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.