Phil Hester

@philhester.bsky.social

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Comic book maker.

The cover for A Quiet Place: Storm Warning #5 featuring estranged siblings rigging a bridge for demolition while a monstrous creature approaches from the foreground. Art by Ryan Kelly & Lee Loughridge, who also handle the interiors.
A pencil drawing of DC's Swamp Thing as a Green Lantern.
Stained glass images I designed (but did not execute) in an abandoned church.
A panel from Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons' immortal Superman story, For the Man Who Has Everything, color by Tom Ziuko.
The first published page of Iron Man art, as drawn by Don Heck.
A drawing of DC's The Question advancing toward the viewer through the rain as drawn by me.
The deluxe edition of Gotham City Year One.
A drawing of a menacing, tattered, wounded Wolverine on the cover of the Heroes, Heavies, & Heroines portfolio as drawn by John Byrne and Bill Black.
A sign on the gas pumps at Costco advising drivers to pull up to either side of the pump all willy-nilly, regardless of which side their gas cap is on.
Steve Ditko cover art depicting Satan tormenting a hapless victim while a menacing flame creature appears behind him.
A pencil bust of Superman by Frank Quitely.
A quick remarque of Emperor Palpatine as drawn by me on a USPS mail label.
A pencil sketch of Ditko's The Question emerging from a question mark-shaped swirl of smoke. Art by me.
Absolute Batman as drawn by me.
Spider-Man vs The Human Torch as drawn by Stuart Immonen and Wade Von Grawbadger.
Dick Briefer's cover to Frankenstein #16 depicting the monster supporting sabotaged railroad tracks to allow the train to pass.
Marvel's Nightcrawler appearing in a cloud of smoke as drawn by me.
A drawing of The Question by Alex Toth depicting him leaping on to a roof to escape a hail of bullets. His heels are beefy.
A high contrast photo of a haunted-looking, young Max Von Sydow.
A portrait of the finest comedic actor John C Reilly.
A rough sketch of a trading card featuring the DC villain Terror Smith gesturing operatically while phantasms appear behind him as drawn by Joe Orlando.
A badge announcing my appearance at Terrificon this August.
A series of quick sketches on backer boards by me. Featured: 2 Swamp Things, Green Arrow, Animal Man, and Cerebus.
A black and white sketch of DC's Swamp Thing by me.
Marvel's Fin Fang Foom roars at a lone warrior as drawn by me.
Small sketches of Marvel's Symbiote characters, Lasher and Screamer, as drawn by me.
An action packed, kinda sensual Black Widow page penciled by Gene Colan and inked by Bill Everett.
An image of Swamp Thing emerging from boggy water. MY homage to an earlier image by Bernie Wrightson.
A full-color rendition of DC's Swamp Thing in battle with a gang of various ax and spear-wielding goons as drawn by Bernie Wrightson. From the cover of The 1977 Comic Art Convention program.
A little billboard touting my presence at the Arizona Comic book Arts Festival on 2/28
Jay & Silent Bob as Green Lantern and Green Arrow, respectively as drawn by me.
Matthew Allison's Cankor vs his own self as drawn by me.
Chameleon Boy from The Legion of Super-Heroes as drawn by me.
Dr. Strange weaving a spell by me!
Phillip Seymour Hoffman's insecure character being simultaneously aroused and intimidated by the performers while working on a porn film set.
The final page of Feldstein & Krigstein's masterpiece, MASTER RACE.
A Batman page by John Watkiss depicting Batman chained to a Ferris Wheel death trap.
The grotesque nightmare super-being Cankor, his cowl being yanked away by his own disembodied hand. Drawing by me.
Mike Mignola's Hellboy in his Anung Un Rama incarnation as drawn by me.
A sketch of Steve Ditko's Blue Beetle and The Question surrounded by a swirling question mark composed of smoke by me!
A sketch of Marvel's The Juggernaut charging toward the reader by yours truly.
A gesture drawing of Peter Chung's Aeon Flux by me. This is how I start most commissions, loose and janky.
Ink sketches of Warlock from The New Mutants, Batman, and Chameleon Boy by me!
A pencil sketch of The Juggernaut charging toward the reader by me!
The cover of CBG #1605 as painted by Alex Horley, featuring a charging Wolverine, Captain America, Spider-Man and Iron Man.
Ryan Kelly & Lee Loughridge art for the cover of A Quiet Place: Storm Warning depicting a woman and child fleeing from the signature creatures perched on an old timey water tower in the background.