Throw out good books? Buddy, I can't even throw out bad books.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Throw out good books? Buddy, I can't even throw out bad books.
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'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.
cafurl.com?i=32441
cafurl.com?i=32441
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
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.
Reposted by Phil Hester
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
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!
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
Explaining to my wife why I write comic books instead of proper books like Nigel Tufnel explaining how his amp goes to 11.
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
Big talent. Gone far too soon.
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
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.
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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...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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...
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
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!
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
If the original art market bubble is going to burst, it will need to stop beating my ass first.
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 just backed Sword of the War-Monster on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
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
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!
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
A Kirby-tier creative designer and franchise midwife. And like Kirby, he should have been able to retire as a multimillionaire.
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
I can't say enough about the organizers and attendees of Twin Cities Con. Love downtown MPLS, the programming, the readers. A+
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
That Minnesota Luchador was a freebie!
THIS WEEKEND, you Lutefisk eating devils!
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
THIS WEEKEND, you Lutefisk eating devils!
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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...
@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
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...
@philhester.bsky.social, @marcdeering.bsky.social, Bill Crabtree from
@darkhorse.com #DarkHorseComics #Comics #TheAdventuresOfLumenN
www.buzzcomics.net/showpost.php...
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
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!
Sometimes you draw for 10 hours and get 2 pages, and sometimes you get 2 panels.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Sometimes you draw for 10 hours and get 2 pages, and sometimes you get 2 panels.
I just backed Dreamhouse: An Existential Suspense Graphic Novella on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
Dreamhouse: An Existential Suspense Graphic Novella
A couple is challenged with a test of their relationship and survival in the form of a mid century modern house.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I just backed Dreamhouse: An Existential Suspense Graphic Novella on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
Health insurance premium D-O-U-B-L-E-D
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Health insurance premium D-O-U-B-L-E-D
My comics career and my marriage to a union woman both being 40 years long is not a coincidence.
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My comics career and my marriage to a union woman both being 40 years long is not a coincidence.
My wife, watching Bride of Frankenstein for the first time, reaching the moment the bride sees the creature: "So it doesn't work out?"
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My wife, watching Bride of Frankenstein for the first time, reaching the moment the bride sees the creature: "So it doesn't work out?"