Howard and Nester

With Nintendo Power concluding this month after nearly a quarter of a century, several generations of readers are feeling their share of sentimentality - especially for the magazine's longtime comic book supplement, Howard & Nester. Though the character of Howard was retried from the strip when the real-life Howard Phillips left his editorial gig at NP for a job at LucasArts in the early 1990

Shortly before Captain N became the Game Master, "Nintendo Power's" "Howard and Nester" strips plunged real-world characters into popular video games for goofy comic strip adventures and gaming tips. Based on then "Nintendo Power" editor Howard Phillips' personality manifested by a version of himself and a smart alec teenager named Nester (a play on the Nintendo Enter