Globi Globi Globi is a Swiss cartoon character occasionally referred to as Switzerland's Mickey Mouse. He is pictured as an anthropomorphic blue parrot with a yellow beak wearing a black beret and a pair of red and black checkered trousers. He was created by the Swiss cartoonist Robert Lips, as an advertising character for the Swiss department store Globus in 1932 for the company's 25th anniversary. He was originally planned to be called "Kimbukku", but later renamed Globi after the local Basel German "(Baseldytsch)" dialect word for the department store that created him. He initially appeared in a cartoon strip called
George Booth (cartoonist) also created the comic strip "Local Item" in 1986. Booth lived for many years in Stony Brook, New York with his wife Dione; he now lives in Brooklyn, where he continues to be a cartoonist and a collector of local artwork from artists in the area. The National Cartoonists Society recognized his work with the Gag Cartoon Award in 1993 and the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. George Booth (cartoonist) George Booth (born June 28, 1926) is a "New Yorker" cartoonist. Over time, his cartoons have become an iconic feature of the magazine. In a doodler's style, they