Phil Hester (comics)

Phil Hester is an alumnus of the University of Iowa.[http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/criticalmass/tag/phil-hester "Iowa's Own Caped Crusader – A Few Words with Phil Hester"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104415/http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/criticalmass/tag/phil-hester |date=March 4, 2016 }}. KWWL. Retrieved December 25, 2011.

Hester's pencilling credits include Swamp Thing, Brave New World, Flinch, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Clerks: The Lost Scene, The Crow: Waking Nightmares, The Wretch (nominated for the 1997 Eisner Award for Best New Series), Aliens: Purge, and Green Arrow.

During his run on Green Arrow, he created the characters Mia Dearden and Onomatopoeia with writer Kevin Smith as well as Constantine Drakon with writer Judd Winick.

Hester co-created Uncle Slam and Firedog with his Green Arrow collaborator, artist Ande Parks. He also created El Diablo, a new character (with a common name in DC Comics) who debuted in an eponymous limited series.Rogers, Vaneta. [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080802-ElDiablo.html "Jai Nitz & Phil Hester – Introducing El Diablo"]. Newsarama. August 2, 2008 His last comic 13 Steps was adapted in a Comedy Horror film.[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19588 "Group Therapy for Monsters in '13 Steps'!"]. Bloody Disgusting. March 24, 2010

Hester is currently writing the new adventures of Golden Age hero The Black Terror for Dynamite Entertainment, based on plot ideas by Alex Ross, as part of the Project Superpowers Universe.

He also wrote DC's Wonder Woman, based on the notes and outline by J. Michael Straczynski, after Straczynski left the title.McElhatton, Greg. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=user_review&id=3009 "Wonder Woman #605"]. Comic Book Resources. December 22, 2010

In December 2020 he was announced as the new artist on Superman, alongside writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson.{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/phillip-kennedy-johnson-the-new-writer-of-superman-and-action-comics/|title = Phillip Kennedy Johnson, the New Writer of Superman and Action Comics|date = December 16, 2020}}

Known for his extensive collection of original comic art, he is the originator of the "Hester paradox", wherein a collection is so large that it is prohibitively expensive to insure and yet is too valuable not to insure.{{cite tweet|number=1378366493566570503|user=philhester|title=I cannot afford to insure my art collection. I can't afford to not insure my art collection. The Hester Problem. |date=April 3, 2021}}

;As writer

• Stronghold #1-5

• The Anchor #1-8

• Future Quest Presents #5-7
• Gen 13 #35-39
• Titans: Titans Together #1-2, 4
• Wonder Woman (Vol. 3) #605–614
• Wonder Woman (Vol. 5) #750

• Gold Key: Alliance #1-5
• The Bionic Man #1-10 (with Kevin Smith) 11-15

• Firebreather #1–4
• Golly! #1-5
• Guarding the Globe #1-6
• Invincible Universe #1-12
• Mythic #1-8
• The Atheist #1–4
• The Darkness (comics) (Vol. 3) #1-10, 75-88, 90-100
• The Darkness: Accursed #1-7

• Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1–4
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1-8

• Deep Sleeper #1–4
• The Coffin #1–4

• Timecop (comics)
• Uncle Slam and Firedog
• Nails
• Oversight (anthology of many previously published short pieces)
• ''S.T.A.T" (Security Through Acquired Talents)
• Teddy and the yeti

;As artist

• Artemis & the Assassin #1-5 (cover)
• Shipwreck #1-6

• Aliens: Purge #1

• Action Comics #1029
• Argus #1-4, 6
• Ape-ril Special #1, short story "Detour"
• Batman Beyond (Vol. 7) #14-19
• Batman Beyond Universe #13-14
• Blue and Gold #7
• DC Holiday Special 2017 #1, short story "You Better Think Twice"
• Detective Comics (Vol. 1) #748-749
• El Diablo (pencils, with writer Jai Nitz and inks by Ande Parks, 6-issue limited series, September 2008)
• Gotham City: Year One #1-6
• Green Arrow (Vol. 3) #1-22, 26-31, 34-45
• Green Arrow (Vol. 8) 5-6, 8, 11-16
• Justice League (Vol. 4) #66-67, 69-71
• Mother Panic #1-12
• Nightwing (Vol. 2) #107-116
• Red Hood & the Outlaws (Vol. 2) #25
• Showcase '95 #1-2
• Swamp Thing (Vol. 2) #140-152, 154-155, 157-158, 160-171
• The Creeper #9-11
• The Flash: Season Zero 1-8, 11-19, 21-22, 24
• Twisted Metal 2
• Young Monsters in Love #1

• The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1-12
• Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3) #15-25
• Namor, the Sub-Mariner Annual #1, short story "The Potsdam Objective"
• Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #2–3
• X-Man #7
• X-Men: The Early Years #16-17 (Cover Artist)

• Green Hornet #1-6, 9-33

• Four Letter Worlds
• Family Tree #1-12
• The Holy Terror #1-2

• Clerks: The Lost Scene (Oni Press)
• Rust vol.3 (Adventure)
• The Crow: Waking Nightmares #1-4 (Kitchen Sink Press)

;As writer and artist

• DC Nuclear Winter Special #1, short story "Northern Lights"
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Beach Head
• The Wretch #1-6
• The Nameless #1-5
• Xino #1, short story "She Took the Air"

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• [https://littlevillagemag.com/the-art-of-phil-hester/ "The Art of Phil Hester"]. Little Village Magazine.

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• [http://www.actionplanet.com/creators/phil.html Creator page at Action Planet]

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060324234403/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/105787529322517.htm Phil Hester: Straight Shooter] – interview at Silver Bullet Comic Books
• [http://www.futurealstudio.com/films/aidc/interviews/philhester.html Interview with Futureal Studio]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061120132546/http://www.theouthousers.com/articles/?page_id=135 Interview with The Outhouse]
• [http://www.comicbloc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=633&Itemid=57 Interview at Comicbloc.com]
• [http://scifipulse.net/?p=9324 Interview: Phil Hester On His Unorthodox Journey Into Comics]

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