New adventure: Globi experiences a crazy journey through time in the State Museum

Anyone in Switzerland who can remember the time before Globi has certainly turned 90 – the popular blue cartoon character, which resembles a parrot, was created in 1932. Since then, the oldest, virtually unchanged picture book hero in the German-speaking countries, who started his career as an advertising figure for the Globus department store chain, has entertained countless generations of children with his wild stories.

Now a new adventure has been added: “Globi in the Museum”. In the new, 98th part of the series, Globi helps his old friend Professor Federkiel clean out the attic and is rewarded with an old, rusty sword. Not knowing whether it is valuable or fake, he takes it to the Landesmuseum in Zurich, where they know such things.

It turns out that the sword is real and very old. And inscriptions appear on the blade, including a mysterious symbol that even the experts cannot decipher. Before Globi manages to solve the puzzle, he experiences a “crazy journey through time” in the museum in a dream, through which he meets people and objects from Swiss history, including Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Wilhelm Tell and the famous St. .Gallen Globe. . But only a detour to a castle ruin takes Globi a decisive step further. Here he discovers who the sword once belonged to…

Ultimately, Globi leaves his sword to the museum – and here fiction becomes reality in a unique way, because Globi’s sword can actually be admired in the Zurich State Museum. The people there were so enthusiastic about Globi’s new adventure that they had the sword from the 13th century recreated by weaponsmith Reto Zürcher from Huttwil. Now it is exhibited in its own display case – and that brings the circle full circle, because the idea for the new Globi bundle was launched by the State Museum.

The State Museum came across Armorer Zürcher through the intervention of expert Adrian Baschung, historian and director of the Alteszeughaus Museum in Solothurn. Zürcher is familiar with the production of such weapons; He forges up to six swords a year, he tells Watson. He added that he really enjoyed the work. The special thing about this sword is that it should look old, like weathered weapons found in the ground. He achieved this effect with acid.

“Globi in the Museum” was drawn by Daniel Frick; The text comes from Boni Koller, known among others from the band Schtärneföifi, which performed children’s songs. Both Frick and Koller have collaborated on previous Globi volumes (“Globi at the Yaks”, “Globi and Roger”).

The radio play for the book is also ready. As usual, the well-known actor Walter Andreas Müller lent his voice to Globi; the compositions and music come from Alexius Tschallener.