Meet the Critics!

 

Meet the Critics!

About The Mew:

 

Most of the critics hail from the coastal Carolina community of Catgirl Island

and convene monthly to discuss the various things they have been up to of

late, and what they have recently read, seen, done, eaten and played with,

while their ‘Purrducer’ Mike tries to keep them all very focused and well fed. 

 

The monthly Media Mewsings, or The Mew for short is compurrised of the

discussions & reviews, that mostly purrtain to visual and purrrforming arts,

literature, events, games, toys & other media purrimarily of science fiction,

fantasy & horror. Sometimes they conduct ‘intermews’ with special guests!

 

The tone of The Mew is amewsing, cheerfully peppy, and isn’t snarky. The

language is kept to no worse than a ‘PG’ rating with no purrofanity, but the 

catgirls often say “nya”- which is the Japanese ”meow” sound-  and words 

with the “per”, “pir”, “por” or “pur” syllable are very deliberately misspelled. 

 

The Ladies of The Mew are:

 

I. The Four Founding Members

 

Mary Nyan (Myayr)

Aside from her duties as a Miko to help with ceremonies and festivals at the

shrine, Myayr’s many hobbies include hula, surfing, cricket, aerial dancing,

gymnastics, soccer, beach volleyball. She teaches the beginner &

advanced hula & aerial dance at the Catgirl Island Purrforming Arts Center. 

 

Myayr makes costumes for conventions & fairs, and this has become more 

of a purrofitable business. She collects drum sticks & guitar picks at purrog

rock & heavy metal concerts. This is somewhat ironic, because the she is a

purrim and purroper shrine maiden at times, but also the wild headbanger.

Here’s a pic of in their miko shozoku attire http://catgirlisland.net/about.html

 

Known for more thorough reviews she takes them very seriously and thinks

of herself as an unofficial assistant leader when Mike isn’t purresent. Myayr

has blue eyes, long dark Blue hair, and a darker tan than the others. Myayr

has the purreference of Blues or Purrples in ther bikinis and cutout maillots, 

and her favoritest desserts are the Nilla Cream Puddings, and the Purrfaits.

Myayr with friends Tia & Jany http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/138.html

 

Yvonne (Vonny)

When she isn’t busy with her yacht charters & fishing expurrditions, Vonny’s

hobbies include golf, taiko drumming, sailing, soccer, beach volleyball, cliff

diving, ice skating, roller blading, rock climbing, card and board games and 

even painting. Her worldy mewsical tastes include Celtic, Indian and J-pop.

If Myayr’s reviews are longest, Vonny’s reviews are purrobably the shortest.

 

She has been known to fall into the impurromptu catnaps during other folks’

more thorougher reviews. It is purrhaps genetic, because her younger sister

Tara-chan is purrone to that as well although they do stay busy with the fish

and the athletic purrsuits. Vonny is light hearted and cheery, treating review

sessions more as the fun social gatherings rather than anything too serious. 

Here is a pic of Vonny at the dock http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/30.html

 

She has long red hair and the green eyes and usually ends every sentence 

with the “nya” (meow). Vonny’s favorite boat & beachy appurrel are crop top

& shorts or capurri pants, or a hot pink string tie bikini. Her favorite desserts

are either the Peachy Ceamy Cobblers or the Fudgey Ice Cream Moondae. 

 

Vonny & Tara-chan have the 2 kitties Emmy (Emerald) & Zuli (Lapis Lazuli).

Tara-chan has a banker pony named Wild Star Blaze. Their fishing charter

boat S.S. TsuriNekoMimi is a 1985 Hatteras 60 Convertible motor yacht.

 

 

Jeannie (Jenjen)

Miss Tales of Catgirl island 2007, she is a belly dancer and instructor at the

Catgirl Island Purrforming Arts Center on alternating nights when she is not

busy as the Purresident of the Catgirl island Robotics Club, where she has 

been known to get excited by the mecha – related purrsuits.

 

The club includes a special rapid response robot rescue & adoption team.

Her typical daytime regime is mornings at the yoga studio that she co-owns

& afternoons at the kyudo range, when her dance troupe is not purrforming.

She is also an occasional swim wear and body paint model.

