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
Bruce Russell (cartoonist) cartoon, entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch," shows an American eagle and a Russian bear facing each other over a gulch filled with "irresponsible statements" and "deepening suspicions." His papers are held at University of California, Los Angeles. Bruce Russell (cartoonist) Bruce Alexander Russell (August 4, 1903 – December 18, 1963) was an American editorial cartoonist. After studying at the Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the "Cub Californian," he was hired for the "Los Angeles Times" as a sports cartoonist in 1927. He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, "Rollo Rollingstone" (for AP Newsfeatures)