| Argon Zark! is an all-digital "virtual comic book" created entirely on the computer and designed to be viewed over the Internet. It is a free humor/adventure comic story about a slightly eccentric computer genius (read: geek), his companions and some unusual, uh... aquaintences. Argon Zark! debuted in June of 1995 and was, as far as I know, the first "virtual comic book" on the Web. The comic is designed to take advantage of the RGB nature of computer monitors, HTML hyperlinks, GIF animations, JavaScript, dynamic HTML layering and dHTML animation to enhance the story. Although there is now a "Deluxe, Portable, Cordless, Souvenir Dead-tree Edition" of the first story, the Web comic is the original and will continue to be. If you have just discovered Argon Zark! I recommend that you start with the If you have read the Argon Zark! book, and are visiting the site for the first time, you might want to start with the onlne version of The online version of the first story has been Zarkived, and is now only available to those who have purchased the book or T-shirt. Here is an
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