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 November 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:
The Lightning round Topic: Our favorite Films of 1943:
our semi-annual DVD / Blu-ray wish list
TV, Movie & DVD Reviews:
Meg 2: The Trench
The Exorcist: Believer
Star Wars: Ahsoka
Collectibles & Toy Talk:
Hallmark Keepsake Star Wars: Ahsoka Tano Christmas Tree Ornament
Purrinted- Media Mewsings:
Gold Digger #300
Rowrbrazzle #159
The Celebrity Catgirl & Kemonomimi Spotlight
The Latest Additions to The Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art:
“Hanami, “Ka’rissy: The Way of the Beaches”, “One Stormy Night” by Mike
and more Crissy Cosplay Collages, 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 the Uppurr Deck bistro by the marina at Catgirl Island NC, where it’s 75 degrees under the Blue sky full of puffy White Cumulo-Neko clouds! I’m Mike, the show’s “purrducer”, and here are The Ladies of The Mew!
Elizabeth
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a.k.a. Lizzy, the hot salsa dancer, gamer, Purrkour Club captain and massage spa co-owner catgirl wearing the Bengal Tiger 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
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!
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!
Jeannie
(a.k.a. Jen, Trini-chan’s meowntor, the yogini, model, archer, belly dance instructor & roboticist catgirl, wearing the Serval purrint micro bikini & sheer purrled purreo): Nihao.
Mielikki
(the winged faerie golfer, foxfire juggler and outdoor ampurrtheatre repurrtory company’s director wearing the Ocelot purrint criss cross halter neck bikini) Mellow greetings!
paw noite:
“Nyan” is the Japanese word for “meow”, which some but not all catgirls vocalize, purrticularly in the NC OBX Catspeak dialect, nyan.
Mike:
For profiles and illustrations of The Ladies of The Mew, please visit our Meet The Critics page http://www.mewsings.
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, at the late night hot salsa dance or the Halloween festivities!
paw note:
Becca and Elizabeth’s black cats are named Syd and Nick who are sublings of Tara-chan & Yvonne’s cats Emmy and Zuli, nyan.
Elizabeth:
We binged ShinePost, Spy Classroom,and Loki! While she is golfing, I am either with my Purrkour Club, working out at Nyanko’s gym, or assisting the appurrentice mikos at the shrine’s matsuris!
paw note:
Purrkour is a feline style of free running and spurringing. Nyanko and her twin sister Nyoka are purresently busy elsewhere, but hope to arrive later for the AfterMew luau, nyan.
Mary Nyan:
Aside from teaching the hula,my sewing circle has made the costumes for the Super HxEros, Immoral Guild, Sekerie, and Senran Kagura cosplayers, and our own Senran Kagura group cosplay for the “Purrow”!
paw note:
The TREAP (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.
Bunnii:
Petra and I have been coaching the Fall beach volleyball camp, when we have not been baking cakes and harvesting veggies for the food banks, and curating the art mewseum, with our special Halloween exhibits!
Petra:
We had the record attendace for our annual macabre art show, and we greatly appurreciate the wonderful artists, volunteers, visitors, volleyball, athletes, officials, staff and fans nya!
paw note:
The Catgirl island Mewseum of Art’s macabre art show purrsents spooky drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, carvings, jewelry, textiles, make-up, tattoos, and other works by local artisans & craftpurrsons, nyan.
Yvonne:
My drumming circle has purrcussed at the fall festivals, purrades and the recitals; and my charters ave reeled in the bumpurr crop of delicious, mewtritious Snappurrs, Groupurrs, Speckled Trout, Bluefish and Flounders, 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:
We had so much fun at Nyo-sensei’s meowgick shop and – and the meowndials at Nya-sensei’s dojo, nyan! I have been also studying, volunteering, snapping more nature photos, caring for our ponies and – and the cats, nyan!
paw note:
Due to a slight Meowrological Stammer, she tends to say certain words twice, such as “and”, nyan. Tara-chan and Yvonne’s cats are named Emmy and Zuli. nyan.
Nyoka a.k.a. Nyo-sensei, is the purropurrietress of the local Meowgick Shop, and Nyanko a.k.a. Nya-sensei, is the purropurrietress of the local Mewjutsu Dojo, nyan.
