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“Out!” (June 1, 1983) By Charles Phillip Bissell

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Title:	“Out!” (June 1, 1983) By Charles Phillip Bissell
Artist:	Phillip Bissell (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	328
Likes on CAF:	1 2
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Added to Site:	9/12/2019
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“Out!” (June 1, 1983)
By Charles Phillip Bissell (1926 - )
11 x 18 in., ink and wash on board

In 1960, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell, working for $25 a day, was handed an assignment that would change his life—and the lives of fans of the brand-new AFL football team coming to Boston. “Sports editor Jerry Nason came to me and he said, ‘They’ve decided to call the team the Boston Patriots. You better have a cartoon ready for tomorrow’s edition.’” Bissel’s “Pat Patriot” cartoon was the Patriot’s logo from 1961-1992.

In 1898, the first U.S. troops to land on Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and camps at Guantanamo Bay. In 1903: Teddy Roosevelt signed a deal with the new government of Cuba to lease 45 square miles at the mouth of Guantanamo Bay for 2,000 gold coins a year ($4,085). The lease was renewed in 1934, and the base basically became a sanctuary after the Communist revolution of 1959.

Until it became a prison camp in 1991, things were relatively calm. By the mid-1980s, few people on the base had even seen a Soviet or a Cuban, except for the few workers who would come through the gates every day. Tensions around Latin America were growing in the 1980s, and with insurrection in the air, all non-American personnel were eventually banned from the base.

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