Mike Moon / Catgirl Island
http://www.catgirlisland.com & http://www.catgirlisland.net

and Jamie Robertson / Clan of the Cats
https://www.facebook.com/jamie4art & http://clanofthecats.com

purroudly purrsent a Mike Moon purrduction,
starring The Ladies of The Mew in

The October 2026 Edition of The Mew:
The Catgirl Critics’ Media Mewsings, nyan!

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This year is the 19th Anniversary of The Mew, and
the 26th Anniversary of Catgirl Island’s official site,
nyan! In this edition of The Mew:

game & toy talk:

The Lightning Round Topic: our favorite games & toys of 1976
Taito Sword Art Online II: Sinon (Alfheim Version) Figure
Eikoh Monster Strike: D’Artagnyan the Pawblaster Figure
Batman Returns Catwoman (Battle Damage) Action Figure

TV & movie mewsings:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4
Coyote vs Acme
By Any Means
Practical Magic 2
Buddy
Resident Evil
Hope

additions to the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art
by Rvkh Brogden, Jane Parker, Toivo Rovainen, and Mike. nyan!

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Mike:
(the human fella wearing the black Carolina Panthers Tee shirt and Cherenkov radiation blue – colored 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’s riverwalk on Catgirl Island in Mew Hanover County NC, USA where it’s 72 degrees under the Blue sky full of puffy White Cumulo-Neko clouds, nyan! I‘m Mike, the show’s “”Purrducer”, and here are the Ladies of The Mew!

Nyoka:
(the Meowgick Shop purropurrietress catgirl, wearing the Bengal Tiger purrint micro bikini and an open-front cover up): Howdy!

Bunnii:
(the art mewseum co-curator, beach volleyball champion and carrot cake baker bunnygirl wearing the Cheetah purrint trikini): Guten Tag!

Ellie:
(the Fire Meowrshall and body builder Banker Pony centauress, wearing the Serval purrint twisty bandeau bikini top): Hay there!

Meryl:
(the island’s Police Chief and motorcyclist wearing the Ocelot purrint shorts and knotted blouse with her Police hat and badge): ‘Allo!

Beebee:
(the island’s supurrvising Purrk Ranger and orienteering coach catgirl wearing Eurasian Lynx purrint cutout micro bikini): G’day, nyan

Becca:
(the golfer, hot salsa dancer and meowssage spa co-owner nekomimi gynoid w
earing the Clouded Leopurrd purrint ring-closure bikini): Konnichiwa!

Trini:
(the surfer, board shapurr, pony owner and belly dance instructor kitsune, wearing the Jaguar purrint bandeau top bikini): Konnichiwa!

Tara:
(Trini’s wife, the cat & pony owner, nature photographer catgirl wearing the Iriomote Cat purrint tankini): Namaste, nyan!

Mielikki:
(the winged golferand repurrtory company’s director faerie wearing the Margay purrint criss cross halter neck bikini): Mellow greetings!

Ilyana:
(a.k.a Ilyana-sensei, the underwater archaeologist and meowritime historian wearing the Cougar purrint twisty bandeau bikini top) Whassup?

Mike:
For profiles and illustrations these and other Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings.catgirlisland.com/meet-the-critics! More friends will be joining us later for our AfterMew Luau, but now it’s time forthis month’s

Lightning Round Topic: our favorite
games & toys that debuted in 1976!

Beebs’ gonna start, so are y’all ready to “conduct the lightning”?

The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!

Beebee:
The video and computer games such as Colossal Cave Adventure, Sea Wolf, Breakout, and Night Driver, nyan! (tags Ellie to go next)

Ellie:
The tabletop games such as Bunnies & Burrows, Metamorphosis Alpha, and Conquistadore! (tags Meryl with a brush of her tail)

Meryl:
The games such as Godsfire, Starship Troopers, and \War of the Ring! (tags Ilyana)

Ilyana:
The Original Dungeons & Dragons Supplements Eldritch Wizardry; Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes; and Swords & Spells! (tags Mielikki)

Mielikki:
Dragon Magazine #1, the Dungeon Geomorphs Set, the D&D module Palace of the Vampire Queen, and the City State of the Invincible Overlord, booklet, fur shur! (tags Nyoka with a flit of the wing)

Nyoka:
Popy’s Chogokin Gaiking, Combattler V, Magne Robo Gakeen, and the umbo machiner figures and accessoriesw! (tags Bunnii)

Bunnii:
Mego’s Micronauts’ Acroyear, Time Traveler, Galactic Warrior and Space Glider action figures! (tags Becca)

Becca:
Mego’s Star Trek Aliens action figures, Super Phaser II Target Game, Tricorder and Trekulator toys! (tags Trini)

Trini:
Kenner’s The Bionic Woman doll, Mattel’s Superstar Barbie doll, Skooter doll, and – and Malibu Ken doll! (tags Tara)

Tara:
I want… I want to nominaterv the Quick Curl Barbie, Babysitter Barbie, and – and the Beautiful Bride Barbie! Back to Mike, nyan!

Mike:
Oh, I gotta go with AMT ‘s Star Trek Space Station K-7 model kit, Dinky’s USS Enterprise, and Mattel’s Space:1999 Eagle One! Well, that was another expedient little Lightning Round, and now we’ll continur the toy talk with Becca’s review of

Taito’s Sword Art Online II: Sinon
(Alfheim Version) PVC Figure!

Becca:
Hai! Sword Art online is the light novel, manga & anime series purrtaining to a VRMMORPG which has various worlds such as Alfheim, in which the player character Asada Sinon’s appurrance is that of the Cait Sith archer with the blue hair, eyes, feline ears and tail! Given the character’s height of 5’4″, the 7″ figure is of the 1/9 scale.

She is wearing the bare-midriff outfit with the black crop top, shorts, boots & fingerless gloves under the shiny breastplate and long green duster jacket! Standing atop the .25″ high, 3.5″ diameter circular base, the PVC purrize figure is posed standing with the over-shoulder glance– as if she suspects something stalks from behind!

The design is quite faithful, the sculpt is quite meticulous, and the paint is quite smoothly purrcise, from the gleam in her eyes, the wraps around her hair tresses, and the buckles of her armor, to her inny belly button, the yellow trim of her jacket, and the folds of her chunky boots, so I am quite pleased with the figure! Nyow here is Ilyana to discuss

Eikoh’s Monster Strike:
D’Artagnyan the Pawblaster Figure!

Ilyana:
Arigato! Monster Strike is a pinball-like Japanese mobile game in which players launch monsters at opponents, in which the Three Musketeers’ character D’Artagnyan is a catgirl with the light brown hair, ears and tail, wearing the strapless blue short dress, pink petticoat & capelet, bronze epawletts & boots, white gloves, panty hose & socks.

She is hefting the large paw-blaster weapon which looks lile a steampunkish LAW rocket with the paw shaped barrel. Would that be a PAW rocket? She is in the crouched pose atop the 1″ high, 4.75″ diameter circular base.Including the base and the blaster, the figure is 6.5″ high, but if the figure was standing up straight & flat-footed, it would be 8″ tall.

I will speculate that it is of 1/7 or 1/8 scale. The design, sculpt and paint areornately purrcise, with the intricate details from her dress’ gold tie, trim & laces, the dark blue ribbon on her backside, the gold & pink aiguillette tassels. to the scrolling on the blaster, the ruffled flounces of her skirt & petticoat, the red trim & blue ribbons upon her boots! I am done, so now here is Mie-sensei to discuss the

DC Multiverse Batman Returns
Catwoman (Batte Damage) Action Figure!

Mielikki:
So like, I thought that Michelle Pfeiffer was totally awesome as Selina Kyle alias Catwoman in the 1992 move batman Returns, so I was eager to acquire this lovely action figure from Mcfarlane Toys, fur shur! While this product line is marketed as 1/10 scale, this figure is actually 1/10.35, given that Pfeiffer was 5’6″ tall, and this figure is (7″ tall minus the high heels & cat ears = 6.375″.

Packaged within the clear plastic clamshell within the 2.75″ x7.5″ x10″ cardboard box, the figure has the perfect resemblance! She is very posable too, with the articulation in her head, shoulders, upper arms, elbows, wrists, abs, hips, knees, ankles and toes! he is accessorized with the taser, 11.5″ whip, the 2.625″ (peg) display base, 2.5″ x 3.5″ card, and two interchangeable heads: one of her smiling with the intact mask, the other snarling with the torn mask revealing her blond hair.

