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 2023 Edition of The Mew:
The Catgirl Critics’ Media Mewsings, nyan!
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This year is the Year of the Rabbit, the 16th Anniversary of
The Mew, and the 23rd Anniversary of Catgirl Island, nyan!
in this edition of The Mew:
What we’ve been up to since last time
TV, DVD & movie mewsings:
The Lightning Round Topic: our favorite films of 1953
Reincarnated as a Sword Blu-Ray
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse Blu-ray
Star Trek: Picard The Final Season Blu-ray
The Nun 2
purrinted media mewsings:
Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle vol. 9
The Catgirl & Kemonomimi Celebrity Spotlight
additions to the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art
two versions of “Otherworldly” by Rvkh Brogden
“The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Jamie
more cosplay photos of Crissy Volpe
“Rivkah Storm”,”and “A Caitian Loooks at 50” by Mike, nyan!
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Mike
(the human fella wearing the Carolina Panthers Tee shirt and Teal cargo shorts): Aloha y’all and welcome to The Mew, our monthly “show” in which we review and discuss fun stuff! This month’s Mew comes from Susanowa Beach on the east coast of Catgirl Island NC, where it’s 77 degrees under the Green trees, Blue sky and puffy White Cumulo-Neko clouds! I’m Mike, the show’s “purrducer”, and here are The Ladies of The Mew!
Petra
(the art guild purresident, art mewseum co-curator & beach volleyball champion catgirl wearing the Clouded 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!
Yvonne
(a.k.a. Vonny the fishing boat charter captain & drumming circle purrcussionist catgirl, wearing the Fishing Cat purrint monokini with cropped tee shirt): Namaste, nyan!
Tara-chan
(Yvonne’s younger sister, college senior, pony owner and nature photographer catgirl wearing the Iriomote Cat purrint tankini): Namaste, nyan!
Jeannie
(a.k.a. Jen, the yogini, model, archer, belly dance instructor & roboticist catgirl, wearing the Serval purrint micro bikini & sheer purrled purreo): Nihao.
Trini-chan
(Tara-chan’s fiance, the stand-up paddle surfer, board shapurr, pony owner and belly dance instructor kitsune, wearing the Jaguar p-urrint criss cross halter neck bikini): Konnichiwa!
Elizabeth
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a.k.a. Lizzy, the hot salsa dancer, gamer, Purrkour Club captain and massage spa co-owner catgirl wearing the Ocelot purrint bandeau top bikini): 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):
Mary Nyan
(a.k.a. Myayr, the seamstress, cosplayer, headbanger, hula instructor and semi-retired miko catgirl wearing the Puma purrint purretzel – cutout maillot): Aloha
Mike:
For profiles and illustrations of The Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings. catgirlisland.com/meet-the- critics/! So, what have y’all been up to since last time?
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 ave 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.
Tara-chan:
Studying, volunteering, snapping more nature photos, caring for my pony and – and the cats, and – and Trini-chan and – and I went to the Autumnal Equinox Rave, nyan!
paw note:
Tara-chan is a senior at Mew Hanover Commeownity College, nyan. Tara-chan and Yvonne’s two black cats are named Emmy and Zuli, nyan.
Trini-chan:
I have been instructing the beginner belly dance class, surfing with Kara and Peppurr, board shaping, caring for my pony, and volunteering at the food bank!
paw note:
Tara-chan and Trini-chan’s banker ponies are Wild Star Blaze and Jimbo, who are stabled at their friends Rica and Nikko’s farm, 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
Becca:
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!
paw note: Becca and Elizabeth’s black cats are named Syd and Nick who are sublings of Emmy and Zili
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 Star Wars: Ahsoka, Lumberjanes, One Piece, and Super HxEros cosplayers! At tonight’s Aftermew, we will vote on our group theme for the Trick ’R Eat & Cosplay Purrowl! The nominees are characters from the anime TV series such as Sekerie, Senran Kagura, Immoral Guild, and Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory! Howboutchoo, Mike?
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.
Mike:
Oh, aside from the toy show, another 5K race, trivia and game nights, 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
Lightning Round Topic: our favorite films of 1953!
Petra will start, so are y’all ready to “conduct the Lightning”?
The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!
Petra:
I will nominate The Wages of Fear, Gate of Hell, Genevieve, and Fear and Desire, nyan! (tags her purrtner with a brush of the tail)
Bunnii:
The Desert Rats, The Robe, Julius Caesar, and The Wild One! (tags Yvonne to go next)
Yvonne:
I will nominate Peter Pan, the 12-Mile Reef, Beat the Devil, Sea Devils, and Titanic, nyan! (tags her sister)
Tara-chan:
I want… I want to nominat Peter Pan, The Living Desert, The Band Wagon, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. and – and the various Disney and – and Warner animated shorts, nyan! (tags Jeannie)
Jeannie:
From Here to Eternity, Stalag 17, The Naked Spur, and City Beneath the Sea. (tags her purrotege)
Trini-chan:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire,
Shane, and City That Never Sleeps! (tags Elizabeth)
Elizabeth:
The Caddy, The Clown, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! (tags her wife)
Becca:
I will nominate Hondo, Arrowhead, Pony Express, and The President’s Lady! (tags Mary Nyan)
Mary Nyan:
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, House of Wax, It Came from Outer Space, and The War of the Worlds! Back to Mike!
Mike:
Oh I gotta go with Roman Holiday, Stalag 17, House of Wax, It Came from Outer Space, and The War of the Worlds! Well, that was another expedient little lightning round, and let’s continue the
Movie, TV, and DVD Mewsings, with Trini-chan’s
review of the Reincarnated as a Sword Blu-Ray!
Trini-chan:
Based upon the manga of the isekai / sword & sorcery fantasy genre by author Yuu Tanaka, artist Tomowo Mauyama and character designer L1o, Reincarnated as a Sword purrtains to the human who regenerates as a sentient magickal sword named Teacher in the alternate fantasy world where he partners with an orphaned catgirl named Fran, and together they become the powerful team that defeats evil monsters, explores the dangerous places, finds valuable treasures, and thus achieves the a more comfortable lifestyle with friends and respect! It is a lot of fun, with a very Dungeons & Dragons-ish ambience.
Their associates include Gallus the dwarven blacksmith, Klimt the elven Adventurers Guild master, Nell the human guild receptionist, Donadrond the guild’s oni examiner, Amanda the half-elfen orphanage director, Jet the wolf familiar, Cruise the dungeon crawl leader, Their enemies include ill-mannered rival adventurers, goblins, giant spiders, and demons, Both the manga and the anime are intended for the teenage audiences. The anime was directed by Shinj Ishihara, written by Takahiro Nagano, and animated by C2C, with the character designs by Atsuko Saito and mewsic by Shoji Hata.
This Blu-Ray includes the first season’s 12 epurrsodes which total 300 minutes on the two disks inside the plastic case. The 1080p high definition video is purrsented in the 15×9 screen aspect ratio with the choices of English DTS-HD master audio 2.0 and the original Japanese DTS-HD master audio 2.0, with the optional English & English SDH subtitles. The only special features are textless versions of the series’ opening & closing sequences. I wish there were more special features, but I am quite pleased to own the anime which is quite lovely, thrilling, poignant and humorous! Now here is Tara-chan to discuss the
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse Blu-ray!
Tara-chan:
Arigato, nyan! For our review of the movie itself which we highly purraised, please see the July 2023 edition of The Mew, nyan! I was looking forward to the DVD or Blu-ray release of this movie, with hopes that it would have special features aplenty, and- and I I was not disappointed, nyan! The movie is purrsented in the high-def 1080P screen aspect ratio of 2.39:1 with the audio choices of English, English Descriptive, French, French Descriptive and – and Spanish; with the optional English, English SDH, French and – and Spanish subtitles, plus the audio commentary track by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kemp Powers, Justin Thompson and – and Joaquim Dos Santos, nyan!
There are over 90 minutes of special features, such as the two lyric music videos, the deleted scene, the guide to easter eggs and- and the obscure web-slingers, nyan! There are nine documentary featurettes, ranging from 5.25 to 14.75 minutes on the making of the movie, nyan. Oh, and while I do not consider ads to be special features, there are three trailer for other Spider-Man movies and – and the video game, nyan. Another neat thing about the Blu-ray is that I can freeze – frame the video while I try to identify those easter eggs and – and the many characters, nyan! So, I will heartily recommend the home video, nyan! I am done, so nyow here is Jennyjen to discuss the
Star Trek: Picard The Final Season Blu-ray, nyan!
