Monkeys as service animals? The ‘bizarre’, tortured history of humans and primates

Ape Sh*t, a new zine by writer and designer Carrie McLaren, looks at the ways monkeys and apes have communicated to humans that they’re individuals too Zines have always lent themselves to weird and wonderful topics, from sci-fi reflections to punk fanzines to radical political tracts.

The underground, often homemade publications have offered readers and writers a way to throw themselves into niche topics since long before the internet. For…