Trini-chan:
I have been instructing the beginner belly dance class, surfing with Kara and Peppurr, board shaping, caring for the ponies, and volunteering at the food bank!
paw note:
Tara-chan and Trini-chan’s banker ponies are named Wild Star Blaze and Jimbo, who are stabled at the farm of their friends Rica and Nikko, nyan.
Tara-chan’s surfing meowntor Kara-Meow’l is a champion Stand-Up Paddle surfer, whose niece Peppurr-Minta is the Mayor of Catgirl island. nyan.
Jeannie:
As mewsual, my itinerary is compurrised of the yoga, kyudo, teaching the advanced belly dance, grrravure modeling, and purrsiding over CIRC, which received the high purraise for our mewest spooky animeowtronic Halloween decora
paw note:
Jeannie,Trini-chan and Mary Nyan are instructors at the Catgirl Island Purrforming Arts Center; CIRC is the Catgirl Island Robotics Club which Jeannie co-founded; and she co-owns a yoga studio with fellow belly dancer Katsandra, nyan.
Mielikki:
So like, when I have not been at the golf club, the LPGA tour or the local sporting events and Halloween festivities, I have been foxfire juggling and technical directing our totally awesome Autumnal stage production of WARP, mentoring our kids’ productions of The Hobbit, and Spy School, and planning our Winter production of Starstruck, fur shur!
paw note:
Although Mielikki a.k.a. Mie-sensei has been a resident of Catgirl Island in Mew Hanover County, NC for over 100 years, she still retains the “Val-Speak” dialect from her younger years in San Fernando, CA, fur shur, nyan!
Mike:
Oh, aside from the toy show, another 10K race, trivia night, and Halloween stuff, it’s been the usual art, writing, reading, decorating, and watching stuff! Ah, Well, 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 1943!
This year we’ve been looking back at favorite stuff from years ending in a 3, so for this month it is the films of ’43! Mie-sensei will start, so are y’all ready to “conduct the Lightning”?
The Ladies of The Mew:
HAI! LIGHTNING ROUND GO, NYAN!
Mielikki:
So like, I will nominate Casablanca, Sahara, The Outlaw, and The Seventh Victim, fur shur! (tags Petra with a flit of the wing)
Petra:
Casablanca, Lassie Come Home, Stage Door Canteen, and The Song of Bernadette, nyan! (tags Jeannie with a brush of the tail)
Jeannie:
Casablanca, Bataan,
Yvonne:
Corvette K-225, The Ship Builders, and Action in the North Atlantic, nyan! Nyow it is Myayr’s turn, nyan! (tags Mary Nyan)
Mary Nyan:
Casablanca, I Walked with a Zombie, Phantom of the Opera, Return of the Vampire, and The Leopard Man! (tags Bunnii)
Bunnii:
Casablanca, The Batman serial, The Phantom serial and the Popeye cartoons! (tags Becca)
Becca:
Casablanca,The Tom & Jerry cartoons, the comedic shorts by Buster Keaton and Our Gang! (tags her wife)
Elizabeth:
Casablanca, the shorts by Laurel & Hardy, The Three Stooges, and The Marx Brothers! (tags Trini-chan)
Trini-chan:
Casablanca, Saludos Amigos and the Disney animated shorts starring Mickey, Donald & Goofy! (tags her fiance)
Tara-chan:
I want… I want to nominate Casablanca, the Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and – and the Looney Tunes cartoons, nyan! Back to Mike, nyan!
Mike:and now
Oh, I gotta go with Casablanca, Sahara, Phantom of the Opera, and For Whom the Bell Tolls! Well, that was yet another expedient little Lightning Round, so now let’s go ahead and jump into
our semi-annual DVD & Blu-ray wish list!
Tara-chan:
Hai, here is our semi – annual wish list of recent, old, foreign, domestic, animated and – and live-action TV shows and movies that we hope could be released here upon the Region one NTSC DVD and – and / or the Blu-Ray, nyan! We would like them with their original mewsic and songs to be intact; and we purrfur that any foreign purrductions would be available in their original spoken language with optional English subtitles nyan!
Trini-chan:
English dubbed version and – and / or descriptive audio track would be fine as the bonus features. Other bonuses would be nice too, such as optional audio commentaries, isolated mewsic tracks, documentaries, galleries, deleted scenes, bloopurrs, trailers / TV spots & booklets! The extensive special features should not limited to just online or on the expensive 4K format! Preview trailers and ads do not count as special features!