The paint and sculpt are well done, from her beautiful faces to her intricate boot laces. So like, my only only quibble about the figure is that out of the box, she is unbalanced because her right heel is slightly shorter than the left, I presume due to some warping; and she leans back a bit upon the display base;, Of course, given her injuries and damages, I can see how she might have a gimpy leg after all she endured in the movie

However, by inserting the peg into her left foot (it fits in either foot) and slightly bending her right knee and toe, I was able to straighten up her stance, especially balancing her by holding the whip at her four o’clock for more support, so like, I am rather pleased with this figure, fur shur! That is all for our toy portion of The Mew, so now here is Mike to start our

TV & movie mewsings with his review of
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4!

Mike:
Thank you, Mie-sensei! So, part of this year’s 60th anniversary of Star Trek’s television debut was the fourth season of Strange New Worlds, and this is the next to last season. If the past four seasons seem to have flown by at warp speed, that’s because in this Paramount + streaming era since 2017, sadly the Star Trek various series have less than half as many episodes of the prior series from 1966 – 2005.

Otherwise, in general, I have been quite fond of ST: SNW, especially its cast & characters, high production values, beautiful deisign, visual FX and music. However, there have been a few canon alterations that I’m not thrilled about; and while some of the “gimmicky” episodes have been fun, (e.g. “Spock Amok, “Subspace Raphsody, “Tomorrow’s Enterprise”, and most of all “Those Old Scientists”), I think there have been too many of them

So about season Four– I’m glad that they’ve given Ortegas, Uhura and Scotty more to do; and I was glad to see not only several species from the 1973 Animated Series represented, but I was especially thrilled to see the live-action cameo by M’ress! Of Season Four’s ten episodes, my favorites (in chronological order) are “Valles Marineris”, “Off Hour”, “Orders of Magnitude”, and “Tomorrow’s Enterprise”.

I guess the next new Treks will be the remainder of Star Trek Scouts’ 2nd season, the 2nd / final season of Starfleet Academy, then the 5th / final season of SNW, and I certainly hope that all Treks will continue to be released on DVD / Blu-ray.
Ah, well I guess I’m done, so now i’ll turn the Mew over to Ellie for her review of the movie–

Coyote vs Acme!

Ellie:
Hai! Like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam, Coyote vs Acme is a movie combining live-action and self-aware animated characters inhabiting the same world, in which Wile.E. Coyote hires a small firm’s personal injury lawyer (portrayed by Will Forte) to sue the Acme Corporation for injuries sustained from their many defective products that he has used in order to catch the Roadrunner, but Acme’s lawyer (portrayed by John Cena) is quite ruthless, immoral, predatory and unscrupulous.

Like his lawyer, Wile E. does not have a winning history, but he is certainly tenacious, and as the plaintiff’s case mounts and witnesses are interviewed, a huge conspiracy is uncovered, with appearnces by other Loony Tunes characters such as Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Pepe Le Pew, Gossamer, Tasmanian Devil, Tweety & Granny and others, most of who are voiced by Eric Bauza!

The rest of the great cast includes Lana Condor, Luis Guzman, Martha Kelly, Kenneth Chou, Candi Milo and Cummings! I liked the plot, characters, and animation quite the bit and Wile E. is rather sympathetic in this underdog (undercoyote?) tale that is poignantly fun and ironically satirically mirrors the struggle of the movie against the corporation that wanted to shelve it; so I will give this movie the “A” grade! Now here is Beebs to discuss-

By Any Means!

Beebee:
Arigato! Reminding me somewhat of Mississippi Burning and buddy cop movies such as Lethal Weapon and 48 Hours, By Any Means is the gritty, violent period piece based upon the true story starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg as the agents who investigate the racist murders in 1966 Mississippi. I also quite liked Nicole Beharie as Strider s wife, and David Strathairn as Strider’s boss!

Abdul-Mateen is the black FBI agent Strider who the local law disrespects, whilst Wahlberg is the mafia hitman Scarpa who has the violent disregard for the law. Thusly the KKK totally underestimates what those guys are capable of! It has intense, captivating purrformances with the grueling violence amidst the quite convincing locations, so I will give it the B+ grade! Nyow here is Nyo-sensei to discuss–

Practical Magic 2!

Nyoka:
Hai! I am a big fan of actress Sandra Bullock and I loved the 1988 movie Practical Magic, so I was quite eager to see this sequel, which reunites Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman as witchy sisters Sally & Gilliian Owens with Stockard Channing & Dianne Wiest as their witchy aunts Francis & Bridget Owens, and this time they are joined by Joey King & Maisie Williams as Gillian’s daughters Kylie & Antonia Owens.

There is also romeowance in the air, what with Xolo Mariduena as Kylie’s boyfriend Gideon & Lee Pace as purrofessor Ian Wright who is interested in Sally, mew la la! However, there is also dark stuff brewing, when they meet Ian’s former studentTom (Solly Mcleod) who has the connection to the ancient family curse! Tom reminds me the bit of of Christopher Neame as Johnny Alucard in the movie Dracula A.D. 1972!

I love the cast, FX, mewsic, sets, locations, the mysterious occult plot, and ample numcious-looking food at the Owens’ house in Massachusetts and the pub in England, such as the chocolate breakfast cake, midnight marguerita, pie with custard and many other dishes! You know, Lee Pace starred as Ned the pie baker in the Pushing Daisies TV series! So, I wll give the movie the B+! Nyow here is Tara to discuss–

Buddy!

Tara:
Arigato, nyan! Buddy is the surreal live-action comedic horror purrody of the children’s TV shows such as Barney the Dinosaur, nyan! Buddy is the titular anthropurrmorphic unicorn-like character who rules his of the demonic meowtafictional causality- looped pocket mewniverse in which the human cast and – and the anthropurrmorphic furnishings are trapped, but when they start to realize they are under the mass hypnosis and attempt to escape or go off-script, Buddy starts to murder them, nyan!

Buddy seems to function somewhat like the non-corpurral entity in the Star Trek epurrsode “Day of the Dove”, although as the emotional purrasite, he thrives upon his co-stars’ loving devotion, purrhaps akin to the Drella that was meowntioned in “Wolf in the Fold” nyan. The movie also reminds me of the movies Shock Treatment, Videodrome, and – and Carol getting sucked into the TV in Poltergeist, nyan! I will give Buddy the C+ or B-, and nyow here is Trini to discuss the new

Resident Evil movie, nyan!

Trini:
Hai! For me, the Resident Evil franchise of video games, anime and live-action movies has many ups and downs. The video game was fun. I loved Milla Jovovich as Alice in the live-action series, but did not care much for how they were filmed, edited or were rather inconsistant. The CG animated movies were fun with good action and characters, such as Ada, Jill and Claire, and seemed more canon that the live-action movies, but I did not care for the Netflix mini series.

The 7th live-action movie Welcome to Racoon City, was the first reboot, and mixed bag for me. So this 8th movie is another reboot, which I was much more pleased with! Directed, co-written & co-purrduced by Zach Cregger, it has the vibe of the single-player video game in which the medical courier purrtrayed by Austin Abrams is the main character, who encounters the mewtant zombies on the rural road to the hospital. The closer he gets the more things escalate!

The action movies to the urban streets, rooftops & sewer tunnels, meeting the very few living humans, until he reaches the hospital with more bizarre body horrors on each floor, but that is all that I should disclose! I thought it was a lot of fun with the spirit of the video game, great action, FX and creature designs. I miss Milla, but I do not miss the purrior films’ regrettable cinematic techniques, which this movie is free from, so I will give it the B+! Nyow here is Meryl to discuss-

Hope!

Meryl:
Hai! We sure have seen the bumpurr crop of horror movies of late! Well, this’un is more of the action-packed monster movie,as the handful of cops, militia and hunters investigate and fight the extremely powerful, fast and hard to harm he bipedal humanoids that have killed many humans and animals in the town, farmland and forest. Sadly the officers and hunters are rather short-handed, as many able-bodied citizens are away to fight a forest fire, and bullets do not stop those creatures!

