Harold's Planet
Encyclopedia
Harold's Planet is a popular online cartoon
character created by Lisa Swerling
& Ralph Lazar
.
Winner of the "Grand Prix - International Project Competition" at the Annecy
Animation
Festival in France
in 1998, it has since grown to become one of the UK's most commercially successful cartoon properties, selling as greetings cards in the millions. Harold's Planet appeared weekly in the Financial Times
and The Scotsman
from 2008 to 2009 and has appeared on a broad range of merchandise products.
Several Harold's Planet books have been published by Penguin Books
& Time Warner Books. In 2001 Harold's Planet became exclusive e-card provider's to Microsoft
's UK
Hotmail
service, sending millions of viewers to the animated website.
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
character created by Lisa Swerling
Lisa Swerling
Lisa Swerling is a writer, artist and illustrator. Partnering with her husband Ralph Lazar, they are best known for their cartoon characters Harold's Planet, Vimrod and The Brainwaves....
& Ralph Lazar
Ralph Lazar
Ralph Lazar is a writer, artist and illustrator. Partnering with his wife Lisa Swerling, they are best known for their cartoon creations Harold's Planet, Vimrod and The Brainwaves....
.
Winner of the "Grand Prix - International Project Competition" at the Annecy
Annecy
Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres south of Geneva.-Administration:...
Animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
Festival in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1998, it has since grown to become one of the UK's most commercially successful cartoon properties, selling as greetings cards in the millions. Harold's Planet appeared weekly in the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
and The Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
from 2008 to 2009 and has appeared on a broad range of merchandise products.
Several Harold's Planet books have been published by Penguin Books
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
& Time Warner Books. In 2001 Harold's Planet became exclusive e-card provider's to Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Hotmail
Hotmail
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service, sending millions of viewers to the animated website.