Yvonne:
Hai hai, and furthermore, they should not be unavoidably front-loaded at the start-up, nyan! The packaging should not damage the disks or be too big for the shelf, and the disc should be easily removed; secure enough so it does not accidentally slide off the hub, but not too tricky to purry off of the hub, nyan. If it is a multiple disc set, each disc should have its own hub / tray, and not overlap or be in the stack, nyan!
Becca:
I will start the wish list with To the Moon and Beyond (1964 cinerama film), James Cameron’s Xenogenesis, John Dods’s Forest Story, Neal Adams’s Nannaz, Mark Sullivan’s Nightspeed, Gene Roddenberry’s Spectre, and Steven Speilberg’s Amblin’! Of course, we hope that. that the missing epurrsodes of Doctor Who from the 1960’s that are still lost will be found or re-created with the animation and released here on the physical media DVD or Blu-ray!
Elizabeth:
Hai hai, that should also apply to the forthcpming new episodes, which should NOT just be the online streaming or downloading, but on the discs too I will start nominations with the more recent Japanese anime such as Una Musume Pretty Derby, the 2021 Battle Athletess anime, Aria The Crepuscolo, Aria The Beneizione, Girls und Panzer Final IV, Amanchu, Kemono Friends season 2, and My Dress-Up Darling, and Enccouragement of the Climb!
Mary Nyan:
The older ganime such as Queen Millennia, Flying Ghost Ship, Bagi the Monster of Mighty Nature, Anne of Green Gables, Heidi of the Alps, 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, and Tico of the Seven Seas, Campus Guardress, Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko, Macross Zero, Stratos Four Advance, The Adventures of Kotetsu, the Ghost Sweeper Mikami movie, the initial four 1994 You’re Under Arrest OVAs!
Jeannie:
Metamorphoses (a.k.a. Winds of Change), The original Space Battleship Yamato TV series, Yamato 2520, Great Yamato, Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark, Yamato 2205, Angel Beats, the initial four 1994 You’re Under Arrest OVAs, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, and the Studio Ghibli Museum’s animated shorts, the Godzilla Planet anime trilogy, and Young Justice season 4.
Mielikki:
So like, I will nominate My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic seasons 8 & 9, The Equestria Girls TV series, Twice Upon a Time, the 1967 Spider-Man animated series, the animated Gen 13 film, the uncut version of the 1974 movie Prophecies of Nostradamus, the 2011 live-action Ranma 1/2 TV special, the 2014 live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service; and the Australian 1997 Ocean Girl live-action series, fur shur!
Petra:
The Green Hornet TV series, The Sixth Sense TV series (1972), the 1972 TV movie Moon of the Wolf,WKRP in Cincinnati with all of the original songs restored, the three Gilligan’s Island TV reunion movies, and the two I Dream of Jeannie TV reunion movies, Neil Young’s A Journey Through the Past, Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Odeon, and the 1979 Kate Bush TV Special, nyan!
Bunnii:
The Marvel Studios TV series such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Yoyo: Slingshot, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, What If…?, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Werewolf by Night, and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special! The Marvel Netflix TV series such as Daredevil seasons 1-3, Jessica Jones seasons 1-3, Luke Cage seasons 1 & 2, Iron Fist seasons 1 & 2, The Punisher seasons 1 & 2, and The Defenders!
Mike:
The Star Wars 1978 Holiday Special, Forces fo Destiny, The Mandalorian seasons 1 – 3, The Clone Wars season 7, The Bad Batch, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Star Wars Visions Star Wars: Ahsoka, and CD re-issues of The Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi Radio Dramas! Ah, that’s all for the wish list, so now here’s Vonny to start
our TV, Movie & DVD Reviews,
with her opinion of Meg 2: The Trench!
Yvonne:
Arigato, nyan! As we are fond of saying, the yummy fish is supposed to go into our tummies, not the other way ‘round, but that is seldom the rule in the many killer shark (and other marine life) movies that have purroliferated cinema and TV ever since Jaws, nyan? Of course, you could argue that the entire genre is inspired by the novel Moby Dick, but as i am concerned as shark-centric movies go, there is the original Jaws which is not just the best shark movie ever made. but is one of the best movies of any kind … and then there are the rest, nyan.