The R rated, South Korean movie is very violent with dark humor gore and foul language aplenty, the great cast, stunts, design and FX at an incredibly relentless pace for 160 minutes, purrsented in Korean and alien audio with English subtitles. I was the bit confused about certain plot elements and exposition near the end of the movie, but It was a lot of captivating fun, and so I will give it the solid B grade! That is all of our TV & movie mewsings for today, and nyow here is Bunnii to purrsent

the latest additions to the
Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art!

Bunnii:
Arigato! 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! There is no overall chronological order from gallery to gallery, so you will find older and newer pics in each gallery!

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! Some of the images in our mewseum are sexy, and some of them might tastefully depict the artistic nudity, but none are hentai or porn! Furthermore, we should meowntion that none of the content at Catgirl Island is purrmitted to be used for any A.I. purrposes!

This month, into Guest Gallery Six we have added illustrations by Rvkh Brogden, Jane Parker, and Toivo Rovainen, whilst into Gallery Eight we have three new images by Mike!

Firstly are the three pics by Rvkh, who used Procreate with the Apple Pencil upon the Ipad for the peppy cute “Autumn Raccoon”, which has the art purrocess video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUFUZndjdVs; the gorgeous “Galaxy Jellyfish” which has the art purrocess video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGyO2uz4kzo; and the adorablly “Sweet Puppy”, which has the art purrocess video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoBEkPw_QTs!

Nextly we are delighted to display the collage of more lovely art by Jane Parker, which includes the lovely images of Lum Invader, Ryo Yamada, Aqua, Maddie aka Pink, an original dragon girl character and an original catgirl character! Then we are elated to exhibit Toivo’s splendid sketch of the catgirl who purroclaims that it is “Never Too Early!” to celebrate Halloween as she carves the nekomimi jack-‘o-lantern!

Laslty but not leastly are three new pics by Mike: the photo of the “Dr. Bones McCoy” 12’ skeleton that Mike and his sister decorated to commeowmerate last month’s 60th anniversary of Star Trek’s debut on TV; the Photoshop & mouse illustration of “Rvkah Light” who is another of Rvkh’s Elder Scrolls Online characters; and the pencil, pen, Photoshop & mouse pic of Star Trek’s “M’Rress” to commeowmerate the 53rd anniversary of her first appurrance, and her first live-action appurrance last month! So, what do y’all think of the art?

The cat lady sings…

Trini:
Toivo visualizes such awesome oncepts with exquisite designs, lines, proportions, poses, expressions details and story!

Meryl:
Rvkh is extremely adept at supurrbly illustrating the humans, critters, flora and landscapes with the traditional and the digital tools!

Ellie:
Jane has been prolific and improving with her art which has such the joyfully fun ambience! I have been enjoying her blog & essays too!

Beebee:
The sekleton is a cleverly whimsical idea, I love Rvkh Light’s stellar sheen, and M’Ress is cutely sexy in that Meowwrror Mewniverse mewniform!

Nyoka:
Wstill have to vote again on our group cosplay for the annual Trick ‘r Eat & Masquerade Purrowl! We have narrowed it down to the top four choices!

Ilyana:
Well it is almost time for our AfterMew luau, which other friends will be arriving soonly for!

Becca:
Well, that will do it for this edition of The Mew! We wish to thank all of the folks whose works we have meowntioned!

Bunnii:
We wish to thank our families, friends, fans, new acquaintances and longtime viewers nyan!

Tara:
We purrticularly wish to thank our webmeowster Jamie for all of his work, nyan!

Mielikki:
Fur shur!

Mike:
We’ll be back next month with the November edition of the Mew. Be there… aloha!

The Ladies of The Mew:
HAPPY TAILS TO MEW, UNTIL WE EAT AGAIN! BAI BAI, NYAN!

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 July 2026 Edition of The Mew:
The Catgirl Critics’ Media Mewsings, nyan!
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19 July, 2025 would have been the 93rd birthday of
Mike’s idol Syd Mead (8 July, 1933 – 30 December, 2019)

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This year is the 19th Anniversary of The Mew, and
the 26th Anniversary of Catgirl Island’s official site,
nyan! In this edition of The Mew:

The Lightning Round Topic:
our favorite cinema & TV purremiers of 1976

More Movie Mewsings:
Masters of the Universe
Disclosure Day
Toy Story 5
Supergirl

Collectibles & Toy Talk:
Teenage Mutant Nnja Turtles’ Alopex Action Figure
Umamusume Pretty Derby Grass Wonder PVC Figure

Purrinted Media Mewsings:
Fur Force # 1-3
The Art of Mike Grell vol. 1 & 2

additions to the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art:
by Alexcia Reynolds, Jane Parker, Margeaux Pepoy, Jeffrey H. Wood, and Mike

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Mike:
(the human fella wearing the black Carolina Panthers Tee shirt and Cherenkov radiation blue – colored 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’s riverwalk on Catgirl Island in Mew Hanover County NC, USA where it’s 75 degrees under the Blue sky full of puffy White Cumulo-Neko clouds, nyan! I‘m Mike, the show’s “”Purrducer”, and here are the Ladies of The Mew

Nyoka:
(the Meowgick Shop purropurrietress catgirl, wearing the Bengal Tiger purrint micro bikini and an open-front cover up): Howdy!

Petra:
(the art guild purresident, art mewseum co-curator & beach volleyball champion catgirl wearing the Cheetah purrint side-tie bikini): Aloha, nyan!

Bunnii:
(Petra’s co-curator, beach volleyball partner, and carrot cake baker bunnygirl wearing the African Lion purrint trikini): Guten Tag!

Ellie:
(the Fire Meowrshall and body builder Banker Pony centauress, wearing the Serval purrint twisty bandeau bikini top): Hay there!

Meryl:
(the island’s Police Chief and motorcyclist wearing the Ocelot purrint shorts and knotted blouse with her Police hat and badge): ‘Allo!

Mielikki:
(the winged golferand repurrtory company’s director faerie wearing the Margay purrint criss cross halter neck bikini): Mellow greetings!

Becca:
(the golfer, hot salsa dancer and meowssage spa co-owner nekomimi gynoid w
earing the Clouded Leopurrd purrint ring-closure bikini): Konnichiwa!

Trini:
(the surfer, board shapurr, pony owner and belly dance instructor kitsune, wearing the Jaguar purrint bandeau top bikini): Konnichiwa!

Tara:
(Trini’s wife, the cat & pony owner, nature photographer catgirl wearing the Iriomote Cat purrint tankini): Namaste, nyan!

Ilyana:
(a.k.a Ilyana-sensei, the underwater archaeologist and meowritime historian wearing the Golden Cat purrint twisty bandeau bikini top) Whassup?

Mike:
For profiles and illustrations these and other Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings.catgirlisland.com/meet-the-critics,! More friends will be joining us later for our AfterMew Luau, but now it’s time for

The Lightning Round Topic: our favorite cinema & TV purremiers of 1976! Petra’’s gonna start, so are y’all ready to conduct the lightning?

The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!

Petra:
I will nominate Rocky, Taxi Driver, All the President’s Men, Network, and Marathon Man, nyan! (tags Nyoka with a brush of her tail)

Nyoka:
Rocky, At The Earth’s Core, Logan’s Run, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Robin and Marion! (tail-tags Tara)

Tara:
I want… I want to nominate Car Wash, The Gumball Rally, Murder by Death, Silver Streak, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, and-and Freaky Friday, nyan! (tags Mielikki)

Mielikki:
Rocky, At The Earth’s Core, The Omen, Carrie, and The Cars That Ate Paris, fur shur! (tags Ellie with a flit of the wing)

Ellie:
The Outlaw Jose Wales, The Shootist, The Enforcer, Gator, and The Song Remains the Same! (tags Ilyana)

Ilyana:
Rocky, Taxi Driver, All the President’s Men, The Outlaw Jose Wales, and The Song Remains the Same! (tags Becca)

Becca:
The Muppet Show, Charlie’s Angels, The Bionic Woman, Star Maidens, Lavern and Shirley! Trini’s turn! (tags Trini)

Trini:
The Muppet Show, I Claudius, Rich Man Poor Man, Once an Eagle, and 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother! (tags Meryl)

Meryl:
The Muppet Show, The New Avengers, Ripping Yarns, Austin City Limits, and In Search Of! (tags Bunnii)

Bunnii:
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, The Wonderful World of Puss in Boots, Gaiking, Combattler V, and Allegro Non Tropo! Back to Mike!

