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
Editorial cartoon popularity of the "Punch" cartoons led to the term's widespread use. Artists who published in "Punch" during the 1840s and 50s included John Leech, Richard Doyle, John Tenniel and Charles Keene. This group became known as "The "Punch" Brotherhood", which also included Charles Dickens who joined Bradbury and Evans after leaving Chapman and Hall in 1843. "Punch" authors and artists also contributed to another Bradbury and Evans literary magazine called "Once A Week" (est.1859), created in response to Dickens' departure from "Household Words". The most prolific and influential cartoonist of the 1850s and 60s was John Tenniel, chief cartoon artist