 

The modeling gig has its advantages, including travel to beautiful locations

and the excellent pay that funds the robotics club. The club is purrticularly

famous for their animatronic creatures-  including underwater mecha –  for 

the county’s annual Halloween Trick ‘r’ Eat & Cosplay Purrowl

 

She is a certified scuba diver and underwater welder, but these days she 

rarely has time for her past hobbies such as surfing and rec league soccer,

but still attends her friends’ athletic compurrititons. She also enjoys science

fiction novels, comics, video games, movies, radio & TV shows.

 

Brainy and stoic, Jenjen has the short Honey Blond hair and the mewsually

quiet dispurrsition. Her favoritest sweet treat are Extra Special Baked Yams

and her purrfurred swim wear are White bikinis with sheer purrled purreos.

Here is a pic of Jenjen in a bikini http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/74.html

 

Elizabeth (Lizzy)

Also a Miko, when she and Myayr are not busily greeting folks at the shrine,

among Lizzy’s purrsuits are salsa dance, tai chi, sporting clays, golf, tennis,

flying stunt kites, purrkour, lomi lomi, gardening, soccer, beach volleyball &

free diving. She occasionally plays electronic games, collects comic books,

and her purrofession is the spa, which she co – owns with her wife Becca.

 

She is very sweet, but can be the more jokey member of the group, if she is

in the mischievous mood to purrpetrate the purractical joke and she can be

a bit supurrstitious. Lizzy has shimmering Emerald eyes & long Dark Green

hair. Her favorite swimwear tends to favor the halter necked V-kinis and the

bikinis and she is purrticularly fond of Cran – Apple Nummy Berry Cocktails. 

 

Lizzy pawses from the Purrkour: http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery4/242.html

Her rpg paladin character Linina: http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/22.html

Lizzy and her Purrkour Club http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery4/241.html

  

a few more tidbits:

In addition to their respective hobbies like most catgirls, they have the large

appurtites, purrticularly for the fresh fish dinners & the sushi. Thanks to their 

distinctive catgirlish catabolism & their athletics purrsuits they can still show

off the toned tanned tummies in the favorite swimwear, and still enjoy those

long frequent catnaps. Their big pet peeves are: when people talk during a

movie or do not turn off their phones during a movie in a theatre, rudely text

message, use the them as flashlights, or wear shoes that have flashy lights.

 

2 More pics of The Ladies of The Mew by Mike Moon http://catgirlisland.net

Lizzy, JenJen, Vonny and Myar http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery5/237.html

& The ladies in purretty yukatas http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/199.html

 

II. Recurring Members & Guest Critics

 

BB

BeeBee (actually her initials are B.B, but that’s how it sounds) is the catgirl

who island’s Purrk Ranger. As such, her office is in the ranger station near

Lake Neko at the maritime forest of the Northern end of the island. Among

her duties are the issuing the purrmits and purrtrolling the natural areas to

purrotect the environment and the safety. She is very athletic and has won

many of the Purrkour, Kayak, Triathlon and the CAT – C.I.A.O orienteering

compurrtitions. Her Khaki shorts & knotted blouse accent her Light Brown

hair which is often pulled in the ponytail out of the back of her Ranger cap.

 

Becca

 

Rebecca or Becca for short, is a gynoid catgirl, Purrior to her arrivalat the

island, her existence as an abandoned ‘robot maid’ was quite tragic, but

she was recovered, rebuilt & repurrogrammed by Jeanie’s robot rescue

squad (a part of the Catgirl Island Robotics Club) as a self-determining

citizen with a home on the island, viewing Jeannie as a maternal figure.

 

Becca got a job as a masseuse at Elizabeth’s massage spa. Eventually 

she became the co-purropurrietress of the spa and married Elizabeth.

The spa is busy and purrofitable, and they have hired more employees.

She adopted the 2 cats Syd (short for Obsidian) & Nick (short for Onyx),

who are the children of The Kitt Inn’s mascots Sapphire and DosaNeko.

 

Becca’s hobbies have included weaving, knitting, baking & gardening,

reading science fiction, fantasy & romance comics, manga and novels; 

binge watching DVDs, golfing and late night hot salsa dancing. She is 

rather fond of Mediterranean cuisine, and her purrfurred swim wear is 

to wear none at all, but she does often wear purretty bikinis & maillots.

