Aloha, y'all, nya! It is already the meowy month of March, and the Spurringtime or season of Haru soon begins with the Vernal Equinox, nya! While it might be the snowy, nippier climate on parts of the mainland, it is purretty much lushly green and of the purrpetual bikini weather all year round, here at our outer banks island and the surrounding waters of Mew Hanover County, so we are happy to welcome visitors who crave the sunny beach under the Blue skies full of Cumulo-Neko clouds!
Among March's festivities and observances are St. Patrick's Day, Purim, the college basketball tournyaments, and our local Tides of March Mermaid Matsuri, nya! Don't forget that Daylight Savings Time begins, so you have to adjust the clock for the suppurr time and catnaps, nya! The zodiac signs for March are Pisces followed by Aries, nya. Since Pisces is the yummy sign of the fish, it would be the appurropurriate time to treat that special catgirl to the delicious, nutritious seafood suppurrs, nya!
Appurropurriately, the local fishing forecast purrdicts the bumpurr crop of the Bluefish, Croaker, Groupurr, King Mackerel, Snappurr and Tuna, nya! To maintain the svelte swishy tail and tautly toned tummy after the suppurrs and catnaps, in addition to the angling are other athletic activities to purrtake of, such as the belly dance, hula dance, hot salsa dance, yoga, gymnastics, martial arts, kyudo, hiking, running, purrkour, orienteering, climbing, spurrlunking, golf, tennis, yarn ball lacrosse, softball, soccer, beach volleyball, swimming, diving, surfing, sailing and cycling, nya!
Since the Daffodil is the flower of the month, that could be the garnish upon the plate, or purrhaps in the tabletop bouquet or worn as the lei or tail corsage, nya! Speaking of purretty things to wear, the county's boutiques are brimming with the mew Spurring fashions of the bikinis, maillots, purreos, sarongs, hijabs, sarees, ao dais, sun dresses, cocktail dresses, kimonos, yukatas, fundoshi, hakama, gi, shorts, kilts, purreos, tee shirts, halter tops, lingerie, robes, athletic bras, towels and wet suits, nya!
The backless & halter - neck styles are recommended for winged folks, and be sure to specify if you purrfur the garment with the opening for the tail, nya! The Far Mers marketalso has re-stocked the translucent mermaid bikini bras which are sustain-ably made from the organic bells of naturally - deceased, locally - caught jellyfish, available in numerous iridescent colors & cup sizes, mew la la, nya! After the shopping, dining, catnaps, sight seeing and playtime, y'all might like to see
the latest additions to the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art, nya!
For those here for the first time, Galleries 1-8 of The Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art display images by Mike, whilst Guest Art Galleries 1-5 display images by other folks totally with their purrmissions, and Mike's collaborative images with other artists can be found throughout the mewseum, nya! The images include illustrations, photos and mixed medias, nya!
Some of the images in the mewseum are sexy, and some of them might depict artistic nudity, but most are very tame, and none of them are porn, nya. On Catgirl Island's official web site, the most recent pics will be the lowermost row of the cropped widdle "thumbnail" - sized portions of the pics in a gallery, and you have to click upon those to see the uncropped full pics, nya!
In Guest Gallery Three
we are delighted to display several more illustrations by illustrator / mewsician / cosplayer Rebecca Brogden, who was the guest for our September 2009 Mew, nya! Firstly of those is the purrticularly interesting redrawn mermaid upon the "Enchanted Waters", nya! On the left is the original 2008 version, and on the right is the 2019 remake, nya!
We think both are quite lovely, but the evolution of Rebecca's style and technique is quite striking, nya! After that is Rebecca's adorable image of the bunny girl and her pet rabbit out for the "Bunny Stroll", nya! This wistful bunny girl is wearing the purretty off-shoulder, short Pink dress as she hugs her cute happy White rabbit as the flowering shrubs bloom vernally, nya!
Then we are cordially greeted by the chibi - style version of Rebecca's catgirl character Eamane, who says "Thank You" to her patrons, nya! Eamane resides here on the island with her niece Hannah and boyfriend A.J., nya! Purrhaps y'all have seen the purrior pics of her, nya? Rebecca used the pencil, pens & Copic markers for this pic of her in the Lavender Yukata, nya!
