Argon Zark!

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Argon Zark!

Author(s)| Charley Parker
Website| www.zark.com
Current status/schedule| Irregularly
Launch date| June 1995
Genre(s)| Science fiction

Argon Zark! is a webcomic, created by cartoonist and web site designer Charley Parker. The strip, drawn using a graphics tablet and computer graphics software,[1] first appeared in June 1995.[2] A collection, billed as a "Dead Tree Souvenir Edition", was published in December 1997.[3] The strip was last updated in September 2019.

## Synopsis

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Argon Zark! is about a hacker who has created a new Internet protocol, named "Personal Transport Protocol" or "PTP", which enables the physical transport of people or objects through the Internet. On his first test of the new protocol, he is joined by his "Personal Digital Assistant" Cybert, and a delivery girl named Zeta Fairlight who is accidentally caught in the action when Argon and Cybert enter the computer and the World Wide Web.

## References

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1. ^ "Argon Zark! - Tools I Use".
2. ^ * Shaenon Garrity, Eric Millikin, Joe Zabel (2005). "The Artistic History of Webcomics - A Webcomics Examiner Roundtable". The Webcomics Examiner. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005.
3. ^ "Argon Zark! - the Hard Copy".

* "Interview: Charley Parker". Top Two Three Films. September 14, 2004. Archived from the original on June 4, 2006.
* "Charley Parker". Lambiek Encyclopedia.
* Macklin, William R. (June 5, 1997). "The adventures of Argon Zark, young cyber hero for the digital age". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder. Archived from the original on August 2, 1997.

## Bibliography

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### Books

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* Parker, Charley (1997). Argon Zark!, Arclight Publishing
* Iuppa, Nicholas V. (1998). Designing Digital Media, page 149 plus CD-ROM content, Focal Press
* Alspach, Jennifer (1998). Photoshop and Illustrator Studio Secrets, pp. 223–229 IDG Books
* McCloud, Scott (2000). Reinventing Comics, pp. 165, 214, Paradox Press
* Withrow, Stephen (2003). Toon Art: The art of Digital Cartooning, pp. 45 118–119, 184 Watson-Guptill
* Hartas. Leo (2004). How to Draw and Sell Digital Cartoons, pp. 17, 60, 72, Barron's Educational Series ISBN 978-0-7641-2662-8

### Periodicals

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* Kurtz, Frank (December 1996). "Panels and Frames", Internet Underground

### Newspapers

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* Sunday Tech section (August 25, 1996). The Houston Chronicle
* Macklin, William H. (June 5, 1997). "Cyber Hero to the Rescue", The Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. F1, F3, Knight Ridder Wire Services
* Carrington, Penelope M. (June 6, 1997). "Argon's World", Richmond Times-Dispatch, pp. E1, E6-7, E11

## External links

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* Dinosaur Cartoons by Charley Parker

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Early webcomics

1980s|

* Witches and Stitches
* T.H.E. Fox

1990–1993|

* Where the Buffalo Roam
* Doctor Fun

1994|

* Dysfunctional Family Circus
* NetBoy
* Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan

1995|

* Argon Zark!
* Art Comics Daily
* Dilbert
* Kevin and Kell
* Polymer City Chronicles

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