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But he has written an afterword for a new Swamp Thing Omnibus collecting the Swamp Thing stories he writes solo, as well as the four he had a co-credit with Grant Morrison, and drawn by Phil Hester I will say, that these are some of my very favourite Mark Millar comics, along with The Ultimates, The[...]

Phil Hester posted on TwitterX, "In all the months GCYO has been out, no one has caught the massive Easter Egg smack dab on one of the covers Will you?" Gotham City: Year One was the series he drew with Eric Gapstur, coloured by Jordie Bellaire and written by Tom King With a series of[...]

Now, as revealed via pre-arranged PR at Popverse, they're onto new content with a "subversive, psych-surrealist science fiction" anthology series called Xino – and the first issue is set to feature a pretty heady line-up of "celebrated creators from Oni's recent past and imminent future" that are notably new to Oni Press, and very familiar[...]

And for the next issue, Crossover #12, Negan's co-creator Robert Kirkman, along with Phil Hester and Klaus Janson, will be writing and drawing the comic book in question alongside the book's usual creative team. This is how the solicitation for Crossover #12 previously read. CROSSOVER #12 CVR A SHAW CUNNIFFE HILL IMAGE COMICS DEC210270 (W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Dee Cunniffe,[...]

But could Batman have escaped from the Crossover event into this world, or is someone doing their best to be the Batman? Of course, Powers originally came from Brian Bendis' failed attempts to write for DC Comics' Batman Adventures comic book Bendis… so is this the moment when Deena Pilgrim comes face to face with her own[...]

Crossover #7 is a "very special" episode of the Crossover series written by Donny Cates and drawn by Geoff Shaw, which features Chip Zdarsky and is written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Phil Hester A comic book in which comic book characters from all over have taken their war into the real world. In issue[...]

While Phil Hester of Mythic, Clerks and Green Arrow and Ande Parks of Green Arrow, Ciudad, Union Station and Capote in Kansas will be drawing the series They will be joined by the usual colourist and letterer, Dee Cunniffe and John J Hill, for Crossover #7 And here's the cover to prove it. Chip Zdarsky, Phil[...]

They are not alone, Phil Hester and Ande Parks have produced a battle between Green Arrow and co-creation character Onomatopoeia, with a wealth of sound-effects hand-written directly on the artboard by Onomatopoeia-created writer Kevin Smith. Hero initiative page by Phil Hester and Ande Parks and lettered/written by Kevin Smith. Hang on, did Kevin Smith just hand-letter a page[...]

From swamp to city they'll hunt him, and while their target tries to keep the innocent from becoming collateral damage, the same can't be said of his pursuers. Toys on Parade, an 8-page story story written by Phil Hester with art by Tom Mandrake Deep in the bayou, Swamp Thing continues to follow the fifolet, despite not[...]

Family Tree is a new series launching from Image Comics in November that's been a long time coming, announced a few years ago from Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester And now we have a look ahead at the first few pages of the first issue… FAMILY TREE #1 (MR) (W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Phil Hester, Ryan Cody,[...]

By Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester, this "genre-defying" comic was first announced back at Emerald City Comic-Con in 2017, but the first issue is just coming out this November. A press release reveals more details: Image Comics is pleased to announce an all-new, ongoing genre-defying series by New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire (Gideon Falls, Ascender)[...]

Batman is ready to bring the Red Hood down for good. The ending is also bittersweet and comes with a nice twist. There is something of a back-up tale with the "full" Outlaws lineup (Red Hood, Arsenal, Starfire, Bizarro, Artemis, and Creeper), and it turns out to be a storybook being read by Ma Gunn. Red Hood and[...]

Can he escape? Shipwreck #6 cover by Phil Hester and Mark Englert The time between Shipwreck #5 and #6 have not helped me keep track of how this story went before this issue That said, the comic does a good job of reestablishing the stakes and the tension laying upon Shipwright and his attempts to make it[...]

It started off as him being a rookie, but it has developed into his "thing." This series has struggled to give him much more than that, but he's still a likable lead. Batman Beyond #18 art by Phil Hester, Ande Parks, and Michael Spicer Phil Hester's artwork has a gritty styling pleasingly similar in some ways to[...]

Pulling together some of the classic comic heroes like Magnus: Robot Fighter, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Solare: Man of the Atom, written by Phil Hester with art by Brent Peeples. Turok, Dinosaur Hunter Magnus, Robot Fighter Solar, Man of the Atom The Mighty Samson The legendary heroes whose adventures have thrilled comic book readers for over[...]

Plus, Phil Hester, Jeremy Rock, and Dale Keown's Days Missing reaches the end of its saga More details below.   JAN181157 THE THREE STOOGES TP VOL 02 (W) S.A Check (A) Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim Get more nyuks for your bucks with The Three Stooges Vol 2 Graphic Novel collection! America's favorite funnymen are back with the first comic book series that captures the[...]

Presented in the European Album format (same as the recent Animosity: the Rise hardcover for LCSD), this handsome hardcover features the creative talents of Bill Willingham, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Carey, Jim Starlin, Michael Zulli, Charles Vess, Michael Gaydos, Andy Clarke, Andrew Robinson, Sarah Delaine, Phil Hester, Paul Jenkins, Neil Gaiman, Dalibor Talajic, Travis Moore, Brian Azzarello, Francesco[...]

Also, Animosity is receiving a coloring book by artists Rafael de la Torre, Juan Doe, Mike Rooth, Kelsey Shannon, and others. BLOOD BLISTER #4 (MR) / $3.99 / 32 pages / Color / on sale 02.14.18 writer/artist: Phil Hester inker: Eric Layton color: Guy Major letterer: Dave Sharpe cover: Tony Harris YOU DON'T NEED TO DIE TO GO TO HELL… Brand Hull finally comes face-to-face with the[...]

The comic has an all star creative team including Paul Dini, James Robinson, Jeff Lemire, Steve Orlando, Mark Russell, Kyle Higgens, Alisa Kwitney, Phil Hester, Guillem March, Frazer Irving, Kelley Jones, and more Will that "and more" include more than one woman? Will it be edited by Eddie Berganza? We'll find out, we suppose. The press[...]

But that's not the only comic addressing the issue of gun violence in the works. A group of talented comic book creators including Kevin Nowlan, Jamal Igle, Phil Hester, Trina Robbins, Devin Grayson, Alex Segura, Tom Beland, Matthew Dow Smith, Andy Kuhn, Ande Parks, Tony Isabella, Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey, Dennis Calero, Austin Janowski, Karl[...]

Darkseid wants them caught, and he enlists three of the Female Furies, Lashina, Stompa, and Mad Harriet to bring them in. The second tale, by Paul Levitz, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, and Dave Stewart is a short of Omac, the One-Man-Army-Corps, and his discoveries about the organization for which he fights. The Kirby Grabbers consist of a[...]

It's all quite interesting, but it does make you more relieved when the road trip sequence occurs and this book remembers it's a visual medium with an artist on staff. When it does get to that point, it does get even more interesting. As if to make up for the relative conventionality of this comic book plot,[...]

Smith's fellow Green Arrow collaborators Phil Hester and Ande Parks expanded on his ten-issue saga with further Green Hornet and Kato projects Furthermore, projects like Cryptozoic Man — created by Walt Flanagan and Bryan Johnson of Kevin Smith's Comic Book Men television show — and the Sundance Film Festival movie tie-in Yoga Hosers one-shot (premiering as a[...]

And it was going to be written by Kevin Smith and drawn by Phil Hester… and I wasn't happy. They had already killed him and now my favorite DC character was going to be in the hands of the guy who did Clerks and Dogma I wondered how many penis jokes he could get into a[...]

I'm not sure how exciting that would be. The trade includes a variety of stories from a slew of different writers and artists, but the first one is a story by the series executive producer Andrew Kreisberg, scripted by Booke Eikmeier and Katherine Walczak with art by Phil Hester For me, Hester's art alone is worth[...]

To celebrate the comic legend The Hero Initiative and Jillian Kirby, founder of Kirby4Heroes campaign have put together a "Wake Up and Draw" that will feature more than 50 artists doing just that… waking up and drawing. All the drawings will be featured in a gallery on ComicArtFans.com and will be auctioned to benefit the Hero[...]

Nancy Collins, writer of Army of Darkness: Furious Road #5, talks with writer Phil Hester about Gold Key: Alliance #4, both on sale now from Dynamite Interiors by Brent Peeples and cover by Felipe Massafera . PHIL HESTER: Before she begins asking me questions, Nancy [Collins] and I need to perform the Secret Former Swamp Thing[...]

Here we have Corinna Bechko, writer of Miss Fury, asking questions of Phil Hester about Gold Key Alliance We also have cover by Felipe Massafera and interiors are by Brent Peeples and Morgan Hickman. CORINNA BECHKO: I have to admit to a deep love of dinosaurs, so I'm thrilled they play a key role in this story[...]

Phil Hester talks Gold Key: Alliance #4 (of 5), on sale in July from Dynamite Cover by Felipe Massafera. BYRON BREWER: Phil, as the penultimate issue of your tale (#4, July) arrives, what have been the greatest challenges about teaming this gang of classic characters? PHIL HESTER: Juggling the disparate casts and locales, for sure Thankfully, we[...]

A Writer Commentary: Phil Hester talks Gold Key Alliance #1, on sale now from Dynamite Art by Brent Peeples. PAGE 1 I've always been a sucker for those John Byrne-style close up splash pages with a character uttering some shocking or intriguing line, so why not kick off the whole series with one? Samson not only starts[...]