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
Robert Kirby (cartoonist) Robert Kirby (cartoonist) Robert Kirby (; born 1962) is an openly gay cartoonist, known for his long-running syndicated comic "Curbside" – which ran in the gay and alternative presses from 1991 to 2008 – and other works focusing on queer characters and community, including "Strange Looking Exile", "Boy Trouble", "THREE", and "QU33R." "Curbside" is the story of two young men: Drew, an aspiring writer, and Nathan, an aspiring musician, who meet and eventually form a tumultuous relationship. The comic was syndicated in several periodicals, including "Chicago Nightlines", "Out In The Mountains", "Lavender Magazine" and others, as well as on the