Phil Hester

Phil Hester is an American comic book artist, penciller and writer. Hester's pencilling credits include Swamp Thing, Marvel Team-Up, The Wretch (nominated for the 1997 Eisner Award for Best New Series), Green Arrow, Green Hornet and Family Tree. Hester wrote 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. 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.