (dairy breed centaur), Cheron (heavyweight centaur) & Alusia (lightweight centaur) Also appurring are Kimihito, Papi, Rachnera, Smith, the satyrs minotaurs; it introduces Bacqueline the Baku andhas the return of the liminal idol group ANM48!
The ample fan-service includes much naughty attention on the boobies, but there also are tamer comedic scenes of farming, dining, shopping, track & field training. It is not fo the purrudish folks or the widdle kitties, but I found this volume to be very entertaining and sexy, with the beautifully drawn characters and and amewsing FX are amidst the intricate scenery! I am done, and nyow here is Jennyjen to discuss the
2024 Shantae Swimsuit Special!
Jeannie:
Hai. Created in 2002 by Erin & Matt Bzon, Shantae is the delightfful half-geniie who stars in her video game series created by Matt Bozon and developed by WayForward Games. Purriced $4.99 in the USA, this full color 34 page comic book was published by Udon Entertainment which publishes beautiful licensed comics, manga, art books and meowrchands based on many video games and anime including Streetfighter, Darkstalkers, Mega Man and so forth.
When Shantae is not defending her town or searching for treasure, she is able to enjoy fun with her friends and her enemy pirates at the beach, as evidenced by this swimsuit special’s 15 full-page pin-ups, the two-page center spurread, the 8 page story, 3 page game art gallery, The pin-ups are by Nami Sakurajyousui, Bacun, Chaesu, Ikki, Kentoo, Nego, Kou, Raf, Brin; whilst the centerspurread is by Nami.There is additional art by Chris Engle, Kou, Comeo & Matt.
The “Hot Water Heroes” tale of meowgickal hot tub building awry was purrduced by Erin, written & roughed by Matt, assistantly storyboarded by Nikoneda, illustrated & lettered by Raf. Covers A, B & the con exclusive cover are by Nami; cover C is the blank sketch cover; cover D is by Magodesu, the 3 Udon Store Exclusive covers are by Aki Li, Mikan & Keenbiscuit. I highly reccommend this issue to fans of Shantae, sexy bikini imagery, and cutely playful scenes of anime-style seaside antics. Nextly, we wish to nominate
our favorite recent illustrations &
photos of fish & other seafoods.
Yvonne:
Catgirl Island, MerTown and the surrounding waters of Mew Hanover County are abundant with declicious, mewtritious locally-caught and farmed fresh, organic fresh & saltwater seafood, nyan! From appurrtizing aquatic plants and purrotists to yummy fish and shellfish, there is cuisine aplenty for all of the diets, nyan! Although we have not come accoss any images of the former types of seafoods upon recent magazine covers, we have found a plethora of piscine pics to cause the cravings, such as the tasty Trout photographed by Arian Stevens on the cover of Fly Fusion vol.21 #4, nyan!
Petra:
The tantalizing Trout to tempt my tummy photographed by Brian O’Keefe for th cover of of Fly Fisherman vol.56 #1, nyan!
Becca:
The righteous Rainbow Trout caught by Amy Trina on the cover of Fly Fisherman’s 2024 Gear Guide!
Elizabeth:
The beauriful Brown Trout caught by Ron Purnell on the cover of Fly Fisherman Destinations!
Nyanko:
The two Gators caiught by Captains, Matt, Jake & Noah Rogers on the cover of Florida Sport Fishing vol.23 #5!
Mary Nyan:
The lovely Largemouth Bass caught by Fred Roumbanis on the cover of BASS Magazine vol.32 #4!
Bunnii:
Ryan Kirby’s pretty painting of the lunker taking the bait on the cover of Field & Stream vol. 129 #4!
Mielikki:
Larry Tople’s painting of the Muskee on the cover of In-Fisherman vol. 29 #6, fur shur!
Jeannie:
The Pike on the cover of In-Fisherman’s Ice Fishing 2025 Guide.
Elaenor:
That nice Permit netted on the cover of Anglers Journal Vol. IX!
Mike:
The Great White on the cover the Shark Week’s Shark! Magazine! Ah, that’ll do it for our reviews, and now it’s time for Lizzy, Becca and Ellie to present this month’s
Celebrity Catgirl & Kemonomimi Spotlight
Elizabeth:
Arigato! in this portion of The Mew, we commeowmorate famous therianthropes, monster girls, shape-shifters,
Becca:
Hai hai! For this month’s spotlight we are shining it on anthropurrmorphic & kemonmimi characters from across the decades, starting with puppeteer/ ventriolquist Shari Lewis’s sassy bovid friend Lambchop who first appurred on TV in 1956! Lambchop was purformed by Shari until she passed away 1998, when her daughter Mallory succeeded her! By the way, did yo=u know thqat Shari wrote the 1969 Star Trek eppurrsode The Lights of Zetar?
