{"product_id":"project-mk-ultra-sex-drugs-the-cia-volume-1","title":"PROJECT MK-ULTRA SEX, DRUGS, \u0026 THE CIA Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA reality-based graphic novel of San Francisco, 1971. As the Vietnam War rages, the government wages war at home against the hippy counter-culture. High profile drug trials capture headlines. Seymour Phillips, a headstrong journalist eager to prove himself, discovers key information uncovering a vast drug network. A routine interview leads to a sensational accusation that the man accused of trafficking mass quantities of LSD works for the CIA.\n\nSeymour is approached by CHASE, an eccentric, paranoid stranger in disguise who claims to be a former CIA operative and have the inside scoop on the CIA\/LSD connection. Chase insists that Seymour has only scratched the surface. The two forge a most uncommon alliance in a dangerous and mind-bending quest for the truth behind quite possibly the most bizarre chapter of the CIA’s history.\n\nWhile most Americans were watching \u003cem\u003eLeave it to Beaver\u003c\/em\u003e and listening to The Everly Brothers, an eclectic group of CIA operatives were spiking each other's coffees with LSD, throwing decadent parties and hiring prostitutes to slip unsuspecting johns drug-laced drinks in order to observe every stoned and kinky moment from behind two-way mirrors.\n\nAnd this was only when they weren't dreaming up the next far-reaching \"official\" application for this new, all-powerful, mind blowing drug.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\n\"…artist and author Stewart Kenneth Moore sends the reader on a fantasmagoric roller coaster ride that just so happens to be the real history, mostly, of one of the most sordid, bizarre — and covered-up -- chapters of the CIA's history.\" -- \u003cb\u003eBrendan McNally\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGermania\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\"This is a stunning work that puts Stewart Moore firmly on the map as one of the great graphic novelists of his generation. There is no better medium to explore the mind-bending story of one of the most controversial CIA dark ops in history, and Moore's artwork is the next best thing to dropping a tab of LSD yourself.\" -- \u003cb\u003eJames Hider\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spiders of Allah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCronix\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\"This stuff is terrific and it's obviously a labour of love.\" -- \u003cb\u003eDavid Lloyd\u003c\/b\u003e, artist, co-creator with Alan Moore on \u003ci\u003eV for Vendetta\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640122736926,"sku":"PROJ01H","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/proj01h-project-mk-ultra-sex-drugs-and-the-cia-book.jpg?v=1784488530","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/project-mk-ultra-sex-drugs-the-cia-volume-1","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}