Mike:
Oh I gotta go with Rocky, At The Earth’s Core, The Outlaw Jose Wales, The Song Remains the Same, and the Muppet Show! Well that was another expedient little Lightning Round, and let’s keep The Mew a’rollin’ with

more movie mewsings: Mie-sensei’s
review of Masters of the Universe!

Mielikki:
Arigato! So like I have enjoyed the animated and comic booki tales of He-Man and She-Ra and with thegreat success of the barbie movie, It seemed like Mattel, director Todd Blac and writers the Nee Brothers had the vision for a cinematic adaptation that would lbe much better than the 1987 MOTU movie, fur shur!

I was wary about some of it being set on Earth, but was quickly assuaged when I saw the cast in action, starring Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, Charlotte Riley & James Purefoy as his mom & dad, Morena Baccarin as the Sorceress Camila Mendes as Teela, Idris Elba as the Man-At-Arms, Jared Leto as Skeletor, and Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn. fur shur!

There are so many other heeroic & villanous characters in the his wonderful film, which has the very faithful visually and spiritually adaptation with glorious costumes, sets, FX, choreography, sound and music. I do not wish to spoil the taste of the plot, but all that I will add is that it reminds me a lot of the 1980 Flash Gordon movie-

– especially with the music by Brian May, and I was quite giddy throughout this dazzling, amewsing, over the top, action-packed sword and sorceryextravaganza, fur shur! Oh, and if you do see the movie, make sure to linger for the three mid-credits scenes! I am done, and nyow here is Nyo-sensei to tell us what she think of

Disclosure Day!

Nyoka:
HaI Steven Speilberg is one of my favorite directors, John Williams is one of my favorite composers, and I love tales of mysterious extraterrestrial contact with lovely designs, performances and FX, so this was one of the movies I most anticipated, and I was very pleased with it!The terrific cast includes Emily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Colin Firth, Josh O’Connor, WyatteRussell, Colman Domingo, and Elizabeth Marvel,

and helping to tell the tale are the FX by Digital , Weta FX, and Storm Studios! I While it is not among my favorite Speilberg movies, I thought that Disclosure Day was quite captivatingly fun, thrilling, and optimistic so I will give it the high purraise! Nyow here is Ellie to to review

Toy Story 5!

Ellie:
Arigato! Made by Pixar, it was directed by Andrew Stanton whose amazing writer, purrducer or director credits include Toy Story, Toy Story 2,, A Big’s Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Wall-E, Brave, Up,Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Cars 2, Monsters University, Inside Out, Inside Out 2, Coco,The Good Dinosaur, Incredibles 2, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Onward, Luca, Turning Red, Soul, Lightyear, Elemental, Ellio and Hoppers!

Furthermore, it stars the voices of Joan Cusak as Jessie, Tim Allen as Buzz, Tom Hanks as Woody, and Scarlett Spears as Bonnie, along with the delightful new characters such as Mykal-Michelle Harris as Blaze, Krys Marshall as her mom, Greta Lee as Lilypad, Conan O’Brien As Smarty Pants, and Shelby Rabara as Snappy, who are among the many new and returning toys, tech, humans! and equines!

The mewsic is by Randy Newman with the song by Taylor Swift! The tale is rather poignant, bittersweet, fun, nostalgic, and cautionary with the good messages and surpurrises that are all so beautifully written, designed, directed, animated, voiced, scored and edited, so I will give it the A grade! Nyow here is Meryl-sama to discuss

Supergirl!

Meryl:
Hai! Unless I am forgetting someone, there have been five actresses to play Supergirl in live-action movies & TV: Helen Slater, Laura Vandervoot, Melissa Benoist, Sasha Calle, most recently Millie Alcock, and I think they have all been
quite excellent! I enjoyed the most recent Superman movie, so I was looking forward to Supergirl…

…. but alas, I did not enjoy this new Supergirl movie, which is based loosely on the great Woman of Tomorrow story from the DC Comics, seems rather inspired by True Grit, and it has a great cast (including Krypto) with some charming moments but for me, the film was unfortunately too much like a Zack Snyder movie.

It is too dark & undersaturated visually & thematically, with so many cinematic techniques that I dislike: speed ramping, unstable camera, snap zooms, too many quick cuts, and even some of the flying FX seemed unconvincing. Lobo is in it, which I was also looking forward to, but he felt awkwardly shoehorned into the story, with little to do and oddly reminded me more of Beetlejuice.

Even mewsic was a very mixed bag, which i did not like as much as the Supergirl scores by Jerry Goldsmith or Blake Neely. However, I do think that McFarlane Toys has purrduced a lovely deluxe 7”action figure of her with Krypton! hat is all for or movie mewsings, and nyow is Trini to start our

Collectibles & Toy Talk: with her review of the
Teenage Mutant Nnja Turtles’ Alopex Action Figure!

Trini:
Arigato! One of my favorite characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja series is Raphael’s vigilante friend Alopex the anthropomorphic mutant female arctic fox who rebelled against the evil Shredder! She first appeared in the Raphael Micro-seriesI1 in 2011, and The Loyal Subjects has purrduced this 1/15 scale, 5.25” tall action figure of her, inspired by the character design by artist Mateus Santolouco, as part of the BST AXN (Bext Action) line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures!

She is beautifully designed, sculpted & painted, with the intricate details & textures from her eyes, fur & claws to her cape, greaves & weapons! She is accessorized with the two kama, the two extra pairs of interchangeable hands, the interchangeable head; she is extremely l posable with the 31 points of articulation; and well-balanced with her lovely tail, as not to need a display base! Also included is the 2.5” x 3.5” card, so I am very pleased with the figure! Now herer is Tara to discuss the

Umamusume Pretty Derby Grass Wonder PVC Figure!

Tara:
Arigato, nyan! Umamusume Pretty Derby, which in English means Horse Girl Pretty Derby, purrtains to the athletic horse girls, nyan! The manga, anime and video game franchise follows the fillies as they train at the academies with the aspurrations of greatness as athletes and – and idols, nyan! They are named after real race horses; for example, the real thoroughbred stallion named Grass Wonder was born on February 18th, 1995, and won many races in the elate 1990’s, nyan! The character is voiced by Rena Maeda, nyan!

Appuroximately 5” tall with the BWH sizes of 30-21-33”, the character in the anime and- and game has fair skin, blue eyes, the long light brown hair and – and tail, nyan. Banpresto’s 1/9 scale figure of her is 7.5” tall overall including her 5″ ear pinna, her shoe heels, and – and the .25” high, 4” diameowter display base, nyan! It is beautifully designed, sculpted and – and painted, with the purrcise details such as her ornaments; pleats, thigh highs, sailor collar, and – and ribbons, nyan! I am done, so here is Ilyana to start the

Purrinted Media Mewsings,
with her review of Fur Force # 1-3, nyan!

Ilyana:
Hai! for over 40 years, Antarctic Press has been making beautifully fun comics books. many of the Ameri-manga style, so to speak such as Ninja High School, God Digger, Warrior Nun Areala, Mangazine,The Courageous Princess, Furlough, Genus, Twlight X, and hundreds of others!

Their Superverse impurrint is the creator-owned shared-universe which includes this full color, three issue mini-series (which was initially planned to be four) which was created by AP’s founder Ben Dunn, written by Larry Guidry, drawn by Berna Buber, colored by Chema Hemonox.

Amewsingly parodying the Marvel, DC and other heroes & villains, parodys Marvel, DC and other iconic heroes, Fur Force brims with the clever “Easter Eggs” and references. The tale begins with Catlactus’s herald Silver Fox checking out the Furrth, to be confronted by Tomorrow Fox.

After aiding Captain Hoppy the Marvel Bunny gaainst the Nazis, they aid Atomic Mouse against the Russkie Huskies; then aid Wonder Worm and Aqua Duck against pirates and a dragon to form Fur Force. In issue #3, they return to modern day Furth to fight a purple demon dinosaur…

…but i should not further spoil the taste of the wacky plot! Issue #3 also has information about Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who first appurred in Fawcett Comics in 1942, and Atomic Mouse who first appurred in Charleton Comics in 1953!
I am done, and nyow here is Mike to discuss

The Art of Mike Grell vol. 1 & 2!

