About Lost Woods

Imagine Calvin and Hobbes careening down a wooded hillside, colliding with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. That is the (s)mashup that is Lost Woods comic strip. Henry, a bear, is caretaker and chronicler of the last bit of untouched woods in comics-land. He could get a real job like his blogger friend, Wally, but he prefers huckleberrying. The work is seasonal, but the profits are delicious! 

In Henry's woods, time is measured, not by current events or holidays, but by currant events and bug season. In these woods, the trees talk, the plants have secrets, and an eccentric cast of friends brings argument, invention, innocence, and mischief to the woods. 

Lost Woods reprises the bear from my Horn Book Award-winning picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (Houghton Mifflin). Since 2000, I've written and illustrated eleven picture books, including four Henry sequels and two animated e-books of rhymes from Walden. My work has also been awarded the New York Times Best Illustrated Book, The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, a Society Of Illustrators Silver Medal, and The Thoreau Society Award for Distinguished Service.

In 2023, I launched Lost Woods online as an independent daily dose of the natural world so necessary to restore our collective sense of humor. If you subscribe (it's FREE), you'll receive five of the latest week's strips in your email Inbox each Wednesday morning. The week's offering is likely to also include videos of my art process, animations of the characters, previews of what I'm currently working on, and a direct link to explore the Lost Woods website like it was your own private library!

If you enjoy the adventures of Henry, Wally, Lydia, Auk, and Eddie, forward this Lost Woods email to a friend. I'm growing my readers by word of mouth, so I depend on you to spread the love and laughs!

Your subscription gives me the hope and encouragement that allows Lost Woods comic strip to continue to exist. Thank you!

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