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

The zine explores the history of organ grinders, who kept capuchins in captivity. Photograph: Catherine Ledner/Getty Images

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 Carrie McLaren, a veteran zine maker, the latest topic of choice is admittedly “bizarre”, disturbing and darkly funny: the tortured relationship between humans and monkeys.