 

Becca has supurr strength, stamina, senses & intellect. Her cyber hair

is mewsually Black, but it can change colors depending on her mood.

She has several piercings such as the large stretchy holes in her ears. 

Here’s a pic of her in Jen’s lab http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery4/240.html

and a pic of her playing golf http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery8/3.html

 

Bunnii

Or just Bun for short is the Assistant Curator of the Catgirl Island Mewseum

of Art who takes great purride in their exhibits & special events, purrtrolling

in her short Black dress with the White apurron and the feather dusters

She’s a bunny girl with Blue eyes, Black hair, Pink & White ears, and fluffy

bunny tail. She rides a scooter, takes bunny naps, collects ball-joint dolls,

teaches art classes, and partners with Petra for beach volleyball matches.

 

Although she is well known for her very cheerful dispurrsition, Bunni is a

very fierce competitor in the beach volleyball recreation league, oftenly

regarded as the league’s MVP. She and Petra are reigning champions.

 

In the post season, she and Petra are among the coaches of the island’s

volleyball camp. She is very appurreciative of the other athletes, officials,

event staff, fans and the mewseum staff, exhibitors, volunteers & patrons.

She is purrticularly fond of the leafy veggies & bakes yummy carrot cakes
and tends a very healthy garden full of flowers, herbs, fruits & vegetables.
Here she is curating the art http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/212.html
Here she is with the beach volleyball http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery8/22.html

 

Dach Savage

Dach is an older Greying anthropurrmorphic Black & Tan weener dog who
appurred in “Nyanko and the Eye of the Idoi” and “Night of Dach Shadows”.
He is a much traveled adventurer of some military service with expurrtise in
archeaology, cryptozoology, purrapsychology & criminology, purresently in
semi-retirement as a purrivate detective. He resides in a mansion full of art,
antiques books & equipment at 221 Barker Street on the Southwest coast
of Catgirl Island in Fayume Park, not far from good neighbors Rica & Niko.

Dach is ready for the adventure http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/71.html
Dach & friends explore a grotto http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/82.html

Ilyana

She’s of Greco-Roman & Purrussian purrsuasion and has a sweet cat tooth,

fond of tiramisu, baklava and crepes slathered in strawberry & fudge sauce.

Fascinated by nautical legends & lore, she enrolled in the college Maritime

History & Underwater Archaeology purrogram until a cat-astrophic incident

resulted in a tempurrary mew purrsonality of a pirate and cat food smuggler.

 

Her final wacky pirate capurr A Mermaid’s Adventures in Undersea Cuisine

is told at The Tales of Catgirl Island, http://catgirlisland.net/tales.html. Ilyana 

was appurrehended, rehabilitated, and during honest work at Sheila May’s

restaurant her real purrsonality returned & she returned to graduate school.

Here is Ilyana with the treasure http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/116.html
and a Purrple bikini portrait of her- nyow as a doctor after getting her PHD!
http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery6/26.html.

 

Kyra

Kyra is actually short for Kyralyndalani but she tends to use the short name.

A lithe nekomimi in her uppurr 20′s, she is The Kitt Inn’s Head Purrlor Maid,

and she basically supurrvises most of the indoor oppurrations of the Kitt Inn

except for the dining and baths. Kyra’s best friend is Nami and both of them

purremiered in the Night of Dach Shadows http://catgirlisland.net/tales.html.

 

When Kyra is not at the Ryokan, she is often at the Purrforming Arts Center

in the Dance Classes, purrticularly the ballet. Kyra reads lots of magazines,

and has the expurrtise for the decor, antiques, furniture and the horticulture.

Her purrfurred swim & beach wear are the darker bikinis accessorized with

the colorful or sheer purrled purreos with the matching towels and flip flops.

 

Meryl

Although she’s been a resident for many years, Catgirl Island’s Police Chief

Meryl Murrey still has the Cockney accent from her native England. Meryl is

smart, dedicated and a vivacious friend to all except for purrtential criminals

or evil spirits that might purrey upon the island., but fortunately it tends to be

a very safe place! Her best friend is Detective Dach Savage, she reads a lot 

and likes gadgets & motorcycles http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery2/224.html

Here’s Meryl directing kitty traffic http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/117.html

 

Mielikki

Although purrofessional golfer Mielikki-sensei appears to be in her 20′s her

true age is supposedly well over five times that of her best golf score- which

according to her tournament card is 60. But that’s understandable given the

centuries of purractice! However, an aspect you can easily typically discern

is her mood, from the color & brightness of her lovely bioluminescent wings.