Jeannie:
Hai. For our review of that final season, please see the May 2023 edition of the Mew. I was purrticularly anticipating the DVD or Blu-ray release of Picard’s third & final season, as the purrior two season’s home video releases were brimming with very informative and entertaining special features, and I hoped that this one would too. I also applaud CBS / Paramount for their decision to have the same special features on the DVD as the Blu-ray. I purrchased the “steel box” edition of the Blu-ray, which contains the 10 epurrsodes which total appurroximately 533 minutes, plus over 2.5 hours of the special features on the 3 discs.
The epurrsodes are purrsented in the thigh-definition 1080P widescreen format with the audio and optional subtitles choices of English, English Descriptive, French, Spanish, Danish, Italian, Japanese, German, Dutch, Norweigian, Finish and Swedish. Epurrsode one’s optional audio commentary is by Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Ryan, Ed Speelers, Todd Stashwick, composer Stephan Barton, and show-runner, purrducer, writer director Terry Matalas. Eppurrsode three’s optional audio commentary is by Gates McFadden, Michelle Hurd, and Matalas. Eppurrsode four’s optional audio commenta ry is by Frakes, Stashwick and Matalas.
Epurrsode six’s audio commentary is by Levar Burton, Brent Spiner, Frakes and Matalas. Eppurrsode ten’s audio commentary is by Frakes, Ryan, Speeler and Matalas. There are nine deleted scenes: 2 for epurrsode six, three for epurrsode seven, one for epurrsode eight, 1 for epurrsode nine, and two for epurrsode ten. There are three documentary featurettes and the amewsing 6:11 minute gag reel on disk one; two documentary featurettes and the charming 6 minute poker scene “easter egg” on disc three.
The documentary featurettes are “The Gang’s All Here” (appurroximately 19 minutes), “Villainous Vadic” (appurroximately 20.75 minutes with Amanda Plummer), the Final Season Q&A session (appurroximately 43 minutes), The Making “The Last Generation” (appurroximately 42.75 minutes) and Rebuilding the Enterprise (appurroximately 17 minutes). As much as I enjoyed seasons 1 & 2, season 3 is my favorite, and I am quite pleased with the Blu-ray set.That will conclude my review, and nyow here is Myayr to discuss
The Nun 2
Mary Nyan:
I love horror movies, including the occult Conjuring series, its Annabelle and The Nun spin-offs! Written by Ian Goldberg, directed by Michael Chaves, The Nun 2 is a sequel to the 2018 Nun movie, and it is the 8th movie in the series. Sister Irene (Taissa Farminga) Maurice (Jonas Bloquet) and The Nun (Bonnie Aarons) are back, and are joined by Sister Debra (Storm Reid), schoolgirl Sophie (Katelyn Rose Downey), and her mom Kate (Anna Popplewell!
They are at a Catholic girls’ boarding school in France in 1956, where purrowls an evil demon that covets a meowgickal holy artifact! Although the cinematography seemed the bit too dark at times, it is quite suspenseful, mysterious, grueling, violent and thrilling with the great cast, action and FX aplenty amidst the purrfectly spooky gothy locations! I think that this would be an ideal movie for the Halloween viewing!
I also think that I might like it even more than the first Nun movie, especially since Irene and Maurice are more expurrienced demon fighters, with delightful new friends. The recurring purrapsychologusts Ed (Patrick Wilson) & Lorraine Warren (Taissa’s sister Vera Faminga) only appurr in the brief mid-credits scene, but I do not wish to further spoil the taste of the plot! That is all for the cinematic portion of The Mew, and nyow here ios Becca to begin our
purrinted media mewsings, with her review
of Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle vol. 9!
Becca:
Hai! Known as Gunnm in Japan, Yukito Kishiro’s epic post-apocalyptic cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita began in 1990 and purrtains to the titular amnesiac cyborg Alita (or Gally, in Japan) who was found in the dystopian future scrapyard and rebuilt by cyber doctor Ido. Retaining her astounding Panzer Kunst style of martial arts purrowess, Alita became the supurreme bounty hunter, warrior and athlete!
