

For June 2nd, 2003
Zira
Defying strict edicts by the Ape High Council in the name of science and loyalty to her talking human friend Taylor, saucy chimp genius Zira is this week's Hotpunkgirl!
Though she detests bananas, Zira adores the occasional ride in a motorcar and long walks on the irradiated beaches of The Forbidden Zone with her fiance Cornelius.
Rocking out to her favorite musical acts like APE HAS KILLED APE, THE MONKEES, ORANGUTANG, GORILLA BISCUITS, CHIMP, and any band that features Choke from SLAPSHOT, Zira's been known to knock knuckles with big, tough ape generals and skinheads alike in the slam pit when they've gotten in her way.
"Sure, I could blind 'em with science like that clever human Thomas Dolby recommends," the smirking simian says, "but sometimes it just feels good to cold-cock some motherfucker, know what I'm sayin'?"
We nod in agreement, because her boss Dr. Zaius doesn't know we can talk. The last human journalist that made the mistake of unnecessary chatter with the orangutan doctor had his frontal lobes removed (though we heard he returned to his duties as a Fox News anchor in a couple of weeks and no one really noticed anything awry).
We conclude our interview with a goodbye kiss, even though Zira concedes that we're "so damned ugly."
Well! we never! Damned dirty apes!