Phil Hester (born 1966) is an American comic book artist, penciller and writer.
Early life
Phil Hester is an alumnus of the University of Iowa.[1]
Career
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
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.
In December 2020 he was announced as the new artist on Superman, alongside writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson.[5]
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.[6]
The Bionic Man #1–10 (script by Phil Hester on the basis of Smith's unused The Six Million Dollar Man screenplay, art by Jonathan Lau, 2011–2012), #11-15
Image Comics
Firebreather #1–4
Golly! #1-5
Guardians of the Globe:
Guarding the Globe vol. 2 #1–6 (written by Phil Hester, drawn by Todd Nauck, 2012–2013) collected as Guarding the Globe: Hard to Kill (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-673-4)
Invincible Universe (written by Phil Hester, drawn by Todd Nauck, 2013–2014) collected as:
On Deadly Ground (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-820-6)
Above the Law (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-986-5)
Mythic #1-8
The Atheist #1–4
The Darkness (comics) (Vol. 3) #1-10, 75-88, 90-100
The Bionic Man #1–10 (script by Phil Hester on the basis of Smith's unused The Six Million Dollar Man screenplay, art by Jonathan Lau, 2011–2012), #11-15
Image Comics
Firebreather #1–4
Golly! #1-5
Guardians of the Globe:
Guarding the Globe vol. 2 #1–6 (written by Phil Hester, drawn by Todd Nauck, 2012–2013) collected as Guarding the Globe: Hard to Kill (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-673-4)
Invincible Universe (written by Phil Hester, drawn by Todd Nauck, 2013–2014) collected as:
On Deadly Ground (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-820-6)
Above the Law (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-986-5)
Mythic #1-8
The Atheist #1–4
The Darkness (comics) (Vol. 3) #1-10, 75-88, 90-100
Civil War: Choosing Sides: "Conscientous Objector" (with Robert Kirkman, anthology one-shot, 2006) collected in Civil War: Marvel Universe (tpb, 136 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2470-5)
The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1–12 (with Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker (#7–8), 2006–2007) collected as The Irredeemable Ant-Man (tpb, 272 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4086-7)
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)
Dynamite Comics
Green Hornet #1-6, 9-33
Image Comics
Four Letter Worlds
Family Tree #1-12
The Holy Terror #1-2
Crossover #7 (with Chip Zdarsky, June 2021), #12 (ten-page segment featuring Negan and Kirkman himself, with Phil Hester, 2022) collected in Crossover: The Ten-Cent Plague (tpb, 176 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-5343-1928-X)
Other publishers
Clerks: The Lost Scene (Oni Press)
Rust vol.3 (Adventure)
The Crow: Waking Nightmares #1-4 (Kitchen Sink Press)
The Operation (with Warren Ellis, unproduced limited series intended for publication by Oni Press)
A short prelude story titled "Friday I'm in Love" was published in Oni Press Color Special '02 (anthology, 2002)
The production on the series was abandoned due to Hester reportedly overcommiting to various other projects.
Civil War: Choosing Sides: "Conscientous Objector" (with Robert Kirkman, anthology one-shot, 2006) collected in Civil War: Marvel Universe (tpb, 136 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2470-5)
The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1–12 (with Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker (#7–8), 2006–2007) collected as The Irredeemable Ant-Man (tpb, 272 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4086-7)
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)
Dynamite Comics
Green Hornet #1-6, 9-33
Image Comics
Four Letter Worlds
Family Tree #1-12
The Holy Terror #1-2
Crossover #7 (with Chip Zdarsky, June 2021), #12 (ten-page segment featuring Negan and Kirkman himself, with Phil Hester, 2022) collected in Crossover: The Ten-Cent Plague (tpb, 176 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-5343-1928-X)
Other publishers
Clerks: The Lost Scene (Oni Press)
Rust vol.3 (Adventure)
The Crow: Waking Nightmares #1-4 (Kitchen Sink Press)
The Operation (with Warren Ellis, unproduced limited series intended for publication by Oni Press)
A short prelude story titled "Friday I'm in Love" was published in Oni Press Color Special '02 (anthology, 2002)
The production on the series was abandoned due to Hester reportedly overcommiting to various other projects.
