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Monkey Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated internationally on December 14.[1] The holiday is primarily celebrated with costume parties intended to help draw attention to issues related to simians, including medical research, animal rights, and evolution.[2] Often there are competitions to see who has the best costumes, who can act like a monkey the longest, or speed knitting of monkey dolls. [3] The holiday cuts across religious boundaries and provides opportunities to share monkey stories.[4]
The holiday was started in 2000 by Casey Sorrow, then artist of the popular comic Fetus-X, and first celebrated by Lansing residents and art students at Michigan State University.[5] There has been an annual Monkey Day Web Comic Marathon since 2004 with comics including Rob Balder's PartiallyClips, David Malki's Wondermark, Eric Millikin's Fetus-X, and Sorrow's own Feral Calf.[6][7]
In 2005, Peter Jackson's King Kong was released on the fifth anniversary of Monkey Day.[8]
In 2008, the official Monkey Day celebration was a silent art auction[9] to benefit Chimps Inc., which included paintings from chimps Jackson and Kimie, residents of the Chimps Inc. primate sanctuary. The Biddle Gallery in Detroit also celebrated Monkey Day in 2008 with an annual Monkey Day art sale that included a free banana with each purchase[10][11].
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- ^ Turner, Paul (2009-12-14). "Marmot Nation is gearing up for a huge 2010". Spokesman Review: pg 1C.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help);|pages=has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "A TOAST TO BUBBLES". Los Angeles CityBeat (131). 2005-12-08. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Kessler, Gregor (2006-12-08). "Wir haben mehr als genug theologische Feiertage" (PDF). Financial Times Deutschland: pg 6. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Cayton-Holland, Adam (December 14, 2006). "Monkey See, Monkey Doo: Finally, a holiday worth celebrating.". Westword
- ^ Klein, Sarah (December 10, 2003). "Monkeying around with the holidays". Detroit Metro Times
- ^ Sorrow, Casey (December 16, 2005). "The End of Monkey WebComics 2005". Monkey Day Comics
- ^ Sorrow, Casey (December 14, 2006). "2006 Comics... It begins...". Monkey Day Comics
- ^ McKenzie, Charlie (December 8, 2005). "Holiday monkey business". Hour
- ^ "Out On The Town". City Pulse. 8 (17): 36. 2008-12-10.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Rubin, Neal (2008-12-11). "Gallery owner gets artists to monkey around". Detroit News.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ O'Neil, Megan (2008-12-10). "Night and Day". Detroit Metro Times.
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