{"id":11635,"date":"2023-03-31T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonpublishing.com.au\/?post_type=product&#038;p=11635"},"modified":"2023-12-08T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:39:18","slug":"buddy","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonpublishing.com.au\/product\/buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sam Harvey<\/strong> is a popular sports blogger (Bell At A Goat), podcaster and writer with a keen sports journalistic eye. He has written columns for <em>On Ya Warnie<\/em> author Ken Piesse\u2019s Pavillion magazine and <em>Kyrgios<\/em> is his first book collaboration. Illustrator Paul Harvey (Harv) is Sam\u2019s dad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Harvey (Harv)<\/strong> is one of Australia\u2019s most talented, diverse, and accomplished artists. Based in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and three kids, \u2018Harv\u2019 as he is known is widely celebrated for his work. A cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, and author Harv has many strings to his bow. He has had a long working relationship with sporting bodies and turns his hand to everything from designing merchandise and on-field apparel to mascots and club logos. He\u2019ll even caricature the retiring player or administrator and help you celebrate that Premiership. He illustrates an illuminated certificate for the AFL Brownlow medallist and AFLW best &amp; fairest recipient each year. Under the name Harv-Time he creates limited edition prints of sport\u2019s greatest moments. Harv has also been prolific in the book department, being involved with around 60 books as the illustrator, including <em>On Ya Warnie<\/em> and <em>Kyrgios &#8211; The Smash Hits.<\/em> His coffee table book Harv\u2019s Footy Stars celebrates 30 years of caricaturing the AFL\u2019s greatest. 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