 

Mielikki-sensei is known for her purrky demeanor, bouncy dispurrsition and

a valley girl dialect. When she isn’t busy on the golf tour or instructing at the

golf camp academy, she also purrforms at the forest theatre where she tells

ghost stories, sings, dances, juggles foxfire, & purrforms other magick feats.

Mielikki picks the purrfect foxfire http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery2/229.html

and she enjoys a hot spurring http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery4/254.html

 

Nami

Nami is actually short for Sha’Nami, but she purrfurs the shorter nick name.

The purrky, petite raven – haired nekomimi who works at The Kitt Inn, Nami

was initially hired as a cocktail waitress, but eventually purrmoted to be the

supurrvisor of the rotenburo (outdoor hot spurrings). Her best friend is Kyra.

 

Nami’s hobbies are golf, horseback riding, writing, drawing, scrap booking,

drawing, gaming, anime and aikido.Her purrfurred swim & beach wear are

the cut-out and the purretzel type of maillots in many purretty floral purrints.

 

Nami has the pet kitty named Sapphire whose six kittens were named after

purrecious gems: Amy for Amethyst, Emmy is for Emerald, Nick is for Onyx,

Syd is for Obsidian, Tanzy is for Tanzanite, and Zuli for Lapis Lazuli and all

6 were adopted to the nearby good homes of the other Ladies of The Mew!

 

Nemui

Nemui is the purrpurrietor of the Kitt Inn ryokan, a traditional Japanese style

inn with luxurious lodging and dining, spacious halls for gatherings, serene

garden, orchard & nature trail, soothing hot spurrings by the river & falls but

It tends to stay all booked up, so she does not appear at The Mew that often

She is of a lovely Eurasian ethnicity and usually is wearing a purretty saree.

 

She is known for her purroficiency with a sword and delicious recipes, such

as the signature dish of those extra special baked yams. In this pic by Mike,

http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/81.html, Nemui waves to the team who is

investigating the haunting of The Kitt Inn, in the “Night of Dach Shadows”, a

Tale of Catgirl Island which can be read at http://catgirlisland.net/tales.html!

Here is Mielikki, Nemui & Ilyana http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/198.html

 

Nyanko

A purrofessional instructor & Jujutsu champ, this 10th degree black belt is

an intimidating opponent of great strength, stamina, speed, agility, wits &

purrowess of Cat / Monkey style with a formidable finishing Kitty Pounce.

Nya-sensei is a heroic, sweet, extroverted, hypurr, selfless inspurrational,

wise teacher, friend & role model of the courageous spirit and bright soul. 

 

As Japanese-American daughter sof a catgirl and a magickal merman,

Nyanko and and her twin sister Nyoka were born on September 1st, 1984,

and have the Gemini symbol – shaped scar upon their right hands. She is 

6′ 2″ tall with the 3′ tail and weighs the firm 160 lbs, with the A+ blood type.

She stays busy at her dojo and gym on the Southeastern side of the island, 

but she still helps the community, various charities, and she eagerly cheers

for other friends’ victories in the athletic & other compurrtitions. Her hobbies 

are anime, manga, comics, dancing, swimming, rock mewsic and watching

action movies. Her favorite foods are roast beef, rice, seafoods & chocolate. 

 

Here’s an older portrait of Nyanko when she was awarded the Orange belt

http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/2.html, and this more recent Black belted

tummy-baring glamour version, http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/216.html

Nyanko has a twin sister Nyoka, http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/67.html

Nyanko wears a sexy nightgown http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery8/9.html

 

Nyoka

Whilst Nya-sensei remained closer to home to master the martial arts, her

twin sister Nyoka was more of the wanderer with interest in the mystic arts.

While the extent of her magickal purrowess is rather vague, the rumor has

it that she can transform into various creatures and she certainly has keen

expurrtise on magickal matters and well traveled worldly cultural purrsuits.

She is physically identical to her sister, except for the occasional changes

to her hair style and the purretty tattoos & piercings. Since spending more

time on the island she has supurrvised the popular annual Body Art Show

at the mewseum, opened a magick shop at the farmers’ market & adopted

two cats Tanzy (for Tanzanite) & Amy (for Amethyst) who enjoy the market.