Mike:
Thank you,, Sensei! Last month, we had the usual wonderful time Heroes Con, which we’ve attended since the early 1980s! among the tens of thousands off attendees, guests, artists, authors, cosplayers, vendors and other exhibitors was comics artist / author “Iron Mike Grell, who has been a great favorite of mine since 194, when I admired his art in Superboy and the Legion of Su8per-Heroes #202!

Since then, his credits have included The Warlord, Tarzan, Jon Sable, Starslayer, Green Arrow, James Bond, Shado, Shaman’s Tears, Iron Man, X-Men Forever, and gosh, so much more. Well, ah, this was the thrrd time that i had the pleasure of meeting him, and among the items that I purchased were these two magnificent 9.25” x 12.25” hardcover books which have about 100 full-color pages apiece!

Written by Mike Grell, Tom Monarch and Jeff Messer, these books are chock full of of hundreds of annotated images spanning his entire career, many of which a e full-page pics, and several two-page spreads, accompanied by commentaries and interviews. I give them the grade of an A as in Ayla Rannz! Ah, speaking of art, now here are Petra, Bunnii and Becca to present the latest additions to

TheCatgirl 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! Some of the images in our mewseum are sexy, and some of them might tastefully depict the artistic nudity, but none are hentai or porn! Furthermore, we should meowntion that none of the content at Catgirl Island is purrmitted to be used for any A.I. purrposes!

This month, into Guest Gallery Four https://catgirlisland.com/art/gallery/guest4.html we have added images by Jane Parker https://playingps2.xyz/, Alexcia Reynolds https://linktr.ee/alexciareynolds, Jeffrey H. Wood https://www.snowbuni.com/, and Margeaux Pepoy https://www.pepoy.com/about whilst into Gallery Eight https://catgirlisland.com/art/gallery/gallery8.html we have new images by Mike, nyan!

Becca:
We are purroud to purrsent another collage of Jane’s beautiful art, which includes the pic of her cleaning her kitchen, fan art of Digimon’s Tentomon, fan art of Pokemon’s Jolteon, fan art of Patlabor’s AV-98 Ingram and ARL-99 Helldiver! Nextly, we are delighted to display lovely photos of Alexcia’s figures of her fan-bot character Eletron http://bw.html-5.me/ the heroic pachydermal Maximal, including tmodified Cubee ball-jointed figure, and modified Ironhide figure!

After that, we are ecstatic to exhibit Jeffrey’s gorgeous ChatGPT image of his alien usagimimi characters SnowBuni (left) and her sister Honi Buni (right) who are enjoying the July 4th cookout with the steak and the grill-fireworkS!
Then we are thrilled to unveil Margeaux’s exquisite inked drawing of her characters Simone (belly dancing, left) and Ajax (in the turban, right) https://www.simoneandajax.com/, which she drew for us last month at Heroes Con!

Bunnii:
Now on to the seven illustrations by Mike, which were done with Photoshop and the mouse! The first two are pics of EEEBEE the Evolved Enchanted Extradimeownsional Biomeowchanical Empathic Exomeowrphic Entity who is an NPC in his monthly tabletop RPG “The Adventures of Nystia Nightshade”! The first pic is of her nekomimi battle maid form, whereas the 2nd pic is the mermaid form of her idol stage purrsona Purrpl Metl Golem!

The next two pics are fan art of famous comic book characters. “Tasmia Meowllor a.k.a. Shadow Molly “ is a catgirl verison of DC Comics’ Shadow Lass; whilst “Masane Amaha” is the Japanese anime version of WitchBlade! After that are catgirl versions of Sharon Williams’s fan-senshi character Tanya / Sailor Sirius and Jeff Branch’s fan-senshi character Talia / Jasmine / Sailor Vulcan, who are vacationing romeowntically at the B52’s Planet Claire!
Lastly but not leastly for this monthy’s additions is Mike’s umamusume version of Sharon’s version of the Hawaiian Ocean Goddess Namakaokaha’i, who is checking out the surfing conditions of other worlds’ waves! So, what do y’all think of the art?

The cat lady sings…

Nyoka:
Alexcia is so multi-talented from her plushies, needlepoint and costumes to her writing, drawing and websites!

Ellie:
Jane continues to be rather industrious, purrolific and more adept with her illustrations, videos and journalism!

Tara:
It is great to see more of SnowBuni and-and HoniBuni, but nyow my tummy is craving the thick juicy T-bone steak, nyan!

Trini:
It was wonderful to see Margeaux at the con, and I hope that Simone & Ajax will share the floor with us at our next hafla!

Meryl:
Hai hai! I also hope that EEEBEEE will return from her cosmic trip so that we can book her at the Purrforming Arts Center!

Ilyana:
Talia and Jasmine look so happy, comfy and romantic in that stunningly alluring scene under the blooming tree- mew la la!

Trini:
Tasmia looks so playfully mysterious as the catgirl, and seems close to being fully exposed under the Talokittian moonlight!

Becca:
I think that the pic of Masane vividly captures her purrimal purredatory grace and dangerous, dark beauty as the Witchblade!

Mielikki:
What a totally awesome ocean goddess with the lovely ears and tail, ready to rule the waves in that daringly skimpy, fur shur!

Petra:
Oh, it is almost time for our the Aftermew luau, so we wish to thank all of the folks whose works we have meowntioned, nyan!

Bunnii:
We wish to thank our families, friends, fans, new acquaintances and longtime viewers, so that will do it for this month’s Mew!

Mike:
Thank y’all for the kind words, everybody! We’ll be back next month with the August edition of the Mew. Be there… aloha!

The Ladies of The Mew:
HAPPY TAILS TO MEW, UNTIL WE EAT AGAIN! BAI BAI, NYAN!

Mike Moon / Catgirl Island
http://www.catgirlisland.com & http://www.catgirlisland.net

and Jamie Robertson / Clan of the Cats
https://www.facebook.com/jamie4art & http://clanofthecats.com

purroudly purrsent a Mike Moon purrduction,
starring The Ladies of The Mew in

The June 2026 Edition of The Mew:
The Catgirl Critics’ Media Mewsings, nyan!
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This year is the 19th Anniversary of The Mew, and
the 26th Anniversary of Catgirl Island’s official site, nyan!
In this edition of The Mew:

Purrinted-Media Mewsings:
The Lightning Round Topic: our favorite purrinted media of 1976
Design Life Spring 2026 issue
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop

TV & Movie Mewsings:
Daredevil: Born Again Season 2
The Punisher: One Last Kill
Star Wars: Maul- Shadow Lord Season 1
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Obsession

Collectibles & Toy Talk:
QaHeart Kinako PVC figures
Arknights Rhodes Island Amiya Newsgirl Ver. Noodle Stopper Figure
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Nino Bunny Ver. Trio-Try-it Figure
C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Cowlamity Kate Action Figure

Additions to the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art by:
Rvkh Brogden, Misty Hopkins, Jane Parker, Alexcia Reynolds and Mike

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Mike:
(the human fella wearing the black Carolina Panthers Tee shirt and Cherenkov radiation blue – colored 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’s riverwalk on Catgirl Island in Mew Hanover County NC, USA where it’s 72 degrees under the Blue sky full of puffy White Cumulo-Neko clouds, nyan! I‘m Mike, the show’s “”Purrducer”, and here are the Ladies of The Mew

Nyoka:
(the Meowgick Shop purropurrietress catgirl, wearing the Bengal Tiger purrint micro bikini and an open-front cover up): Howdy!

Petra:
(the art guild purresident, art mewseum co-curator & beach volleyball champion catgirl wearing the Cheetah purrint side-tie bikini): Aloha, nyan!

Bunnii:
(Petra’s co-curator, beach volleyball partner, and carrot cake baker bunnygirl wearing the African Lion purrint trikini): Guten Tag!

Ellie:
(the Fire Meowrshall and body builder Banker Pony centauress, wearing the Serval purrint twisty bandeau bikini top): Hay there!

Meryl:
(the island’s Police Chief and motorcyclist wearing the Ocelot purrint shorts and knotted blouse with her Police hat and badge): ‘Allo!