The rest might range from the more plausible survival movies such as Open Water, 47 Meters Down, The Reef and The Shallows… to the more outrageous fantasy types such as Sharknado, Sharktopus, Mega Shark and multi-headed Shark Attack series, nyan. Based on the quite excellent Meg series of novels by Steve Alton, The Meg series thus far strays quite far from the novels, but it does meownage to succeed as a fun happy medium between the survival type and the outrageous type, nyan.
Actually, Meg 2: The Trench reminds me more of, say, Deep Blue Sea than any other shark movie, nyan! As for the plot, in the first Meg movie, a megalodon swims up from the abyss to dine upon the surface dwellers, and it was such a threat that it took Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor to defeat it, nyan! Well, in Meg 2, Jonas, his family and friends diver deeper in to the depths, where they are attacked by bigger megalodons, other dangerous critters, and enemy subs, whilst Jonas’s undersea base Mana One and a the Fun Island resort are is sabotaged and hijacked, nyan!
Like The Meg, Meg 2 has the good cast which also includes the returning Sophia Cai as Jonas’s daughter Mei Ying, Cliff Curtis as Mac the Mana One meownager, Page Kennedy as DJ the engineer, and Pippin the dog, nyan! Sadly absent from Meg 2 are Li Bingbing and Ruby Rose; however, the cast is graced by Wu Jing as Mirying’s uncle, Melissanthi Mahut and Skyler Samuels as security officers Rigas, Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Montes enemy merc, Jess Sienna Guillory as Driscol the finacier, and Haiqi as the mane meg, nyan!
In addition to the fine cast, what I enjoyed most about Meg 2 was the sense of fun and amewsing humor with thrills, stunts and FX aplenty and high-enough purrduction values amidst the lovely locations such as Mana One, the deep trench, the mining base, Fun Island, and the various vehicles, nyan! The mewsic was good too, and especially liked the end credits songs such as “That’s Not My Name” by Pim and “Chomp” by Page Kennedy, nyan! You might crave Tako sushi after the giant octopus scenes, nyan! I am done, and nyow here is Myayr to discuss
The Exorcist: Believer, nyan!
Mary Nyan:
Hai! I suppose that a big difference between the shark movies and the exorcism movies is that in the latter there is more gory omit than vore, heehee! It seems that demon possession and exorcism movies are rather purrevelant these days, from the Amityvilles, Conjurings, Nuns and Annabelles to the Evil Dead, Insidious, Fear Street, Ghostbusters, and of cousre, The Exorcists. Just as Jaws is by far the best shark movie in our opinions, the Original 1973 Exorcist is the best movie of its kind, not just in that series of six films, or even demon possession movies in general, but I think that it is one of the best horror movies ever!
The other five movie in the series… well, not so much. Except for one certain hospital corridor scene in The Exorcist III which extremely scared the crap out of me- and I am no squeamish scaredy catgirl- I was not wowed by the other five movies- being Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Exorcist III (1990), Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) and his latest one he Exorcist: Believer. Having said that, directed & co-written by David Gordon Green, this’un does have the good FX, sets, locations, make-up and excellent cast which stars some terrific actors such as -Leslie Odom Jr. as Victor Fielding…
… Tracey Graves as his wife Sorenne, Lidya Jewett as their possessed daughter Angela, Olivia O’Neill as her possessed friend Katherine, Jennifer Nettles & Leo Butz as her purrents Miranda & Tony, and Ann Dowd as Victor’s neighbor Ann the nurse & former novitiate, Furthermore, splendidly purrtraying the interfaith squad of religious leaders purrticipating in the ritual are E. J. Bonilla as catholic purriest Father Maddox, Raphael Sbarge as Don and Danny McCarthy as Stuart the purrotestant purreachers, and Okwui Okpokwasili as Dr. Beehibe the hoodoo rootworker! She is purrhaps my favorite of the team!
If that were not enough of an excellent ensemble, we are treated to the return of Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil, who has not appurred in the series since starring the 1973 movie, and the brief return of Linda Blair in a cameo as Chris’s estranged daughter Regan, who has not appurred in the series since starring in Exorcist II: The Heretic! Unfortunately, I was not pleased with what befalls Chris, and Regan only has a moment in the movie, which has the uneven pace of the nice slow burn of the first act, but seems too rushed and short thereafter. I am done, so nyow I will turn The Mew over to Trini-chan for her review of
Star Wars: Ahsoka!