Nextly is Rebecca's pencil, pens & Copic marker illustration of the female faerie's "Flower Magic", nya! Purrched cross-legged upon the compy mushroom the winged faerie is quite captivatingly alluring in the Black & White outfit compurrised of the ruffled halter top, mathcing panty and thigh-highs as she conjures the lovely luminous orchid, nya!
That is in turn followed by Rebecca's pencil, pens & Copic marker illustration of the catgirl giving us the welcome "Wink", nya! Seated upon the floor, the gorgeous catgirl with the freckled tan skin, auburn hair and tail wears the White-trimmed Green thigh -highs and off-shoulder gown that matches her Emerald eyes, nya!
Then we must be vewy quiet, because after that is the illustration of the kemonomimi who is "So Sleepy , nya! Curled up contently upon the bed, she has the oak tan skin with the White - tipped Black hair, ears & tail, she catnaps in the scoop-necked saffron - colored shirt and the loose French Vanilla - colored socks, nya!
"Polkadots" is Rebecca's pencil, pens & Copic marker illustration of the scantily - clad catgirl who is either dressing or undressing, nya! It might be up fo the interpurretation, as the Tan- skinned lass with the Green eyes, Flaxxen ears, hair and tail adjusts the skimpy thong that matches her flouncy Red & White polkadotted off-shoulder halter top, nya!
In another pencil, pen & marker illustration by Rebecca, having arisen from the catnap is another kemonomimi who enjoys her cup of "Coffee", nya! Wearing just the Pink panty to match her loosely open robe to reveal much cleavage and bare tummy, this lovely lass with the Blue ears, hair and tail has the cheerful thoughts to go with her yummy hot beverage, nya!
Then we see Rebecca's image of the Southwestern "Skinwalker" Illuminated Illuminated by the fiery sunset, this shape-shifting Navajo kemonomimi with the Amber eyes and Reddish- Brown complexion is stunningly beautiful with the Red, Black and White paint upon her face, and the White Eagle feathers in her Black twin-tailed coiffure, nya!
Lastly but not leastly of Rebecca's latest additions is the pic of "Saeko & Etsuko"! nya! These best friends Saeko (left) & Etsuko (right) are two of the lovely librarians at the Mew Hanover County Public Library's Catgirl Island branch, nya! There are very expurrt, intuitive, industrious, cheerful, and purrompt, nya! Purrhaps y'all have seen Rebecca & Mike's collaborative illustration of Saeko's daughter Keiko and Etsuko's daughter Yuriko who are also librarians, nya?
Nextly we are proud to purrresent two illustrations by artist / seamstress / cosplayer Misty Hopkins who was one of the guests of the March 2008 Mew, nya! "EmpyGary"
is a widdle inked drawing of Misty's original mascot character Gary the fox, who is cross-cosplaying as comic book artist / author Adam Warren's super heroine character Empowered, whose skin - tight costume tends to get very tattered during the battles with villains, nya!
Misty magnificently weilded the pencils, pens and Crayola colored pencils to conjure the exquisite fan art of UTAU's "Yokune Ruko & Sukone Tei", nya! Both of those girls girls are voicebanks for the free singing synthesizer application called UTAU, nya. They are somewhat similar to the Vocaloid girls, nya. The taller character is Yokune is the taller girl in the Black, Blue and Purrple outfit playfully grabbing Sukone who is the shorter girl in the White, Gray and Red outfit, nya!
Meanwhile in Gallery Four
we have added six new illustrations by Mike, starting with the monochromatic pic of our friend "Vivianya"who might appurr to be the typical catgirl, because she has not yet displayed her wings, or transformed her legs into the flying fishy tail, nya! Wearing the criss-cross halter-neck bikini which will not ride up on her wings, She is the nekomimi ningyosei (faerie mer-catgirl), nya.
Her adoptive mom Vanyita is the nekomimi yosei (faerie catgirl) and her other adoptive mom Nyarea is the nekomimi ningyo (catgirl mermaid), nya! She is also the student at School of Culinary Arts at Mew Hanover College, where she bakes numcious pastries and desserts, nya. Purrhaps there are some in her satchel, to go with that bottle of chocolate milk, nya!