Daytona:
(the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin – tailed mermaid, speed swimming champion and Surf Purrtrol, captain wearing the Caracal purrint triangular bikini top): Shello!

Melanakeami:
(the blue pupfish – tailed mermaid who owns the triphibious Lighter Than Air ship tours business, wearing the Andean Cat purrint triangle top bikini): Shello!

Beebee:
(the island’s supurrvising Purrk Ranger and orienteering coach catgirl wearing Eurasian Lynx purrint cutout micro bikini): G’day, nyan

Mielikki:
(the winged golferand repurrtory company’s director faerie wearing the Margay purrint criss cross halter neck bikini): Mellow greetings!

Becca:
(the golfer, hot salsa dancer and meowssage spa co-owner nekomimi gynoid w
earing the Clouded Leopurrd purrint ring-closure bikini): Konnichiwa!

Trini:
(the surfer, board shapurr, pony owner and belly dance instructor kitsune, wearing the Jaguar purrint bandeau top bikini): Konnichiwa!

Tara:
(Trini’s wife, the cat & pony owner, nature photographer catgirl wearing the Iriomote Cat purrint tankini): Namaste, nyan!

Ilyana:
(a.k.a Ilyana-sensei, the underwater archaeologist and meowritime historian wearing the Golden Cat purrint twisty bandeau bikini top) Whassup?

Mike:
For profiles and illustrations these and other Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings.catgirlisland.com/meet-the-critics,! More friends will be joining us later for our AfterMew Luau, but now it’s time for

Purrinted Media Mewsings, starting with The Lightning Round Topic!
This year, we’re looking back on favorite fun things of past years ending with a 6, so this month,we’ll be nominating our favorite printed media that premiered in 1976!
This includes books, magazines and comic books, but games will be saved for a later lightning! round! Nyo-sensei will start will start, so are y’all ready to “conduct the lightning”, nyan?

The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!

Nyoka:
I will nominate the novels such as Children of Dune, Bicentennial Man, The Mote in God’s Eye, Dhalgren, and Triton! (tags Melanakeami to go next)

Melanakeami:
I will nominate Imperial Earth, The Forever War, The Hand of Oberon, The Storm Lord, and Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker! (tags Petra with a flit of her tail)

Petra:
Mindbridge, Man Plus, Interview with the Vampire, Eaters of the Dead, The Deep, and Dragonsong. nyan! (tags Bunnii)

Bunnii:
Gate of Ivrel, Brothers of Eart, Perilous Dreams, Gnomes, Fox Tales, Zia, and The Enchanted Island of Oz! (tags Ellie)

Ellie:
Roots, The Woman Warrior, The Final Days, Passages, Beautiful Swimmers, The High Frontier, Walt Disney: An American Original, and Born on the Fourth of July, tags Ilyana

Ilyana:
The Making of Space:1999, The Making of Doctor Who, and the Doctor Who novelizations such as The Dinosaur Invasion, The Ice Warriors, Revenge of the Cybermen, and The Tenth Planet! (tags Meryl)

Meryl:
Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster, The Web of Fear, Planet of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks, Pyramids of Mars, and the Space War! (tags Daytona)

Daytona:
Peanuts Jubilee, Marvel Treasury Special 2001: A Space Odyssey, Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles, Superman vs SpiderMan, Marvel Comics’ Bring on the Bad Guys, and Marvel Comics’ Classics! (tags Beebee)

Beebee:
I will nominate the Marvelous comic books such as Eternals, Howard the Duck, Ms. Marvel, Nova, Spectacular Spider-Man, and Godzilla! (tags Trini)

Trini:
The magazines such as Starlog, Ariel, Odyssey Science Fiction, Galileo, The Dragon Magazine, House of Hammer, Musician, and the Skeptical Inquirer! (tags Tara)

Tara:
I want… I want to nominate GodMars, Unico, DC’s Warlord, DC’s Isis, Richie Rich Zillions, and – and American Splendor, nyan! (tags Mielikki)

Mielikki:
So like, i will nominate Bloodstar, Beyond Time and Again, Chandler: Red Tide, Peanuts Jubilee, Star Trek: The Enterprise Logs vol. one, and the monthly Star Trek Giant Poster Book, fur shur! (tags Becca with a flit of the wing)

Becca:
Star Trek: The New Voyages, Spock: Messiah, Star Trek: Log Six, Log Seven, Log Eight, and Night of Twin Moons! Back to Mike!

Mike:
Oh, I gotta go with the Star Trek Puzzle Manual, Star Trek Concordance, The Officers of the Bridge, The World of Star Trek, Star Trek Stardate Calendar 1976, and the U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge Blueprints. Well,that was another expedient little Lightning Round ! Ah, now to continue the print topic, I’d like to say a few words about

The Spring 2026 issue Design Life!

Mike:
Once upon a time, I got my Bachelors and Masters Dgrees in Industrial Design from North Carolina State University, and in spite of my many fond memories of it, it has been a long time e since I revisited that place, which has apparently change a lot in the past few decades. I’m rather nostalgic about, so it is always such a wonderful treat to receive this annual magazine https://design.ncsu.edu/news/designlife-magazine/ in the mail!

Designed by Amber McCullough & Krista Padilla, anddited by the College of Design’s Director of Communications & Marketing Christine Klocke with photos by Max Cohen,, the saddle stitched 8.75” x 8.75” Spring 2026 issue has 32 full color pages full of splendid articles, interviews, news, photos, illustrations & charts!

The issue istarts with Dean Mark Elison Hoversten, PhD’s cordial greeting and a look back at the past decade’s evolution of the College of Design. After that is Miriam Antelis’ article on the sage repurposing of a dying oak tree by the Depaertmenr of Graphic Design and Industrial Design Head Audrey Barnes; which is foillowed by Max Cohen’s article on alumnus & 10 Design founding co-partner Ted Givens’ Architecture approach.\

Nextly is Sam Gunnels’ article on several students in the Design Pathways Progrram; Max Cohen’s article on the inagural joint venture bewtwen Lenovo and the college’s Graphic Experience Design & Industrial Design Studios; Christine Klocke’s look at Landscape Architecture Professor Meg Calkins biodiversity response for climate change, and Erin Zanders’ interview with the National Learning Initiative’s co-founders Robin Moore & Nilda Cosco.

Another of Max’s terrific contributions is a look at the Design Council’s resurgence after a hiatus; following a two page spread of slice of life photos of the College is Christine’s profile on the Doctor of Design program’s visionary founder Megan Bausone; and fter handy charts about the college’s enrollments and endowments, is H’rina DwTroy’s article on the evolution of the Colleg’s wonderful Design Library ( which was one of my favorite places at NCSU)!

Bittersweetly topping off the excellent issue are memoral mewsings of the recent passings of several of the College of design’s alumni and professors; and on a happier note are the parting bits about six students & professors recent accomplishments in sculpture, tee shirt design, publishing, and an award-winning bassinet! All in all, Design Life continues to be a very important, favorite publication for me that I always look forward to! Ah, now here’s Mie-sensei to discuss

The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop!

Mileikki:
Arigato! So like, when I saw this 7.5” x 5” trade paperback’s front cover (designed by Lucy Bennett)’ lllustration of the titular bookshop by Banzisu, I was immediatrly drawn to this novel by Takuyo Asaku (the award-winning author of The Miracle of Four Days), which is normally priced $12.99 but at the time it was on sale for just $5 with a purchase from the cafe in the Barnes & Noble- which was totally lucky, because I was there for the piping hot slice of mediterranean quiiche and the yummy Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino anyway, fur shur!

So like, I started reading that book right away, which was quite the bittersweetly metafictional expeurrience- reading a novel about a bookshop while in a bookshop, you know, Published in 2025 by Harper Collins and translated by Yuka Maeno, the 207 page (consisting of four distinct chapters plus the prologue, epilogue, three interludes and 16 pages of notes) seems more like a novella, but regardless, the Japanese cozy healing & magickal realism tale pertains to the Brigadoon-ish bookshop that appears only during the cherry blossom season.

