Argon Zark!
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| Argon Zark! | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Charley Parker |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Irregularly |
| Launch date | June 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Argon Zark!is awebcomic,created by cartoonist and web site designer Charley Parker. The strip, drawn using agraphics tabletandcomputer graphicssoftware,[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
[edit]Argon Zark!is about ahackerwho has created a newInternet protocol,named "Personal Transport Protocol" or "PTP", which enables the physical transport of people or objects through theInternet.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
[edit]- ^"Argon Zark! - Tools I Use".
- ^*Shaenon Garrity,Eric Millikin,Joe Zabel(2005)."The Artistic History of Webcomics – A Webcomics Examiner Roundtable".The Webcomics Examiner.Archived fromthe originalon November 24, 2005.
- ^"Argon Zark! - the Hard Copy".
- "Interview: Charley Parker".Top Two Three Films.September 14, 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 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 fromthe originalon August 2, 1997.
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- 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. 223–229IDG 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, 184Watson-Guptill
- Hartas. Leo (2004).How to Draw and Sell Digital Cartoons,pp. 17, 60, 72,Barron's Educational SeriesISBN978-0-7641-2662-8
Periodicals
[edit]- Kurtz, Frank (December 1996). "Panels and Frames",Internet Underground
Newspapers
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Dinosaur Cartoonsby Charley Parker