Robert Lips (21 August 1912 – 28 February 1975), was a Swiss cartoonist. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon character ''

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 b ...

'' for Globus. He was also a fencer and competed in the individual and team épée events at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

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1912 births 1975 deaths Artists from Zürich Swiss cartoonists Swiss comics artists Swiss comics writers Swiss male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Switzerland Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zürich Olympic competitors in art competitions {{Switzerland-fencing-bio-stub