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
Bill Crawford (cartoonist) active member of the National Cartoonists Society, serving as its president and vice-president. In addition to his cartoon work he illustrated more than 20 books, including "The Zebra Derby" by Max Shulman and Milton Berle's "Out of my Trunk". Crawford retired in 1977 and died of pneumonia on January 6, 1982 in Washington D.C. In 1956, 1957, 1958, and 1963 he was awarded "Best Editorial Cartoon" by the National Cartoonist Society, and in 1973 he received their Silver T-Square Award. Bill Crawford (cartoonist) William "Bill" Crawford (1913–1982) was an American editorial cartoonist. Crawford grew up in Hammond, Indiana and graduated