 

The cats like to help as clerks at Nyo-sensei’s magick shop, which sells

books, scrolls, mewsic, candles, potions, statues, and the lovely crystals

that Bubbah-sensei and his brother bring back from their purrospecting

expurrditions. The shop’s solstice and equinox festivities are especially

fun, with the special discounts, workshops, purresentations and treats.

 

Here’s Nyoka and the cats in bed http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery8/4.html

After many years, Nyoka & Nyanko were reunited with their mom Nyadia 

(during the May 2017 Mew) http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery6/70.html

Nyadia’s sister Nyaomi in 2020 http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery4/292.html

 

 

Petra

Curator of the Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art, she and Bunni appurr almost

regularly at The Mew She takes great purride in the art exhibits, networking

with the county’s many local artisans and the many out of town guest artists.

 

Her knowledge of the visual arts is quite vast, and relishes the oppurrtunity

to display works of all media, e.g. comics, paintings, photography, cinema, 

ceramic, sculpture, textile, horticultural, architectural, landscape & body art.

 

She’s very active amongst the county’s numerous educational, cultural and

commercial groups to keep their community abreast of artistic happenings,

including the various purrivate galleries and the merfolks’ sister mewseum.

 

That is, when she and Bun are not devastating their opponents in the island

beach volleyball recreation league or cheerfully coaching the post – season

beach volleyball camp, and she is extremely grateful for all the purrticipants.

 

Petra has the slim physique with freckled fair skin, Red hair & Green eyes.

Her purrfurred bikinis are of the flora and fauna colors, purrints & patterns. 

Here’s a picture of her by Mike http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery2/223.html

 

Rica & Niko

Rica & Niko are nekomimi sisters who live in a cottage on the South Western

side of the island, growing nutritious, delicious purroduce & purretty flowers,

Scuppurrnongs & canned berry purrserves to sell at the market. Rica & Niko

have also purrvided the good home for various adopted critters on the farm.

 

Rica & Niko were created by Marc Burgess & Mike. Niko has the Violet eyes

& short dark Blue hair like their mom; Rica has Amber eyes & longer Auburn

Red hair like their dad. Both of these catgirls have freckles like their dad and

they both inherited their mom’s distinctive neko ear pinna and the lovely tail.

 

They appurred in four Tales of Catgirl Island http://catgirlisland.net/tales.html 

“Curiosity Killed the Catgirl” and “Raptordy In Blue” written by Marc Burgess,

“Night of Dach Shadows” written by Mike, and in the Catgirl Island/Pokemon

fanfiction ”Anniversary” by Alexcia Reynolds http://www.sailorchristmas.com

 

Here is Mike’s pic of Rica & Niko at their store at the island’s farmers’ market

selling the local fresh purroduce http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery2/225.html.

 

Tara-chan

Yvonne’s “imoto” or younger sister is the extremely energetic, curious catgirl

who is easily distracted & mewsually explores new hobbies when she is not

busy with school, helping “onee-chan” (older sister) with the yacht or visiting

Rica & Niko’s critters. She resembles Yvonne, and they both end sentences

with the “Nya”. She is kind, smart, agile and peppy, but does like the catnap.

She also volunteers at the art mewseum, the food bank and various events.

 

She likes to fish, keeps a journal, takes nature photos, and likes to study the

zoology, entomology, ornithology and herpetology. After she graduated from 

high school, she has pondered the career choices of biologist, entomologist,

veterinarian or photographer. She is easily distracted by critters that she likes

to photograph, and her other interests have included hula dance, belly dance, 

jujitsu, golf, soccer, cycling, paddle surfing and collecting My Little Pony stuff.