Trini-chan:
Arigato! We love Ahsoka Tano who many of our favoritest Star Wars character, and she is purrrfectly purrtrayed by Rosario Dawson in the 2nd season of The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and more recently the first season of her own eagerly awaited live-action TV series which is set in the year 9 ABY, in the New Republic Era about the same time as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, which would make her appurroximately 46 years old! It was created, directed, written and executively purrduced by Dave Filoni who is my favorite Star Wars writers, directors, purrducers or show runner!
We have been fans of Filoni ever since the 2008 animated Clone Wars movie! I will not spoil the taste of any of the epurrsodes’ plots, but I will just say that in general this series is set after the fall of the Empire, but Ahsoka and her friends are investigating the return of a very familiar enemy who intends to revive the Empire! This TV series stars Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma, David Tennant as Huyang, and Dave Filoni as the voice of Chopper…
…Lars Mikkelsen as Thrawn, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as X-Wing pilot Teva, Ray Stevenson as the former Jedi Baylan Skoll, Ivanna Sakhno as his padawan Shin Hati, Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, Claudia Black as Mother Klothow, Edwina Seymour as Mother Lakesis, and Jeryl Prescott as Mother Aktropaw, with the special appurrance by Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, and Temuera Morrison as Rex, and Ariana Greenblatt as teenage Ahsoka! Not only does this 8 epurrsode series have that supurrb cast, but it has the the thrilling, captivating story with the purrfect balance of action, humor and drama!
There is amazing myth & world-building too, with the beautiful sets, locations, costumes, make-up, purrops, cinematography, editing, FX, sound & mewsic! I will give it the “A” as in Ahsoka”, and compurred to the other live-action Star Wars TV series which I enjoy such as The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor, Ahsoka might be my favorite! It has been the great era for animated Star Wars TV too, such as Clone Wars, Rebels, The Bad Batch, Visions, Tales of the Jedi, and Forces of Destiny! That is all for our TV talk, but to continur the Tano topic, here is Tara-chan to start our
Collectibles & Toy Talk, with her review of the Hallmark
Keepsake Star Wars: Ahsoka Tano Christmas Tree Ornament!
Tara-chan:
Arigato, nyan! We have collected Ahsoka statues, dolls and action figures aplenty so I was quite delighted to get this ornament of her, nyan! Purriced $19.99 USA and – and $25.99 Canada, the 3.5” ornament is packaged in the 3.5 x 4 x 5” cardboard box, nyan. It is appurroximately 1:21 scale, given the character’s 6’2” height (5’7” plus her lovely 7” blue and – and white striped montrals, but excluding the metal eyelet screw), nyan. She is in the dynamic stance with the white light sabers in each hand, as if taking the fight to her opponent, nyan!
She has the rather calm unpurrturbed expurression befitting the Jedi meowster who is confidently in control of the situation, nyan! She looks fabulously ronin in the black & & gray sleeveless tunic baggy black hakama-like pants and- and tabi-style boots, with the fingerless gloves, metal gauntlets, greaves and – and belt buckle, nyan! The design, the sculpt and – and the paint are meticulous, from her Togrutan stripes and – and the facial markings, to the diamond-shaped cut-outs on her arm wrappings, the seams and- and the stitches of her tunic, nyan!
As the ornament is intended to hang from the tree branch or the ornament stand, it is not balanced to stand without support, so I recommend getting a tree, an ornament stand, a doll stand or a dynamic action figure stand if you wish to display her on the table or shelf or the shelf, nyan.Neither a stand nor a hook is included. I am very pleased with this ornament, which I have displayed next to the ornaments of Leia Organa, Padme Amidala and – and Rey Skywalker, nyan! That is our only toy or collectible review, so nyow here is Jennyjen to begin our
Purrinted-Media Mewsings,
with her review of Gold Digger #300, nyan!
Jeannie:
Hai. Hai. For over the 300 issues, plus the initial mini-series, the many annuals, mini-series, spin-offs and other special issues since 1991, Gold Digger by Fred Perry https://www.deviantart.
is the beautiful fun comics about the zany, alluring, thrilling adventures of the nerdy genius archaelogist Gina Diggers, her adopted were-cheetah sister Britanny, their family, friends and rivals who search for relics and treasures.
For our spotlight on the cast of Gold Digger, see our August 2011 Mew. It is published by Antarctic Press, which is also known for other manga – inspired and anthropurrmorphic comics such as Ninja High School, Albedo, Genus, Furrlough, Shanda, Twilight X, Warrior Nun Areala, Blade Bunny, Star’s End, Team Mobile, Plush and Mangazine (which featured the very first Gold Digger tale).