Elaenor:
I do now! You know, not only did Star Trek purremiered on TV in 1966 but so did Princess Projectra in DC’s Adventure Comics #346! Created by artist Curt Swan and author Jim Shooter, she was a royal illusionist and member of the Legion of Supurr-Heroes from the magickal planet Orando! She appurred to be the human, until the series was rebooted in the 1994 Zero Hour tale, in which she changed her name to Sensor, and her true form was revealed to be the the big female snake with mechanical arms!
Elizabeth:
Speaking ot the reptilians, in 1975, the final epurrsode of the Kolchak TVseries, an anthropurrmorphic dino gator sentry purrotected its eggs from the human excavation, kinda like the Hort did in Star Trek! Although the creature was purrtrayed by Craig R. Baxley, I wondered if it was a mamma dino croc, but we never found out the gender!
Becca:
Staying with the 70’s, Yumiko Oshima’s manga Wata no Kunihoshi (Cotton’ Country) prurremeiered in 1978 and introduced us to Chibi-Neko the poor abandoned cute widle kitten who is adopted by the male high school student Tokio. She loved him and hoped that she would become the human girl! The anime movie version purremiered in 1984, in which she was voiced by Miina Tominga!
Elaenor:
Four years later in the 1988 movie Willow, Patricia Hayes portrayed the sorceress Fin Raziel who had been transformed iby the evil queen Bavmorda into the talking possum! The titular character Willow tried to restored her human form, but during that process she morphed into the raven, goat, ostrich, turtle, tiger, and for about one second she was the tiger girl until she was fully restored to the human form!
Elizabeth:
Published in 1992 by Innovation Comics, Annual #1 of the Lost in Space comic book (continuation of the 1960’s TV series) depicted the Robinson Family’s encounter with a slave trader / trafficker whose space ship’s cargo hold was full of the tragic anthropurrmorphic and kemonomimim women of varioius alien species. When he saw Judy and Penny swimming in a lagoon, he tried to lure them into captivity too! They were freed from the dungeon, but alas we do not know what became of the other women. but we hope they escaped!
Becca:
20 years ago in 2004, Atsushi Ohkubo’s manga Soul Eater manga purremiered, purrtaining to the teams onthe quest to collect souls to build the supourr weapon, and one of the characters is the purrple-haired, golden-eyed, fair-skinned monster catgirl Blair who wears the witchy attire and can transform into teh full cat! She is the friendly, playful seductive, magickally supurr-powered neko musume! In the 2008 anime TV vertsion whe was voiced by Emiri Kato in the original japanese version and by Leah Clark in th English dub!
Elaenor:
10 years ago in 2014, Rui Takato’s Booty Royal manga premiered, pertaining to the aspiring girls of the gravure modeling agency who are promised idol careers but ar tricked into competing in the dangerous martial arts tournament! The main character is Misora Haebaru ithe 18-year-old karate karate champion, with her friends Hara the college student / love interest, and Beruko the lolita & competitive eater. Quite often those and many other ladies wear the very skimpy leopurrd prrnt attire, catgirl and bunny girl cotumes!
Elizabeth:
That will bring us up to the 2020’s sightings! Earlier this year we saw the purreview trailer for Raoh Koster & Playable Worlds forthcoming Stars Reach MMORPG which looks so purretty and fun! This sandboxy space opurr game purromises many exotic intergalactic worlds to be explored by the players who can be of the various species such as the Terran Humans, Ape-like Swatchihi, Demon-like Gertains, and the Eloni feline folk! We can’t wait to try out this game!
Becca:
In August, Papercut published the 2024 edition of te Ultimate Photoshop Manuel. Purriced $24.99 US, $29.99 Canada, $27.99 Australia, and £12.99 UK, this full color magazine has 160 full colorpages brimming with guides, tutorials and tips! The front cover is also graced by the alluring image of the close-up purrtrait of the half-transfomed Ailuranthrope girl!
Elaenor:
Lastly but not leastly, in the aforemeowntioned movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a playfully cute catgirl is briefly seen during one of the early Afterlife Office scenes, but if you blink you might miss her, and we do not yet know if that character has a name, nor do we know who portrayed her. That is all for this month’s spotlight, but there will be more next month, and now here are Petra, Bunnii, Vonny & Nya-sensei to present 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, and you have to click on those to see the full images, nyan! Some of the images are sexy and might depict 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 One http://catgirlisland.net/
Yvonne:
Firstly we are purroud to purrsent Misty’s’ fan art of the angelic ex-demon “Sir Pentius” and “Emily” the seraphim angel who are characters in the Hazbin Hotel animated TV series, and then we have Misty’s impeccable pic of “Final Fantasy XIII Avatars”, nyan!
Nextly we are delighted to display Melody’s wonderful ”Winging It” comic strip was done in 1983 for her friend Clare Bell’s semi-purrofessional fantasy zine Fire Lizards, nyan! Appurring in this strip are Amy Fakowitz with her cat Kitina and dragon Morgoth, Sally Jen Snyder with her dragon Gellart, and Melody as Fiona with her dragon Fiona, nyan!