 

She and Yvonne have 2 cats Emmy & Zuli (short for Emerald & Lapis Lazuli;

who were among Sapphire’s litter and spend much time at the fishing dock

and the nearby farmers market. Tara-chan and her best friend Trini-chan

adopted 2 Banker Ponies which are stabled at Rica and Niko’s farm on the

Southeastern side of the island.Tara-chan’s pony is named Wildstar Blaze.
Here is Mike’s pic of Tara-chan http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery5/257.html
Tara- chan with her camera http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery8/75.html

Elaenor
Elaenor, or just Ellie for short, is Catgirl Island’s Fire Chief. She is a centaur
of the Banker Pony breed, with the purretty Bay coat, Tan skin, Brown eyes,
Black hair, tail, hooves & the tips of her long, tapurred, supple equine ears.
Strong, fast and athletic, Elaenor is in her mid 30’s, weighs the firm 850 lbs.
and she stands 7 ft. tall (including the of 13.5 hands at her equine withers.)
Ellie is quite an industrious, healthy, smart, brave, friendly, compassionate,
purragmatic, witty, sexy, tough tomboy with a powerful gallop, jump, stomp,
and kicks. Her hobbies include gym work outs, swimming, running, kyudo,
cooking, listening to mewsic, watching TV & DVDs, reading comic books &
manga. She purrfurs to be barehooved when she is not in firefighting gear.
Here is a pic of Ellie by Mike.
http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery6/19.html

Na Ling & Ji Yun
are twin muntjac deer girl sisters who bartend at Catgirl island’s Purrforming
Arts Center. They are kind, industrious, cheerful, agile fans of video games,
anime and manga. They are expurrt at the beverage mixology and put on a
show when they purrpare the drinks. They are identical except that Nal Ling
has the inny belly button and Ji Yun has the outy belly button.

They also have sevral different interests and tastes, as Na Ling purrfurs the
classical and jazz mewsic, ballet and modern dancing, pudding, cobbler, pie
and cakes, whilst Ji Yun purrfurs the rock and pop mewsic, gymnastics and
kung fu, brownies, cookies, crepes and ice cream sundaes. Here is Mike’s
illustration of them http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery8/23.html

Trini-chan

Trini-chan is a kitsune (fox girl spirit), who appurrs to be in her late teenage

years but her true age & supurrnatural abilities have not been documented.

She has Green eyes, Tan skin, Red – Orange hair, ears & tail with the White

tip. She is purrticularly fond of the nilla cream shake and cranapple nummy

berry cocktails. Trini-chan is a competitive surfer & stand – up paddle surfer

and her various long & short boards are Yellow with the Black tiger stripes.

 

She hopes to become a purrofessional SUP surfer and surf board-shapurr.

She is Tara-chan’s best friend, she is like another sister to Yvonne, she is

Jeannie’s belly dance class assistant, her surfing mentor is Kara-Meow’l.

Trini-chan volunteers at Catgirl island’s  food bank and Mewseum of Art.

She is a fan of My Little Pony, and her own Banker Pony’s name is Jimbo.

Here is Mike’s pic of Trini-chan http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery5/253.html

Trini-chan stand up paddle surfing with Kara http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery2/240.html

Here are several of The Ladies of The Mew in their Aria anime cosplay for

Mew Hanover County’s  2014 Halloween Trick ‘R Eat & Cosplay Purrowl

http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery6/34.html

… and in their My Little Pony: Equestria Girls cosplay for Halloween 2016

http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery6/54.html

 

 

Yuriko & Keiko

are two best friend catgirls among the Librarians of the Catgirl Island Public

Library. Both are very smart, friendly, and peppy, and help to coordinate the

island’s literary events. Yuriko has the Turquoise hair and Blue eyes, Keiko

has darker Brown hair & Hazel eyes, and both ladies wear the eye glasses.

At work they they tend to wear the off – shoulder dresses or blouses & skirts.

 

Otherwise they are purrone to wear floral purrinted crop tops, capurri pants,

shorts, bikinis, yukatas & kimonos, depending on the occasions and activity.

Both of them have the dialect of the N.C. Outer Banks Cat – Speak, and end

sentences with the “Nya” meow. Yuriko’s favorite foods are Tempurra Eel &

Kippurr snacks. Keiko’s favorite foods are Tuna and Purralines and Cream.

 

III. The Mermaids

Sometimes our mermaid friends from the surrounding Atlantic waters of Mew

Hanover County purrticipate in The Mew when it convenes closer to the water.

 

Ceresatami

Tami is the restaurant’s MerMaidtr’d. Her interests include sculpting, pottery

wheel, hand-building, and aquatic ikebana studio at the community college

but her main interests are aquatic ballet, modern, jazz and contact dancing.