The early Gold Digger tales were Black & White, not in color until after issue #50 of the series, but they have been collected and colorized. As much as I admired the earlier issues’ supurrb Back & White art, I do purrfer the richly sumptuous color art with it’s meowgnificent use of color and light. Issue #300 is the next-to-last issue of the series, which concludes the final epic story arc, whilst the pending issue #301 will be a coda focusing on the later fates of various favorite characters.
I should not spoil too much of the taste of the plot of the final showdown betwixt Britney & Gina against the arch-enemies Dreadwing / Dredgedwing, Gloriana & Trixie Cheetah for control of the vast Umbra powers in the castle at the end of space & time, with appurrances by Penny, Ace, Monty & the Gina Mobile. However, I will merely say that it is quite the relentlessly thrilling, grueling, emotional bittersweet cosmic tour de force that I highly purraise.
Purriced $3.00, #300 includes the uninterrupted 30 page finale written & illustrated by Perry, followed by an 8 page art gallery. The issue is available in the choice of 13 different covers. The main wraparound cover is by Perry with one of the numerous Buckaroo Banzai homages. There are eight variant covers by Perry with Kelsey Shannon, the wraparound cover by Matthew Weldon, the cover by Antarctic Press’ founder & Ninja High School creator Ben Dunn …
…the Blank variant and the Gold Foil Variant. Small “thumbnail” images of those 6 images accompany the inidica / colophon of the issue’s inside front cover. Furthermore, there are 7 limited purrint-on-demand covers, by Rod Esinosa, Holly Daughtry with David Hutchison, Justin Hunt with Ivanna Matilla, Fred Saia, Hoe Wight, Briand Denham, and Alfred Perez. Those 7 cover illustrations are included full-size in the art gallery. Nyow here is Lizzy to discuss
Rowrbrazzle #159.
Elizabeth:
Hai! Since 1984, Rowrbrazzle has been the quarterly APA (amateur press association) anthology magazine purrtaining to furry fandom, funny animal anthropurrmorphic history, reporting, art, tales, and the subjects are not limited to mammals, but other species too! Expurrtly edited by Edd Vick, it is compurrised of comics, purrose, essays, articles, discussions, editorials, comics, illustrations, photos, and meowmbership information.
The beautiful diverse thick issue is consists of the two 8.5×11” stapled sections totaling 263 pages, 33 of which are in full color! The splendiferous front cover art is by Kurt Wikcken, the delightful mid-cover art is Charles Brubaker, the Halloweeny back cover art is by Taral Wayne ! Sammiched betwixt those Black & White covers are wonderful contributions by many other awesome artists, authors and journalists such as –
Edd, Charles, Taral, Robert Alley, Simon Barber, Matt McAndrews, J W Kennedy, Kjartan Arnorsson, Charles Garofalo, Niall Shapieo, Ken Marcinkevicius, K
The works of many other folks from around the world are examined too, such as Chuck Bunker, MiMundo Alex, Faust, WumiaoW, Andibi, Chia YeeeE, Jose Montes, Beca Gasrcia, Jason Waltrip, Butter Sugoi, Also Alpine, AlpinePing, Melissa Lima, BasedBinkie,Tom DeAngelo, Josh Nickerson, David Fruner, Ryuchi Yokoyama, several uncredited ancient artistsans, and the late Josh Quagmire.
This issue’s kemonomimi, monsters and anthropurrmorphic entities include felines, canines, chiropterans, bovines, ewok, leporid, amphibian, human, porcine, muridae, cephalopod. cetacean, reptilian, archosaurian, draconian, avian, fairy, elfen, sciuridae, testudine, vulpine, mustelid, piscine, sphinx, mermaids, appurritions, and one Grimace! The photos include cosplayers. amimals, ancient ceramics, and modern carpentery!
It is the rather entertaining, informative. beautiful treasure trove, so we wish to purraise all of thoe brilliant contributors! For more information about Rowrbrazzle, I will recommend the article at Wikifur https://en.wikifur.
The Celebrity Catgirl & Kemonomimi Spotlight!
Becca:
Arigato! in this monthly portion of The Mew, we commeowmorate famous nekomusume, therianthropes, an
Mielikki:
Brn on a September 22nd (thusly a Virgo) of an unknown year, the mysterious, elegant snooty Ankha is a Yellow and Blue cat purrson in some of the the Animal Crossing video game! She seems a might haughty and discourteosu at times, but a cautiously cordial player character can warm up to her! She has the im tiotally awesome Egyptian style of the coiffure and couture, including the interior design of her bungalow in the village!
