It’s often funny, sometimes disturbing and always entertaining, and, despite being so odd, does have a story that works. You’ll want to read it more than once. It’s a fictional story set against the background of true events in the 1930s, with real people as supporting characters. It’s the story of Holly Burnside, a character who appeared in previous independent graphic novel Thirteen Minutes, meeting a new friend in Brian Mah. For more than 60 years, Schlitzie, usually presented as female, drew crowds to see the “Aztec,” “Inca” “half-monkey” or simply “pinhead”.

Source: thestar May 30, 2019 11:05 UTC