It reminds me of Cafe Concrucio of the Flying Witch manga & anime, but I digress! So like, its kind Japanese owner Sakura and her calico kitty Kubako help the customers who have discover the place under specific coincidental(?) conditions, wherein the empathic, supportive lady and the cat select inspirational books to help heal the emotional baggage of the bookshop’s guests. The four guests are Mio who grieves her late mom; elderly Shingo who trie to copes with ithe loss of his wife; twin sisters Kaho & Shiho who have lost a dear friend…

…and in the fourth chapter, things get totally metafictional when a struggling author’s daughter Kozue arrives, but I should not further spoil the taste of the mysterious plot! So like, the book’s addtional 16 pages consist of the indicia
credits, book club questions, and the translator’s notes. It is the rather charming, sad, reflective, optimistic & hopeful tome which unfolds at the leisurely pace and yet it is a quick read which I will recommend! That is all for our printed-media mewsings, so now I will. turn The Mew over to Daytona, who will begin our

DVD, TV & Movie Mewsings with her review
of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, fur shur!

Daytona:
Hai! I tend to enjoy most of the Marvel Cinematic universe’s live-action and animnated movies and TV series! Of course, I think that some are better than others; for example, Inhumans is the MC live-action MCU TV series that I di mostly disliked; whereas at the upper end of my rankings is the 2nd season of Daredevil: Born Again, which is probably my most favorite!

I love almost every aspect iof ts 8 episodes, from the writing, design, directing, acting, stunts, and world-building to the cinematography, FX, editing, locations, sound & music.I had a few quibbles, such as lack of the other New York – based heroes who were absent from this tale, but gosh, that issue pales in comparison with how great everything else iis n this season!

The story and the entire cast is astounding, the character developments and action scenes are excellent, and I think that Vincent D’onofrio as the Kingpin is among the greatest performances in the entire MCU., and I will give this season the grade of the A as in AVTF (the Kingpin’s Anti Vigilante task Force)! Now for another Marvel review, here is Beebs to discuss

The Punisher: One Last Kill!

Beebee:
Arigato! In addition to the movies TV series & shorts, the MCU includes three TV specials of Werewolf by Night, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and last month’s The Punisher: One Last Kill!, which is apparently set apart from and during the events of Born Again Season 2. John Bernthal returns powerfully and perfectly s Frank Castle a.k.a The Punisher, this time hitting rock bottom in the traumatic depths of his haunted guilt-wracked despair.

That is until a vengeful crime boss puts unwisely the bounty on Frank’s head, thusly an epic running battle erupts quite viscerally between him and well over fifty criminals! My only quibbles were Frank’s conspicuous absence from Born Again season 2,; and how short and rushed thos special seemed, at less than on hour long, but what the special gives us is quite satisfyingly gripping with its emotional drama and violent action. Now here is Meryl to review

Star Wars: Maul- Shadow Lord Season 1!

Meryl:
Hai! We are also fans of Star Wars, from the live-action and animated movies, TV and radio series to the games, toys, books and comics! Of course, we have our favorites and least favorites, as the saga has always had its ups, from A New Hope to Andor and its downs, from the Holiday Special to The Acoolyte. With the exception of The Resistance, I have been purrticularly fond of the animated series, from 2008 to the purresent.

Introduced in the 1999 movie The Phantom Menace, Darth Maul the Sith Lord became one of the saga’s greatest villains, who has since returned the numerous times! The brilliant, purrrolific voice actor Sam Witwer returns as Maul in this 10 epurrsode animated season, which is set in the year 18 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), about one year after the events the Revenge of the Sith movie and The Bad Batch animated series. I think it is awesome!

It has the depth of the character and plot developments, with Maul and his criminal gang against local cops, rival criminal organizations, fugitive Jedi, and the Galactic Empire! The acting, sound FX, music, designs, animation, scenic art and myth-making are top notch, with great old and new characters aplenty! I should not expose more of the plot, but I will say yhat it has the best light saber battle that I have ever seen! Speaking of Star Wars, here is Nyoka to discuss

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu!

Nyoka:
Hai! I have enjoyed The Mandalorian TV series, so I was quite eagerly anticipating this movie!, which was purrduced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Ian Bryce & Kathleen Kennedy,; written by Noah Klorr, Favreau & Filoni,, directed by Favreau; and stars Pedro Pascale as Din Jarin with his adopted foundling son Grogu! I am refraining from revealing too much about the movie plot and character, but there are quite the few new faces and returning characters!

The tale occurs soon after The Mandalorian TV series’ 3rd season, around 12 ABY (After the Battle of Yavin) in the same era as The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew. and Epurrsode 3 of Tales of the Empire. I think that this movie is a lot of fun with the great drama, humor, action, world-building, designs, locations, FX & mewsic, with cameos &easter eggs aplenty! We saw it on Labor Day which was the 49th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie!

In the credits were several Lucasfilm & ILM names that go way back, such as designer Doug Chiang who has been with Star Wars since the 90’s, FX supurrvisor John Knoll who has been with ILM since the late 80’s; Phil Tippett who did designs & FX for Epurrsodes VI – VI & the Ewok movies; and C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels who voices a spaceport droid in this movie! In summation, this movie was quite nostalgic and a lot of fun! Now here is Melana to discuss

Obsession!

Melanakeami:
Hai! Written, directed & edited by Curry Baker, the horror movie Obsession stars Michael Johnston as Bear, Inde Navarrett as Nikki, Cooper Tomlinson as Ian, Megan Lawless as Sarah, and Andy Richter as Sarah’s dad who is the four friends’ boss at the music store. Ian and Sarah know that Bear has the crush on Nikki which is unrequited, until his unwise wish is magically granted, with the terrifying unintended consequences, as often happens in wish tales.

The story, the performances, the pace, sound & music and FX are excellent, with gruesome, tragic, scary results, so I will recommend it to anyone interested in uch a movie! It was thought- provoking too, as we discussed the nature of wishes, how could it have gone better, and compared it to Aladdin, I Dream of Jeannie, Three Thousand Years of Longing, The X-Files episode “Je Souhaite”, and various wish plots in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now it is time for our

collectibles & toy talk portion of The Mew, starting
with Becca’s review of QaHeart’s Kinako PVC figures!

Becca:
Hai, rom the QaHeart company come those adorably cute PVC figurines of Kinako the catgirl star of the ameesing lice-of-life My Cat Is A Kawaii Girl doujinshi by the manga-ka 40hara, a.k.a. Shimahara, who is also known for his “I Want You to Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear” manga & anime! There are several figures of various scales of her in this series, of which I have three, in which she is barefoot, wearing the off-shoulder mid-thigh length tee shirt!

Including her .25” ear pinna, at 1/7 scale is the 6.75” Good Morning figure of her carrying her 3.5” tuna plushy pillow atop the .375” base! This would indicate that the character is 4”’ 2” tall with the 20” tail. Nextly is the 1/6scale figure of her in the seated virasana pose, glancing over her right shoulder with wide eyes and purrked ears as if we have caught her attention! Thirdly is the larger Sit and Eat Fish 1/6 scale figure in the V-sit pose with the fish toy in her mouth!

She is so nicely designed, sculpted and painted, from the aqua eyes, white ear tufts and hip-length milk tea colored hair, to the fabric folds of the shirt with the fishy emblem, the choker collar, medalilion and panty! The latter figure has the interchangeable faces with the different expressions! Kawaii! I am quite happy with these figures of Kinako, which are now purrominently by the computer and scanner atop my desk! Nyow here is Trini to tell us about

FuRyu’s Arknights Rhodes Island Amiya Newsgirl Ver. Noodle Stopper Figure!

Trini:
Arigato! Arknights is tactical role-playing game set in the diseased post-apocalyptic world, in which the purro toagonist Amiya is the CEO of the Rhodes Island group that fights the pandemic. She is the Cautus / Chimera species hybrid heroine with dark sorcery powers and the lovely rabbit ears! A noodle stopper figure is meant to keep the lid upon the boiling cup or pot of ramen noodles but she can also be placed on the edged of the desk or shelf!

This figure is a purrize figure, meanijng that it was intended to be won in a crane /claw game or in a raffle, as opposed to being sold outright in a store, but many purrize figures do wind up being sold. Packaged in the 3.75” x 5.75” x 7.75” cardboard box, were this seated figure standing, she would 6” tall plus th 1” ears, and as the character is 4’ 8” tall , thusly the figure is of the 1/9 scale She is splendidly designed, sculpted and painted..