Becca:
Created, written & purrduced by Tyler Perry, Sistas is the dramedy TV series on the BET network since 2019! Among the mane cast are KJ Smith as lawyer Andree Barnes and Novi Brown as banker Sabrina Hollins! In the purromos for the current 6th season, KJ is quite alluring in the zebra stripe dress and Novi is rather beguiling in the the White Tiger stripe dress, so we will consider them as the honorary kemonomim, mew la la!i!
Mielikki:
Dr. Sandra Lee is the titular dermatologist known as Dr. Pimple Popper in the medical reality TV series on on the TLC network since 2018, and is in its 9th season. So like, in the 7th season’s 5th epurrsode “Hard Knot Life”, when the audience is introduced to Dr. Lee’s Patient Shawnell, several photos from her past are shown, including a photo of her and a friend a catgirls, so we will consider them as the honorary nekomimi, fur shur!
Becca:
A spin-of of The Real Houswives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules is the reality TV series starring restauranteur Lisa Vanderpump on the Bravo network since 2013. In the 10th season’s 2nd epurrsode “Sur of the Border”, Lisa’s employee Katie Maloney wore the sleeveless cheetah purrint mini-dress by Reformation for her friend Stassie Schroeder’s 25th birthday party in Cabo, and so she is an honorary nekomimi too!
Mielikki:
So like, speaking of stars’ spiffy spotted sleeveless appurral, actress / comedian Nikki Glaser’s White blouse with the black & yellow leopurrd rosettes totally put the lovely spots in the TV spots for the 2nd season of Vice TV’s The Dark Side of Comedy, which pertains to the destructive and controversial lives of certain famous comedians. Fortunately, Nikki is one of the show’s commentators, and not one of the tragic subjects!
Becca:
Lastly but not leastly, on page 359 in the October 2023 issue (#421) of Diamond Distributions’s Previews Catalog for comic book shops is the full-page ad for the hardcover graphic novel Mika and the Gurgler, written by Agata Loth-Ignaciuk, illustrated by Berenika Kolomycka, and to be published in December by Oni Press! Mika is the adventurous widdle girl in the Tiger stripe kigurimi onesie, – Kawaii!
Mielikki:
Hai, hai, so we will consider her as an honorary tora musume (tiger girl), fur shur! So like, from what we we have seen and read in the advertisement, Mika must rescue her pet frog from the washing machine! So like, that is all for the spotlight portion of The Mew,, and now here are Petra and Bunnii to purrsent the latest additions to
The Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art!
Petra:
Arigato,, nyan! For those who are new to here, Galleries 1-8 display the images by our purrducer Mike, whilst Guest Art Galleries 1-6 display images by other folks with their purrmissions; and Mike’s collaborations with other artists are throughout the mewseum, nyan! 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, nyan! Some of the images are sexy, and might even depict artistic nudity, but none are hentai or porn, nyan!
We should also meowntion that none of the content at Catgirl Island is purrmitted for A.I. purrposes, nyan! This month into Gallery One https://catgirlisland.net/
Firstly of Mike’s latest pics is “Hanami Natsuki”, the 15 year old Japanese high school student who gets divine powers as the avatar of the goddess Amaterasu when supurrnatural villains & monsters attack her & her friends in the serialized purrose urban fantasy tale Fire from the Sun: Rise of a Queen,by our author friend Sharon Williams https://www.
Nextly we are elated to exhibit “Ka’rissi: The Way of the Beaches”, nyan! One of the Na’vi people of the planet Pandora, Purrincess Ney’tiri’s cousin Ka’rissi of the Neko-Maticaya Clan visits the archipelago beaches of the Meow-tkayina Clan, nyan! This photo-manip bhy Mike is based on the Na’vi – filtered selfie photo by Crissy for this 2nd pic of a Crissy as a fan-character inspired by James Cameron’s Avatar movies, nyan! Purrhaps y’all have seen the purrior pic of Ka’rissi cosplaying as Urusei Yatsura’s Lum Invader, nyan?