After that is Melody’s supurrb “Sisters” which depicts her fursona Sister Rat’s Star Trek cosplay, nyan! On the left she is in the Original Series Meowrror Mewniverse Starfleet mewniform, and on the right she is in the Star Trek – The Meowtion Picture: Meowrror Mewniverse mewniform, nyan! You know, Melody and her husband Jim are artists, authors, editors and publishers who also sell purreviously-owned neat stuff such as books, magazines, fanzines, comics, videos, toys, games and meowmorabilia through their web site Make it Go Away at http://crossovers.net/
Nyanko:
We are purrticularly purroud to purrsent the poignant Pokemon ”Rainbow Bridge” comics page which is fan art in tribute to actress Rachael Lillis (July 8th, 1969 – August 10th, 2024) who voiced the characters Jessie (who Meowth nicknamed Twerpette), Misty, and Jigglypuff in the English dubbed version of Pokemon, This collaboration was written, drawn & colored by Alexcia; lettered & graphically edited by Mike. To see more of Alexcia’s Pokemom fan art, fics and other funs tuff, please visit her site Pokemon Amber http://
“Happiness is a Dead Parrot” is the 5th of Mike’s “K-Nuts” fan art starring Doctor Who’s K-9 larping as Peanuts’ Snoopy, and co-starring Polyphase Avatron, tthe bad ol’ parrot bot who fought K-9 in the Doctor Who episode “Pirate Planet! It is also the purrrody of Charles M. Schulz’s “Happiness” memes & Monty Python’s “Dead Parrot“ comedy sketch! “Bastet” is Mike’s varient of his older illustration of that Egyptian catgirl goddess! This version has the slightly different coiffure and pelage color! We have a temple of Bastet on our island, you know! Mike’s illustrations were done with Photoshop CC on the mac with the mouse!
“Rivkah Ash” is Mike’s 3rd pic in the series of our friend Rvkha Brogden’s Elder Scrolls Online characters, all of whom are named Rivkah! Rivkah Ash is Khajiit catgirl of the Archanist class with the Tuxedo Cat meowrkings!
Nextly we are ecstatic to exhibit more photos of Crissy
to commeowmerate her 25 years of cosplay!
Bunni:
Hai These photos by variious photographers are presented in three collages of four pics apiece! The 1st collage consists of Terry Chu’s Summer 2024 photo of Crissy as Snow White at the beach; Terry Chu’s October 2019 photo of Crissy eating sushi, Terry Chu’s 2024 photo of Crissy with Phobos & Deimos; and Eurobeat King’s photo of Crissy as Silver Millennium Purrincess Mars at Nan Desu Con 2020, in the costume made by Setsuna Kou!
The 2nd collage consists of Crissy in her limited edition Sailor Moon kimono at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 2024 Sakura Matsuri; Terry Chu’s photo of Crissy in the costume by Arlette and wig by Ardra as Drachea Rannak’s concept of Sailor Mulan at Otakon 2017; Allison the Photographer’s photo of Crissy wearing the the dress by Custom Costume Store, wig by DokiDoki Cosplay and Tiara by Mazhurnaja as Chibi Usa the Small Lady Senshicon 2023; and Skye’s photo (with the bit of Photoshopping by Mike Moon) of Crissy in the wig and Macy’s pajamas as the Revolutionary Girl Utena!
The 3rd collage consists of David Ng’s 2012 photo of Crissy in the store-bought costume as Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft; David Ng’s 2014 photo of Crissy with her 1980’s My Little Pony toys; Terry Chu’s 2017 photo of Crissy wearing the wig and VKS (Virgin Killer Sweater) as Marvel’s Natasha Romanoff; and Avin’s photo of Crissy as Branded Ann at the New York Renaissance Faire’s Pirate’s Weekend 2019! So, what do y’all think of the art?
The cat lady sings…
Jeannie:
Melody is a supurrb storyteller whose characters have excellent poses, expurressions, purroportions, and diaolgue.
Elizabeth:
Misty is has great purrowess with the digital and traditional media,but I think her colored pencil art is the most brilliant!
Becca:
I think that Alexcia’s sequential ert tale is quite bittersweetly poignant with the tspemdid graphic narrative technique!
Mary Nyan:
Crissy, the costumes, locations, lighting, photography and sense of story combine for the stunningly beautiful images!
Nyanko:
Oh, I think that Mike’s K-9 pic is cleverly amewsing, and the pics of Bastet and Rivkah are so gorgeously rendered!
Mielikki:
Fur shur!
Elaenor:
Well, it is almost time for our AfterMew Luau, so likem that will do it for this edition of The Mew,!
Bunnii:
We wish to thank all of the amazingly talented people whose works we have discussed!
Yvonne:
We purrticularly thank our wonderful wonderful webmeowster Jamie, nyan!
Petra:
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 Novermber Mew.! Be there… aloha!
The Ladies of The Mew:
Happy tails to mew, until we eat again! Baibai, nyan!