Argon Zark! Explained

Argon Zark!
Author:	Charley Parker
Status:	Irregularly
Began:	June 1995
Genre:	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

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

• Web site: Interview: Charley Parker . Top Two Three Films. 2004-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20060604210134/http://www.toptwothreefilms.com/films/aidc/bts/interviews/f20040914/index.html. 2006-06-04.
• Encyclopedia: Charley Parker. Lambiek Encyclopedia.
• Web site: The adventures of Argon Zark, young cyber hero for the digital age. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder. Macklin. William R.. 1997-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/19970802001558/http://www.arlington.net/news/doc/1047/1%3ACOMP47/1%3ACOMP47061197.html. 1997-08-02.

Bibliography

Books

• 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

Periodicals

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

Newspapers

• 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

• Dinosaur Cartoons by Charley Parker

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argon Zark! - Tools I Use .
2. • Web site: The Artistic History of Webcomics  - A Webcomics Examiner Roundtable. The Webcomics Examiner. ((Shaenon Garrity, Eric Millikin, Joe Zabel)). 2005. 2005-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20051124120515/http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue050912/history1.html.
3. Web site: Argon Zark! - the Hard Copy .