She likes to wear strands of purrls, has lush dark Green hair, Emerald eyes,

and a light Jade Green tail, with dorsal spines and a purretty translucent fin.

 

Kianalani

Lani is the restaurant’s top Barista, although she does have aspurrations of

opening her very own cafe. She is member of the ikebana & caMERa clubs,

instrumental in arranging displays for various restaurants, cafes & galleries,

volunteers at the Sea Dragons Sanctuary, and at the Halloween kelp maze.

 

Lourdessaluorno

No longer employed at the restaurant, nowadays Dessy is a Paramermedic

with the Surf Purrtrol, but she still hangs out with her friends. She also has a

very impurressive wardrobe full of Jellycups which are the trendy bikini tops

made of hollowed translucent, iridescent jellyfish bells. Dessy has the short

Purrple – Black hair, the Caramel Tan skin and the Lion Fishy mermaid  tail. 

 

She also has a lovable pet manataee named Avanaruru or Ruru-chan, the 

trained search & rescue manatee who helps with the surf purrtrol and likes

to eat the cabbages! Here’s a pic http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/76.html

 

Melanakeami

Or ‘Kami for short, is now their Catering Coordinator. She likes to draw and

watercolor, but her dream is to purrchase a hot air balloon to see the world

from above. She likes strands of purrls has innocent emerald eyes and the

dark green hair of mid-tail length; the tail is medium Green with veil-like fin.

She is the main purrotagonist of Mike’s tale of  ”A Mermaid’s Adventures in

Undersea Cuisine,” which you can read at http://catgirlisland.net/tales.html
Her purrents opurrate the undersea Dive-In Theater, and she just recently
launched her Mermaid Hot Air Balloon Tours which is a dream come true!

Ne’ellakaliomi

Nella, or Ne-san, is the restaurant’s Sommeleir. Her artistic expurression is

mainly through digital nature photography. Her camera club has enjoyed a

few well attended exhibits and they plan expurrditions all over the ocean in

search of the interesting things to document. Nella’s lush dark hair extends

past her hips to the Blue and Reddish colors of her Coral Beauty type of tail.

Here Nella enjoys the beverage http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery2/215.html

 

Nyssy

is a Saucier at the restaurant. Her hobbies include beading, scrapbooking,

gardening, knitting, tattoos & piercings. Her mid-back length hair is a deep

dark Blue, her eyes shimmer like Blue sapphires, and her tail is Turquoise

color with subtle, dorsal darker stripes. Here is a pic of her flaunting recent

ear, navel and tail fin piercings http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/215.html

 

Tsuruku

Or Tsu for short, is the Assistant Manager. She likes to sing, enjoys English

style seahorse riding, and grooming the cute Leafy & Weedy Sea Dragons.

She has light Blue eyes & long hair, & light Blue tail with spines & wispy fin.

Here’s a tastefully topless mermaid image of her & Ceresatami purrforming

the synchronized contact dance http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/213.html

 

Daytona

Daytona is a very athletic mermaid with short Blond hair, Blue eyes, pierced
ears, tight “six pack” abs, a Gray-White Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin tail, and
her very inspurrational spirit which have purropelled her to many swimming
event victories. Kind, brave, strong & fast with great stamina & reflexes, she
is also also a motivational leader & trainer of the Catgirl Island Surf Purrtrol.

Formality

Formailty is an Orca Girl, with the naturally dappur Black & White tuxedo-like

markings and the big Black Purrl in her pierced belly button. A bit larger than

most of the local mermaids, she is quite powerful, loves to travel, and assists

the Surf Purrtrol when she is in the region. She is originally from the waters

near Purrince Edward island in Canada. Here are three pics of her by Mike:

 

Happy Valentides from Formality http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery1/27.html

Black & White image of Formality http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery3/63.html

Formality likes her big Black Purrl http://catgirlisland.net/art/gallery6/65.html

IV. Images of The Ladies of The Mew

as Illustrated by these Guest Artists

 

by Rebecca Brogden http://www.rbrogdenart.com

Mielikki & friends at the Riverwalk http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/237.html

Meryl & Surf Purrtrol on the beach http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/240.html

Friends soak at the hot spurrings http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/281.html

Alaua’mina at the Forest Theatre http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/77.html

