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==Pokey in other media== In late 2010, the [http://www.yellow5.com/pokey/book.html first volume] of Pokey the Penguin was released in book form. More have been released intermittently; there are now 12 volumes in all. Pokey has been referenced twice in the [[Hitman (franchise)|Hitman]] series of video games: in ''[[Hitman: Contracts]]'' as an obscure, esoteric [[easter egg (media)|easter egg]],<ref>"Easter egg hunt with Jesper Donnis." Hitman Forum. {{cite web |url=http://www.hitmanforum.com/show.php?id=24978&catid=38 |title=Hitman Forum - Hitman News, Cheats, and Discussion |access-date=2006-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222045238/http://www.hitmanforum.com/show.php?id=24978&catid=38 |archive-date=December 22, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}. Retrieved May 21, 2008.</ref> and more directly in ''[[Hitman: Blood Money]]'', where an overheard conversation between guards has one inviting the other to look at the comics on a computer. ''Prodly the Puffin'', a work of [[interactive fiction]] by Craig Timpany and Jim Crawford, was described by one reviewer as "sort of a parody and sort of an homage" to ''Pokey''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Barrett|first=Sean T.|title=>SAY "PARODLY IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY"|journal=SPAG|date=December 29, 2000|volume=23|url=http://www.spagmag.org/archives/backissues/spag23.html#plotkin|access-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref> It placed 35th out of 53 entries into the 2000 [[Interactive Fiction Competition]].<ref>{{cite web|title=6th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition|url=http://www.ifcomp.org/comp00/|work=[[Interactive Fiction Competition]]|access-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref> A number of Web sites feature "[[Copyright infringement|bootleg]]" artwork (fan comics) and [[fan art]] dedicated to Pokey. See External Links below.
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