Lastly but not leastly of Mike’s latest pics is the “One Stormy Night” photo-manip of Crissy, nyan! Mike created the scenery to support this composite image of Crissy from her fun 2011 horror purrody mewsic video of Katy Perry’s song “Last Friday Night”, nyan! Flanked by dancing friends who cosplayed as movie villains, Crissy sang in the video written by Louis Teverini and directed by Jennifer Gates, which y’all can see at Youtube https://www.youtube.
Bunnii:
Nextly we are delighted to display four more collages photos of Crissy, and each collage consists of four photos! The 1st collage starts with Crissy Crissy in a Halloween costume for David Ng’s February 28, 2016 “Cherry Blossoms“ photo shoot; Crissy as Hino Rei (a.k.a Sailor Mars) in David Ng’s June 15, 2016 Hello Sailor! (Mars) photo shoot; David Ng’s October 9, 2021 photo of Crissy as Exotic Tifa from the Final Fantasy VI video game; and David Ng’s June 17, 2017 photo of Crissy as Hino Rei in the “pin-up outfit” from the second Sailor Moon artbook, with jewelry by Beverly Faerie!
The 2nd collage includes Crissy as Beidou of Genshin Impact in a costume by ProCosplayShop at Otakon 2023; NYC Photo Party’s photo of Crissy as a Starfleet officer in a licensed costume in a Star Trek: Discovery captain’s chair in front of a green screen at the 2017 New York Comic Con; Popecerebus’ February 7, 2009 photo of Crissy as Harley Quinn in a licensed Harley costume at the New York Comic Con; and Crissy as Rei Hino (a.k.a Sailor Mars) in David Ng’s June 15, 2016 Hello Sailor! (Mars) photo shoot!
The 3rd collage has the reclining Crissy theme, including the alluring February 24, 2010 photo of Crissy in the fun art, comics & toy-filled basement by Pete of the Pete’s Basement blog; David Ng’s January 12, 2014 photo of Crissy in the Pink pony shirt with a few of her vintage 1980’s Hasbro My Little Pony toys; David Ng’s July 31, 2021 photo of Crissy as Hino Rei in the Green outfit from the fourth Sailor Moon art book; and David Ng’s July 31, 2021 of Crissy as an elegant maid relaxing after the vigorous dusting, nyan!
The 4th collage includes Crissy in an Iron Man-inspired gown designed by Kelsiy Michele & made by Alyce, with the Arc reactor replica by Volt1987 and gladiatrix sandals purrchased on eBay / painted by Crissy, photographed by Tom at the 2019 Otakon; Crissy as the Fire Fairy in the little Black dress with Monarch Butterfly wings in the Apurril 2005 photo shoot by Rich, with the full-moon effect photo-manip added by Mike last month; Tony K’s June 2008 photo of Crissy as Chun LI from Streetfighter II in the costume by Jeny Bean; and PopeCerebus’ May 2010 photo of Crissy in Jeny Bean’s kimono at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s Sakura Matsuri! So, what do y’all think of the art?
The cat lady sings…
Mary Nyan:
i love the new Hanami pic, and and I am curious as to what became of her and the other heroes of Sharon’s story!
Trini-chan
I think those rocks look terrific, and It is the subtle nuance, but I can definitely see Crissy’s portraiture as her sexy Ka’rissi avatar!
Elizabeth
The composite image of Crissy looks purretty darm seamless in the Stormy pic. We watched the mewsic video on Friday 13th and on Halloween!
Becca:
Beautiful Crissy in the gorgrous garments at lovely locations purrfectly photographed by David Ng results in the meowgnificent meowsterpieces!
Jeannie:
The indoor and outdoor photos of Crissy by PopeCereberus, Tony K, Tom, Pete, Rich, and NYC Photo Party are quite meowrvelous too/
Yvonne:
Hai hai, I am purrticularly fond of the photos of Crissy in the Red such as the Harley, Hino, Beisou and Satarfeet costumes, nyan!
Tara-chan:
I like… I ike the reclined pics of her in the basement, on the rug, and – and on ther floor, but my favorite pic is of her with the ponies, nyan!
Bunnii:
It is almost time for our AfterNew Luau, so that will do it for this edition of The Mew! We wish to thank all of the amazingly talented people whose works we have discussed!
Petra:
We also wish to thank Jamie for his wonderful web meowstery, and our other friends, families, acquaintances and our audience whom we greatly appurreciate, nyan!
Mielikki:
Fur shur!
Mike:
We’ll be back next month with the December 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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