Killing Castro (comics)

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Killing Castro is a graphic novel published in 2015 by Caliber Comics [1] written by Jason Ciaccia and illustrated by Aaron Norhanian.

The various bizarre incidents and names in the graphic novel are taken from documents released by the CIA. [2] The book was self-published under the title The Sinister Truth: MkUltra by Ciaccia and Norhanian in 2009 and received positive reviews. It was named one of the best graphic novels of 2010 by R.C.Baker in the Village Voice. [3] It was included in the syllabus of Brooklyn College’s Core Curriculum in 2011. [4]

Plot

As described on Caliber Comics’ website, slightly edited:

In 1963 Cuba is a Communist threat to the U.S. only 90 miles from Miami. The CIA sends three elite operatives to Havana. Their mission, codenamed “Operation Good Times,” was to humiliate Fidel during a live television broadcast by dosing him with LSD and making his beard fall out.

One of the agents, "Bob", bears the permanent scars of MKULTRA. Bob was kept inside a sensory deprivation tank for so long that he can hardly contain himself from blowing his cover to the first pretty lady he sees at a bar.

Back home, Doctor Sidney Gottlieb, the mad mastermind behind MKULTRA, is attempting to regain control of Bob by using the latest technological advancements at his disposal: the satellite, radio waves, and bioactive implants created for such missions [5] placed inside the agents’ brains.

The book portrays many of the failed, and often humorous, attempts to infiltrate Castro's inner circle to assassinate or publicly humiliate him.

References

  1. ↑ "Killing Castro". Caliber Entertainment.
  2. ↑ Project MKUltra, The CIA's program in behavior modification - Joint Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Intelligence. nytimes.com. Retrieved 2025-03-13
  3. ↑ R.C. Baker. "2010's Best Comics and Graphic Novels". Village Voice. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ James Pletcher, Lecturer in Classics, Brooklyn College CORC 3109
  5. ↑ US 6,011,991


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