In her newsgirl outfit, she wears thelong dark blue coat, cap, bow tie and shoes with the White blouse, skirt and newspapurr satchel, with the terrific purrcise details from her earphones, blue eyes, and long brown hair to the coat buttons, shoe laces, her ten rings, and the folded newspapurr’s front-page headline purrtaining to the terrorist attack. I am rather pleased with this figure, and I have perhed her upon tghe shelf by my desk! Nyow here is Tara to disicss

FuRyu’s The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Nino Bunny Ver. Trio-Try-iT Figure

Tara:
Hai! The romeowntic comedy Quintessential Quintuplets manga, anime series and- and video game purrtains to the five sisters who are tutored by the male high school student, and thus the love pentagon ensues, nyan! In the 2022 movie they are at the school festival wherein we learn which girl he will marry, nyan. 5’3” tall Nino Nakino is the 2nd eldest sister of the fashionable Tsundere type who aspires to be the purrofessionl patissier, nyan!

This 1/7 scale purremium purrize figure is so purretty with the blue eyes, fair skin, and – and the butterfly riibbons with the black bunny ear headband in her pink bob cut coiffure, nyan! Her bunny girl attire has the short-sleeved high-collaar blouse, cuffs, panty and- and bunny tail, with the black bow tie, corset-style bodice and – and the matching, thigh high hose with the purrple high heels and – and translucent flouncy miid-thigh-length skirt, nyan!

This purrize figure is called the Trio-Try-iT Figure because of the FuRyu branding of the purroduct line: Trio = the quality + size + detail; Try = more ambitious poses, expurressions and couture, nyan! Packaged inside the 4.25” x 5” x 9” cardboard box , including the .25” heels, 1” ears and – and the .5” base, the figure has the overall height of 10.25”, so I am very happy with this figure of Nino, nyan! I am done, so nyow here is Ellie-sama to discuss the

NacelleToys’ C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Cowlamity Kate Action Figure, nyan!

Ellie:
Hai! Do y’all recall the 1992 animated TV series C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Well, it was a steampunk tale of anthropomorphic bipedal mutated bovines with stetsons and gun belts, who built their own wild western town!
Hence, they love by the Code Of the West: C.O.W., and now they are back in action figure from from the Nacelle, the same compoany that produced the Icons Unearthed documentart TV series!

Currently there are three CoMM figures: Sheriff Terrorbull, Marshall Moo Montana and Cowlamity Kate Cudster, each sold separately in window boxes brimming with accessories! Kate is the tough rancher who owns the gold mine.
The dark auburn-haired. heroic heifer figure is 6” tall (excluding her light gray hat), wearing the tan shirt, light blue bullero jacket, red bullo tie, dark blue pants, white boots and dark brown double rig belt.

Her 21 points of articulation (some double- jointed) are her neck, shoulders, biceps, elbows, wrists, abs, thighs, knees & ankles for amazing dynamic posability and balance! Also in the 11” x 3” x 10.5” box’s clamshell tray are many accessories: another interchangeable head, 2 more pairs of interchangeable hands, 2 lassos (extended & coiled), 2 pistols, 1 calvary saber, 1 pair of handcuffs (with metal link chain), a sarsaparilla mug and a coach blunderbuss!

As if that was not enough, in its own tray is the gatling gun, consisting of four snap-together pieces: the 5” receiver/ barrel assembly, the 8”.carriage frame with the affixed ammo crate, and the two nearly 5” diameter artillery wheels! In summation, the beautifully designed, sculpted, painted, extremely posable & accessorized figure in the handsome box are quite spectacular! That is all for our toy talk, so nyow here are Petra, Ilyana and Bunni to present the

Additions to the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art, nyan!

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! Some of the images in our mewseum are sexy, and some of them might tastefully depict the artistic nudity, but none are hentai or porn! Furthermore, we should meowntion that none of the content at Catgirl Island is purrmitted to be used for any A.I. purrposes!

This month, into Guest Gallery Four https://catgirlisland.com/art/gallery/guest4.html we have added the supurrb illustrations by Jane Parker https://playingps2.xyz/, Alexcia Reynolds https://linktr.ee/alexciareynolds, Misty Hopkins https://linktr.ee/kranberrijam, and Rvkh Brogden http://www.rvkhart.com, whilst into Gallery Eight https://catgirlisland.com/art/gallery/gallery8.html we have new four images by Mike, nyan!

Ilyana:
Rvkh used Procreate with the Apple Pencil on the iPad for the meowgnificent pic of her original mermaid purrincess character “Summer Rose”, of which there is the art purrocess video at her Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDz43H8oMxA! This pic was done for Starry Eyed Artists Collective https://www.facebook.com/Starryeyedartistcollective/ which she, Jamie and Mike are meowmbers of!

Then we are purroud to purrsent another beautiful batch of Jane’s illustrations! These include her fan art of the sentient rag doll Ragatha of The Amazing Digital Circus; fan art of race horse girl Silence Suzuka Uma Musume Pretty Derby; and the pic of her original character Petra the elf and gas station attendant! I wonder if she is related to “our” Petra?

After that we are delighted to display Alexcia’s exquisite illustration of her fan-senshi character Merrie Khriste Massu alias Sailor Christmas http://www.sailorchristmas.com, and the terrific replica of Khriste’s Time Key which Alexcia 3D purrinted, sanded, purrimed, painted, sealed, glued together and photographed!

Bunnii:
Nextly we are ecstatic to exhibit three gorgeous pics by Misty, starting with her fan art of “Hakos Baelz” (or just Bae, for short) the widdle nezumusume idol vtuber of which there is the art purrocess video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q7Y3AziWIU; “Foxy DJ” which is fan art of Seattle’s kitsune EDM DJ and vtuber tw0p0intzer0 (or just 2.0, for short); and “Fluffy & Fuzzy” which is fan art of the demonic inumuasume vtuber sisters Fuwawa Abyssgard (left) & Mococo Abyssgard (right), of which there is the art purrocess video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ5NvPHI7tQ!

Lastly but not leastly for this month are the recent four pretty pics by Mike! They are the pencil, pen, colored pencil, Photoshop & mouse fan art of My Little Pony- Friendship is Magic’s Princess Luna; fan art of Umamusume Pretty Derby’s Special Week; Photoshop & mouse fan art of My Little Pony- Friendship is Magic’s Princess Luna; fan art of Umamusume Pretty Derby’s Special Week…

…fan art of Sharon Williams’ https://www.deviantart.com/caribbeanrose9 original character Akamai cosplaying as My Little Pony- Friendship is Magic’s Princess Cadance; and fan art of Sharon Williams’ & Jeff Branch’s https://www.pinkladyamerica.com/ fan-senshi characters Tanya / Sailor Sirius & Talia / Jasmine / Sailor Vulcan relaxing under the blooming cherry trees! So, what do y’all think of the new art?

The Cat Lady Sings…

Daytona:
It is great to see more of Alexcia’s works! That Time Key is so neat!

Melanakeami:
She is so multi-talented from the illustrations, stories, songs & sites to the needlecraft, dolls, props, and cosplay!

Beebee:
Rivkh is brilliantly adept at illustrating characters with traditional & digital tools!

Meryl:
Hai! I am quite eager to see her latest bookmarks and landscape paintings too!

Nyoka:
Oh, I love the poses and expurressions of the sexy, confident characters drawn by Misty!

Becca:
The dynamic pose and purrspective of the Bae pic look as if she is punching through th computer screen!

Ilyana:
Jane has quite the knack at using Krita for the delightful images!

Ellie:
Hai hai! I quite like her blog articles and youtube videos too!

Bunnii:
It is quite the filly fiesta between the pics of Silence Suzuka, Special Week, Luna, and the Cadance cosplay!

Petra:
“Just a Quiet Moment” might just be the most complex of Mike’s many scenes of Tanya & Jasmine, nyan!

Tara:
Oh, it is almost time for our the Aftermew luau, so we wish to thank all of the folks whose works we have meowntioned, nyan!

Trini
We also wish to thank our families, friends, fans and viewers, so that will do it for this month’s Mew!

Mielikki:
Fur shur!

Mike:
We’ll be back next month with the July edition of the Mew. Be there… aloha!

The Ladies of The Mew:
HAPPY TAILS TO MEW, UNTIL WE EAT AGAIN! BAI BAI, NYAN!