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
Bob Chambers (cartoonist) March 1996, two weeks before his ninety-first birthday. Bob Chambers (cartoonist) Robert William Chambers (April 13, 1905 – March 27, 1996) was a cartoonist and illustrator from Nova Scotia whose work appeared in the "Halifax Chronicle Herald". At his peak, Chambers produced nine cartoons every week: six for morning papers and three for afternoon papers. His career lasted 53 years. Born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Chambers began drawing at an early age, and sold his first cartoon to the "Halifax Chronicle" in 1923. While attending Horton Academy, he produced "The Weekly Oriole", which was later sold to Acadia University. By