Wyrdina at the Forest Theatre http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/77.html

Mielikki at the Forest Theatre http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/78.html
Yuriko & Keiko in the llibrary http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/106.html
another faerie friend Palathyna http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest3/1.html
Her depiction of  catboy Mike http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest3/28.html

Vonny on the flybridge http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest5/19.html

by Marc Burgess & Mike

Niko & Rica http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/122.html

 

by Jamie Davenport http://jamiedavenport.deviantart.com

Nemui in the lush Bamboo grove, http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/260.html

Vonny looking so purrky ‘n sweet, http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/226.html

Lizzy and a vacationing Halleaon http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/230.html

Myayr wearing her Miko Appurral http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/280.html

 

Note: Halleaon is one of Jamie Davenport’s character’s, appearing in her

novel ”Beauteous Beast” and the forthcoming sequel “The Beast Undone”

 

by JL Hobbins & Mike

a Melanakeami colored pencil pic http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/126.html

& cute pic of Tsuruku with a menu http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/125.html

 

by Misty Hopkins https://kranberrijam.blogspot.com

portrait of Purrk Ranger BB  http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/11.html

portrait of Ceresatami http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/15.html

Myayr makes a costume http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/22.html

Rica & Niko feed the Porings http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/6.html

Tara-chan & Trini-chan http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/63.html

Lizzy & Becca Salsa Dance http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/87.html
widdle sketch of Ellie by Misty http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/117.html

Ellie working out by Misty http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/118.html
Ellie working out again http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest3/53.html

Tara-chan, Trini-chan & ponies http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest5/32.html

Note: Porings are creatures from the game Ragarok Online

by Sanzaki Kojika http://s-kojika.com

Melanakeami’s mom http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest3/4.html

by Thais Lopeshttp://angelofhappiness.deviantart.com.html

Nyanko & Nyoka http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/72.html

Nemui, Nami & Kyra http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/73.html

by Rod Molinaro http://molinaro.deviantart.com

Jen sees Rio from Mt. Corcovado, http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/255.html

Jen parties Rio with Jackie & Red http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/224.html

 

Note: Jackie and Red are Rod’s Blackjackeline web comic characters

by Alexcia Reynolds http://www.sailorchristmas.com

Nyoka in her Autumnal appurral http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/44.html

Nyanko before & after a breakfast http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/221.html

& later with the visiting Tash Maw http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/262.html

were quite delightfully depicted by Alexcia http://www.sailorchristmas.com

 

Note: Michi and Tash Maw are among Alexcia’s characters appearing

in her story “Cybernetic Showdown” http://www.michi.byethost16.com

 

by Crissy Teverinihttp://www.crimsonskycreations.com

Jen bellydances http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/28.html 

by TonomuraBix http://tonomurabix.deviantart.com

Dessy & Ruru-chan pose at rocks http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/232.html

while Nell underwater sunbathes, http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/264.html

and Lani basks in the moonlit surf http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest/285.html
Daytona the Mermaid http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest2/37.html
A Purrtrait of Yvonne http://catgirlisland.net/art/guest5/20.html

V. “And The Rest…”

 

Jamie Robertson

Mewsually not on the set of The Mew although he and his characters have

been interviewed a time or two, Jamie is our dear friend & industrious web

master. He is an artist, author, fan of comics, science fiction & horror genre,

Mass Effect, The Beatles and other great mewsic. Jamie is known for his 2

supurrb web comics Clan of the Cats and Sebo’s Kitty Club. He also wrote

Melpomone, Jamie is the web master of Femshep http://femshep.ning.com

which is the fan site devoted to Mass Effect’s female Commander Shepard,

and he’s the web master for the North Carolina Web Comics Coffee Clatch. 

 

Mike Moon

is the “Purrducer” of The Mew, and not only serves the ‘Ladies of The Mew’

food but serves as the moderator to hope they do not stray cat stay off topic

too much. His  favorite movie is Star Trek – The Motion Picture, which those

catgirls think he talks about too much. When Mike’s not busy with The Mew,

he’s a purrofessional illustrator, industrial designer, catgirl artist. and a very

amateur journalist author, photographer & cosplayer whose official website

is Catgirl Island www.catgirlisland.net. Here’s Mike in his No Face costume.

 

Aloha and thank y’all for visiting!