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
Michael Payne (cartoonist) Dale were the comedy lead in Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of the pantomime "Aladdin" which starred Barbara Windsor, Christopher Timothy, Trevor Bannister and Aubrey Woods. In 1986/7 Payne appeared on Sky News on Friday evenings around 6.35pm, as their cartoonist presenting his quirky take on the week’s news as well as his Cartoon of the Week. In 1987 Stephen Haines approached Payne and asked him to create a bear with a "great depth of feeling" for his new company Carte Blanche Greetings. It was from this brief that Payne created the little grey, blue-nosed bear called "Tatty Teddy" for the