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Phil Hester
@philhester.bsky.social
Comic book maker.
Black Swan Thanksgiving! Prepared for our usual 20, but got 30 (unexpected significant others). By the time I went through the line, the mashed potatoes, green beans, turkey, and rolls-- GONE. The baby spit carrots into my hair during a shoulder ride. Beautiful day. A+
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I bought one last year. Such a bargain!
Reminder that all the art on my Big Cartel page is 20% off. Sale ends Wednesday night. Sale price automatically applies at checkout. bradwalker.bigcartel.com/products
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'd buy this.
Now available in my shop -- a PDF of Book I of my expansive new mythology of Christmas, encompassing the life, death, and rebirth of St Nicholas!

If you've heard me mention my "Silmarillion of Christmas," this is it (NB they are only similar in scope, not tone)

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The New Yuletide Treasury Book I | Benito Cereno
Get more from Benito Cereno on Patreon
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November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
All the Thanksgiving hullabaloo made me neglect to mention that I will be a guest at the massive CCXP in Sao Paulo next week! I'll be the guy drawing, signing, and not understanding a word anyone says.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Boy, was Death by Lightning well cast.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The closest I'll ever get to besting another on the battlefield is when I whip out my personal supply of paper towels while all the other poor saps are wringing their dripping paws under the wheezing puffs of the washroom hand dryer.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
1.5 MILLION
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Throw out good books? Buddy, I can't even throw out bad books.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm selling this kick-ass Mignola Dracula page for a pal. If you want to check it out on my CAF, or DM offers here, you've got a couple of weeks.
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Mike Mignola Dracula, in Phillip Hester's For Sale Comic Art Gallery Room
Original Comic Art titled Mike Mignola Dracula, located in Phillip's For Sale Comic Art Gallery (2171285)
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I missed out on nabbing this John Watkiss/Steve Mitchell Batman page (No tears. I own a better one, TBH). More evidence that comics let an artist who could have been a Batman legend get away.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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We are supremely lucky and happy to work with our friends at @litvolunteerswinchesterarea Today we gifted them the comically large check (and a real one) for $11,560 from this past years #fcfcoversliteracy! Lets try to beat it next year!
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Explaining to my wife why I write comic books instead of proper books like Nigel Tufnel explaining how his amp goes to 11.
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Big talent. Gone far too soon.
RIP Louis Small, Jr. Wow this one makes me sad, he was such a nice guy. His most memorable work to me was probably his Vampirella one.
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Various commissions from yesterday's GI Joe convention in Des Moines. Some familiar faces, but mostly a new audience for my work. Fun times with Ron Wagner. Plus, I randomly ran into my brother at an EMT convention on another level of the facility.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I'm hearing that The End Times (a short novel told in the form of a newspaper delivered over the course of a year) is printing its first edition today. You've still got a chance to sign yourself or a friend up with @badhandbooks.bsky.social right here : badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
The End Times by Benjamin Percy with Stephen King (Physical Subscription) — Bad Hand Books
FEATURED IN FANGORIA and FORBES : A YEAR OF EXPERIMENTAL STORYTELLING FOR ONE LOW PRICE. WE’VE EXPANDED OUR ORIGINAL PRINT RUN, BUT DO NOT WAIT TO BUY. Get ready for an immersive, seria...
badhandbooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I did manage to snag this gorgeous Koi Pham Teen Titans penciled page. I thumbnailed it for DC way back when. I guess I prefer to see my storytelling handled by a better artist!
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If the original art market bubble is going to burst, it will need to stop beating my ass first.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I just backed Sword of the War-Monster on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
Sword of the War-Monster
Monster Forge presents Sword of the War-Monster
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I greet you with the news that I'll be attending CODENAME IOWA, a GI Joe convention in Des Moines this weekend. Not a Comicon per se, but it has comic makers like me, Larry Hama, and Ron Wagner as guests. Admission is free as heck!
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A Kirby-tier creative designer and franchise midwife. And like Kirby, he should have been able to retire as a multimillionaire.
Today is the birthday of artist Dave Cockrum (Nov. 11, 1943-Nov. 26, 2006). Creator or cocreator of Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird, Wildfire, Mystique, the Starjammers, the Imperial Guard, Magik, & much more!
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I can't say enough about the organizers and attendees of Twin Cities Con. Love downtown MPLS, the programming, the readers. A+
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
That Minnesota Luchador was a freebie!
A weekend of art from Twin Cities Con by @philhester.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
THIS WEEKEND, you Lutefisk eating devils!
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Here’s a preview of The Adventures of Lumen N. #3 (of 4) by James Robinson,
@philhester.bsky.social, @marcdeering.bsky.social, Bill Crabtree from
@darkhorse.com #DarkHorseComics #Comics #TheAdventuresOfLumenN
www.buzzcomics.net/showpost.php...
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You're telling me I will be in Minneapolis this time tomorrow? And that I'm already behind on commissions for a show that hasn't started yet? What a world!
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM