This Eisner Award-nominated artist was born in eastern Iowa, where he went on to study at the University of Iowa. His 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.

Since graduating from the University of Iowa, he has been in the comics industry for over 15 years.

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 eponymous limited series. His last comic 13 Steps will adapted in a Comedy Horror film.

Hester is currently writing the new adventures of Golden Age hero 'The Black Terror' for Dynamite Entertainment, taking plot cues from Alex Ross, the series follows the stories set out by Ross et al. in the Project Superpowers Universe.

Personal life

Hester continues to reside in Iowa with his wife Christine and their two children, Dean and Emma.

Comics work includes:

• Ant-Man
• The Atheist
• The Coffin
• Deep Sleeper
• Rust vol.3
• Firebreather
• Nails
• Oversight (anthology of many previously published short pieces)
• The Wretch
• Uncle Slam and Firedog
• The Lost Scene
• Four Letter Worlds
• Green Arrow
• Swamp Thing
• Namor
• Nightwing
• The Creeper
• Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #2-3
• The Holy Terror
• El Diablo (pencils, with writer Jai Nitz and inks by Ande Parks, 6-issue limited series, September 2008)
• Timecop
• Teddy and the yeti
• The Anchor Issues 1-8

Interviews

• Phil Hester: Straight Shooter - interview at Silver Bullet Comic Books
• Interview with Futureal Studio
• Interview with The Outhouse
• Interview at Comicbloc.com
• Interview: Phil Hester On His Unorthodox Journey Into Comics