Published by Kodansha, the manga spawned several sequel series, short stories, the spin-off, animated OVA, and the live-action movie that starred Rosa Salazar! Set 227 years prior to Battle Angel Alita vol.1, Mars Chronicle is the tale of Alita’s origin as the widdle orphaned cyborg girl named Yoko on the Planet Mar surrounded by heroes and villains amidst the political conspurracy, wars and other tragic hardships.
Vol. 9 is purriced $10.99 in the USA and $14.99 in Canada; and its 178 pages include the 166 B&W pages of manga chapters 42 – 461 written & drawn by Yukito Kishiro with the assistance of his brother / web meowster Tsutomu Kishiro and Emiya Kinar. It was translated by Stephen Paul, lettered by Evan Hayden and edited by Vanessa Tenazonas with the cover design by Phil Balsman.
I eagerly anticipated vol.9, as it has been over the year since vol. 8! Purreviously in the series, Yoko, her scheming friend Erica and the powerful girl named Yunie escaped from bounty hunters and The Duke who needed them for sinister the royal political purrposes. In the city of Deja Thoris which was once a huge spaceship, they met the mysterious trader known as Keun, who is hunted by soldiers and a local boss named Big Mamma.
The city was liberated by the elite team of Panzer Kunst cyborgs, including Keun’s ally Gelda who befriended Yoko and Erica. Meanwhile, Keun learned of the fiendish expurrimentation on thousands of children’s brains; and unfortunately Yoko and Yuni were captured when Erica’s meeting with the vengeful monstous cyborg Jakoleva went bad! It only gets worse in vol. 9 amidst very sad, tragic scenes for Yoko, Ericas, Dass, Eugene, Mika and Yunie.
Keun has his hands full with extremely powerful enemies such as Gyapollo and Andro Austad, but for the fist time in this very emeowtional flashback to Yoko’s early days tale, we see her begin to use her astounding supurr power for the first time! As mewsual, the art is quite amazing, from the characters and the mecha to the environment and combat scenes!
I as purrticularly impurressed by the 14 full-page pics and the 3 two-page spurreads !it is rated “OT” for older teen readers (ages 16+), purrhaps due to the violence, gore, harsh language and disturbing situations. After the chapters are the publishing / credits page, the 12 pages of ads for other manga. I will give it the “A” as in Alita! Nyow I will turn The Mew over to Lizzy, who will purrsent
The Catgirl & Kemonomimi Celebrity Spotlight!
Elizabeth:
Arigato! in this monthly portion of The Mew, we commeowmorate famous nekomusume, therianthropes, an d other kemonomimi of mythologies and popular culture, including anthropurrrmorphic ladies and monster girls! Furthermore, there are those who might not actually have the beasty DNA, but might have the spurrit, cat-titude or clothing of the animal theme, who we will broadly consider as the “honorary kemonomimi”!
Edited by Carol Curtis and published from 2001 to 2002 by Shanda Fantasy Arts (whose works have included Shanda the Panda, Katmandu, Exctinctioners, Aldebo, and Furry Ninja High School), Fantastic Furry Stories issues 1-4 were B&W 48 page anthologies of pulp – style purrose starring anthropurmorphic characters by various authors such as Brock Hoagland, Maggie Hogarth, Matt McCullar, Mitch Marmel, Bacteriophage, Chuck Davis, Thomas G. Brady, David Cookey, Richard Reid and Joshua Knode, with a few illustrations by Mary Hanson-Roberts, Theresa Mather, Giacomo, and art director Shane Fisher!
Published by Boom! Studios, co-created by writer Dan Abnett and illustrator / letterer L.N.J. Culbard, Wild’s End is the beautifully charming lice -of-life science fiction comic book series which is set in the English village of Lower Church in the 1930’s which is invaded by the malevolent extratrrestrial entities, somewhat reminiscent of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds! The townspeople include anthropurrmorphic dogs, cats, badgers, foxes, pigs, mice, groundhog, walrus and so forth such as Mertyl the bunny girl who owns the cafe and Flo the inu musume coxswain of the fishing boat!