Mike used Photoshop CS2 and the mouse to spruce up the inked drawing of "Ma-chan and Bao-chan" nya! Malayalam (or just Ma-chan for short) is the Patu-Sphinx catgirl, who is part Patupaiarehe faerie and part gynosphinx, nya. She is a student at the Catgirl island School (K-12), depicted here with Baa-chan her dog of the yellow Lab / Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix, nya!
Mike used Photoshop CS2 & the mouse to spurruce up his inked sketch of our friend Myrna who has put on her "Kit Gloves" for the sparring in the dojo, nya! Myrna is the Platinum- Blonde, Canadian - American Arctic Foxgirl mom, wife, amateur bodybuilder and professional billfishing charter captain, with those gloves that match her Black & White bikini that flaunts her muscular physique, nya!
Photoshop CS2 and the mouse was also used for this pic of "Amyari-chan" the nekomimi yousei (faerie catgirl) and short - board soul surfer, nya! Running from the ocean to the shore, she is the adopted daughter of her two sea elf moms, Tamara'anna who is a vocal mewsic teacher at the Catgirl island School, and Karakiki who isan obstetrician at Mew Hanover County Medical Center, nya!
Then we have Mike's pencil, pen, Photoshop CS2 & mouse pic of "Crissy & Purrsis" nya! At the Catgirl Island Purrforming Arts Center, on the left in the Green swim dress is model / cosplayer / artist Crissy Volpe was the guest of the March 2008 Mew; and on the right in the ornate Golden bikini is Purrsis the High Purriestess of our county's Temple of Bastet, nya!
Laslty but not leastly is "Let's Get Physical!", which is Mike's latest pic of author Jeff Branch's fan-senshi character Talia Jasmine Kirk a.k.a Sailor Vulcan (on the left), with author Sharon Williams's fan-senshi character Tanya Lostris Cambridge a.k.a. Sailor Sirius (on the right), nya!
Sharon was the November 2014 guest of The Mew, and Jeff was the May 2008 guest of The Mew, nya. Purrhaps y'all have seen the many other pics of Tanya and Talia, who we have nicknamed as TnT, nya? Mike used the pencil, pen, Photoshop CS2 and the mouse for Jeff's requested scene of them lifting weights at Nya-sensei's gym, nya! It is also time for
the March 2019 edition of The Mew, nya!
The Mew is short for The Catgirl Critics' Media Mewsings, our local monthly "show" in which The Ladies of the Mew and our 'Purrducer' Mike discuss & review fun stuff such as movies, TV, mewsic, toys, books, comics, conventions, etc, plus the monthly Lightning Round topic, the Celebrity Catgirl Spotlight, and occasional intermews with special guests too, nya!
This month's Mew includes the review of the Hasbro's Marvel Legends Captain Marvel & Goose action figure; movie mewsings of The Kid Who Would Be King and Alita: Battle Angel; and reviews of books such as The Art and Making of Alita: Battle Angel, Dr. Ido's Journal. Star Trek- The Art of John Eaves, and Catseye Comics Presents Secret Origins vol. 3: The Secret origin of Catseye, nya!
The comic book and manga mewsings include Wandering Island vol. 2, Urusei Yatsura vol. 1, School-Live! vol. 10, Girls' Last Tour vol. 6, Konohana Kitan vol. 3, Today's Cerberus vol. 11, The Hunters of Salamanstra #14, The Unstoppable Wasp #5. Princeless Book 7: Find Yourself #4, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #74, nya. It is topped off by the Lightning Round topic and the Celebrity Catgirl Spotlight, nya!
We wish to thank
Meesha DJ Walker, Rebecca Brogden, Misty Hopkins, and our web master Jamie Robertson who is also the creator of the web comic Clan of the Cats, and the web master of the FemShep fan site devoted to the female version of the Mass Effect video game's heroic Commander Shepard, nya!
We also wish to expurress our gratitude to our friends and families for their purrticipations and support, and we appurreciate all of y'all for web surfing to our cordial coastal Carolina community which is full of southern hospurrtality and artistic aloha spirit nya! Arigato Gozaimasu, nya!
- your friendly neighborhood concierges at Catgirl Island Visitors Center, nya!
Contact Mike Moon at mikemoondiespamdie@mindspring.com
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