Harold's Planet is a popular online

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character created by Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar. Winner of the "Grand Prix - International Project Competition" at the

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in 1998, it grew to become a commercially successful cartoon property, selling as greetings cards in the millions. Harold's Planet appeared weekly in the

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from 2008 to 2009 and has appeared on a broad range of merchandise products. Several Harold's Planet books have been published by

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service, sending millions of viewers to the animated website. Harold's Planet won the "Best Licensed Property" award at the UK GCA annual licensing awards in 2014. In 2017 the South Australian Wine group CMV launched the Harold's Planet Wine for Yoga lovers range of wines, which are sold worldwide.

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