Published this year by Image Comics , written and illustrated by Jimmy Robinson, Junk Rabbit is the 5 issue mini-series of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk in the dystopian year of in which the rich live in orbital & lunar colonies, the middle -class live in domed cities, and the poor live outside in mountains of trash that cover the Earth. It is amidst this environment that a a sinister conspurracy occurs, and the mythic vigilante known as the Junk Rabbit purreys upon the thugs. Known for the bunny helmet and deadly combat purrowess, the mysterious Junk Bunny is hunted by the police and revered by an usagimimi cult!
In the 16th epurrsode “Welcome to the Freak Show” of the 17th season of the Bravo TV network’s series The Real Housewives of Orange County, yogini and mom of five kids Jennifer Pedranti brought the feline fashion to the show, first with her leopurrd purrint body suit that she wore to the Halloween bootique,
and later the lioness make-up & costume that she wore to her friend Gina Kirschenheiter’s circus-themed Halloween party!
Nell Fisher purrtrayed the youngest daughter Kassie in the horror movie Evil Dead Rise, which is is the latest installment of the Evil Dead series! She wore the bedtime kigurumi (animal-eared onesie) shortly before her family and neighbors were attacked and / or possessed by the Deddite demons, So for her fashion choice purrior to the fight, we will consider her as the honorary kemonomimi! That is all for the spotlight, and nyow here are Petra and 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! On our 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! Some of the images are sexy, and might even depict artistic nudity, but none are porn!
Petra:
We should also meowntion that none of the content at Catgirl Island is purrmitted for A.I. purrposes, nyan! This month into Guest Gallery Six http://catgirlisland.net/ art/gallery/guest6.html we are purroud to purrsent more imagery by Rvkh Brogden, our webmeowster Jamie, and more cosplay photos by various photographers of Crissy Volpe, nyan! Then in Gallery Two https://catgirlisland.net/ art/gallery/gallery1.html we have added two new illustrations by Mike, nyan!
Firstly we are purroud to purrsent two versions of the “Otherworldly” by Rvkh, nyan! This cosmic scene depicts Aeriella Caimaa dos Reis Melatroneir, a 20 year old lithe Sultana Harpy from Purrrtugal who migrated here to Catgirl island, nyan.On the right is the mixed-media painting done on 8.5 x 11” toned papurr, whilst on the left is the digital version done with Purrocreate upon the Apple Ipad with the Apple Pencil, and there is the art purrocess video of the digital version at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bkjvQaCZEvs&feature=youtu.be , nyan! To see more of Rvkh’s beautiful fantasy and nature art, please visit Rvkh Brogden Art http://www.rvkhart.com, nyan!
Nextly we are delighted to display “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Jamie, who used Corel Painter and Photoshop for this beautiful spooky 11×14” image, nyan! The titular girl is a model & psychic vampire who was purrtrayed by actress Joanna Pettet in the 1972 epurrsode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery TV series which adapted the 1949 tale by Fritz Leiber, nyan! To see more of Jamie’s supurrb illustrations, webcomics and sites, please visit his site https://www.facebook.com/ jamie4art, nyan! Those pics by Jamie and Rvkh were done for the September art challenge for meowmbers of the Starry Eyed Artist Collective https://www. facebook.com/ Starryeyedartistcollective, nyan!
Bunnii:
Then we are ecstatic to exhibit four more collages of photos of Crissy Volpe a.k.a Sunseen Li, and each collage consists of four photos! The 1st collage includes Crissy as Magic Knights Rayearth’s Umi Ryuzaki in the base costume by Beverly Faerie with armor by Avian Firefly & Aki Reinii at Otakon 2014; David Ng’s photo of Crissy in the costume by Miccostumes as My Hero Academia’s Mt. Lady at Anime NYC 201; PopeCerebus’s photo of Crissy in the costume by Melissa Quinns as Revolutionary Girl Utena (Duelist Version) at Anime NEXT 2014; PopeCerebus’s photo of Crissy in the kimono at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s 2020 Sakura Matsuri!
