Radiator Comics

Menu

  • Browse
    • New releases
    • By Artist
    • By Genre

      Find Comics by genre:

      Close [x]
      • Action & Adventure
      • Anthology
      • Art & Design
      • Autobiography & Memoir
      • Biography & History
      • Comics for Kids
      • Cookbooks
      • Current Affairs & Politics
      • DIY & How-To
      • Drama
      • Essays
      • Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
      • Fantasy
      • Foreign Language
      • Health & Wellness
      • Historical Fiction
      • Horror
      • Humor
      • LGBTQ
      • Literary Fiction
      • Mature Content
      • Music
      • Nonfiction
      • Parenting & Family
      • Philosophy & Religion
      • Poetry
      • Romance
      • Science Fiction
      • Science, Nature & Technology
      • Short Stories
      • Social Sciences
      • Sports
      • Travel
      • Young Adult
    • By Subject

      Find Comics about:

      Close [x]
      • acab
      • adulthood
      • alcohol
      • aliens
      • animals
      • art
      • bicycles
      • books
      • boredom
      • bullying & violence
      • bullying and violence
      • capitalisim
      • capitalism
      • celebrities
      • childhood
      • community
      • death
      • displacement
      • dreams
      • education
      • existential dread
      • family
      • farming
      • food
      • friendship
      • games
      • ghosts
      • government
      • harassment
      • historical figures
      • insects
      • jealousy
      • love
      • magic
      • mental health
      • modern city living
      • monsters
      • music
      • nature
      • outer space
      • parents
      • physical health
      • plants
      • race
      • religion
      • romance
      • seasons & weather
      • sexuality
      • social anxiety
      • technology
      • teens
      • television
      • tourism
      • war
      • witches
      • work
    • minicomics
    • Uncategorized
    • graphic novels
    • Music
    • print
    • Series
    • stationery
    • wearables
    • zines
  • Events
  • News
  • About
    • Radiator Comics
    • Radiator Pack, Publications & Projects
    • Pop-Up Shop
    • Where to buy
    • Wholesale
    • Acquisitions Services
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
    • Contact Radiator
    • Wholesale Application
    • Newsletter sign-up!
  • Radiator Comics Newsletter
  • Radiator Comics RSS Feed
  • Radiator Comics on Tumblr
  • Radiator Comics on Twitter
  • Radiator Comics on Facebook

Cart

Site Search

Shop

Monkey Chef vol 1 by Mike Freiheit
Monkey Chef vol 1 by Mike FreiheitMonkey Chef vol 1 by Mike FreiheitMonkey Chef vol 1 by Mike FreiheitMonkey Chef vol 1 by Mike FreiheitMonkey Chef vol 1 by Mike Freiheit

Monkey Chef vol 1 by Mike Freiheit

$10.00

Welcome to International Primate Rescue, with your host & Monkey Chef, Mike Freiheit!

In stock

Category: minicomics. Genres: Autobiography & Memoir, Drama, Fantasy, Humor, Mature Content.
  • Description
  • Additional information
  • Reviews (0)

Description

Monkey Chef tells the story of the nine months Mike Freiheit spent in South Africa as a chef for a primate sanctuary, preparing food for both the monkeys and their caretakers. Three vignettes make up the bulk of the first volume, and they range in style from fantasy to human melodrama.

In one, Mike is always finding frogs in his closet whenever it rains, and it occurs to him, that the frogs are not making a home in his closet…his closet has been placed on the frogs’ home. This spirals into an imaginary folk tale of a frog empire that was once tricked from its home by the farmer who built the complex within the primate refuge is now held. The frog Mike finds in his closet has grand ambitions of reclaiming its ancestral home!

In the most nuanced story in the first volume, Mike tells us about his favorite marmoset, Kismit, to whom Mike feels a connection. Through the story, Mike compares Ksimit’s antisocial behavior to his own, as he deals with difficulty connecting with the other humans at the refuge. Mike explains when marmosets who used to get along become hostile toward each other, there is no going back, they will be hostile to each other for the rest of their lives. Mike finds himself alienated from his co-workers and seems to ask if humans can ever truly shed their own feelings of hostility toward those they don’t like.

Mike’s drawings of monkeys are expressive and delightful, but what really stands out in this first issue is how strong and honest his autobiographical storytelling can be.

Additional information

Dimensions 9.5 × 7 × .125 in
Pages

44

Printed

blue risograph interiors, color cover, saddle stapled.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Monkey Chef vol 1” Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More from Mike Freiheit:

Mike's got a mean brush stroke, but his nuanced storytelling is what'll getcha.

  • Monkey Chef vol 2 by Mike Freiheit

    Monkey Chef vol 2

  • Go Fuck Myself

  • Party Animals

  • Go Fuck Myself Part 2, The Fuckening by Mike Freiheit

    Go Fuck Myself Part Two

All content © 2013 - 2019 Radiator Comics and respective creators. Contact. Logo by Aaron Renier. Site by Boy Blue. Powered by Wordpress.
Close [x]

Sign up for the Radiator Comics Newsletter!

You'll only hear from us once a month, and we'll never give your address to anyone for any reason.

Read More Comics! Dismiss