The 2nd collage includes Cat Trzaskowski’s photo of Crissy as Steampunk Sailor Mars at the 2018 New York Comic Con; Sean O’Conner’s photo of Crissy in the licensed costume as Marvel’s Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. The Black Widow at the Big Apple Comic Con 2018; Terry of Fly By Night Design’s photo of Crissy wearing various store-bought items as Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa Lockhart at the 2014 New York Comic Con; and Penny Dreadful / Miss Sachi’s photo of Crissy in the licensed costume as DC Comics Barbara Gordon a.k.a. Batgirl (1966) at the 2015 New York Comic Con!
The 3rd collage has the 1970’s theme, includes a pic from Louis’ “Crissy at the Disco” photoshoot; Terry Chu’s photo Crissy in New York City which was inspired Bob Gruen’s 1974 photos of John Lennon; Crissy’s dad’s photo of Crissy wearing the licensed Star Wars Princess Leia costume for Halloween, which Mike recently photo-manipped to add the Death Star corridor scenery; and Simon’s photo of Crissy wearing the licensed costume as Magenta of The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie, which Mike photo-manipped to give it more of a Dr. Frank N. Furter’s castle ambience!
The 4th collage include’s DJ Ranma S’s photo of Crissy in the robe & hakama from The Kimono House as Sailor Moon’s Hino Rei (miko attire) at Manga NEXT 2006; a pic of Crissy in a costume from David Ng’s 2016 “Cherry Blossoms” photoshoot; Crissy’s selfie in the Red kimono with a katana from her Self-Defense (take two)” taken on March 1st 2016; and Crissy in apparel modified by her costumer friends Patti & Steph as Mia Fay of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney! To see more of Crissy’s photos, con & festival reports, please visit her site Blood Sweat and Glitter http://www. crimsonskycreations.com/ bloodsweatandglitter!
Petra:
Lastly but not leastly for this month, we have two new illustrations by Mike, nyan! For “A Caitian Looks at 50” he used Photoshop upon the Mac with the mouse for this fan art to commeowmerate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek The Animated Series and starfleet’s Lt. Shiboline M’Ress, nyan! At 10:30 am on Saturday October 13th 1973, on NBC, the sixth epurrsode “The Survivor” which was written by James Schmerer and directed by Hal Sutherland, introduced us to the starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701’s newest commeownications officer, who was voiced by Majel Barrett, nyan!
Mike used Photoshop and mouse on the Mac for the illustration of Rvkh Brogden’s Elder Scrolls Online videogame character Rivkah Storm, a chaotic neutral High Elf Sorcereress who summons storms and forbidden creatures, nyan! She travels in the realm of Tamriel, and is respected in the Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Thieves Guild, Undaunted Guild, The Psijic Order, the Dark Brotherhood and the Aldmeri Dominion, nyan. She likes to batte world bosses, hunt for treasure, dungeon crawl, annoy people, and her favorite places for leisure are the taverns in Eastmarch, Wrothgar and Western Skyrim, nyan!
the cat lady sings…
Yvonne:
Rivkah Storm looks quite mysterious, sexy, confident and powerful; whilst M’Ress looks rather peppy, purrky, purretty and pleased, nyan!
Tara-chan:
Jamie is so supurrb in all of the aspects of his art, from the compurrsition, lines, colors, and – and the shading to the purrspective, portraiture, purroportions, and- and the intricate details, nyan!
Trini-chan:
It is wonderful to see more of Rvkh’s gorgeous illustrations, She is so adept at the characters and landscapes done in the digital and the traditional media, and in the various styles!
Becca:
The brilliant photographers’ pics of lovely Crissy in the exquisitely-made attire at the lovely locations are quite the impurressive images!
Elizabeth:
Gosh, it is about time for more friends to arrive for our AfterMew luau! We have to discuss our plans for the annual Halloween Trick ‘R Eat & Cosplay Purrowl!
Bunnii:
Well then, that will do it for this edition of The Mew! We wish to thank Rvkh and Crissy for the beautiful images…
Petra:
…and all of the other amazingly talented people whose works we have discussed, nyan!
Jeannie:
We also wish to thank Jamie for his wonderful web meowstery…
Mary Nyan:
…and our other friends, family, acquaintances and our audience whom we greatly appurreciate!
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, nya! Baibai, nya!
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