War of the Woods

War of the Woods is a comic by Matthew Petz. It tells a classic alien invasion story from the perspective of otters and other animals in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

Petz was inspired by his girlfriend to use anthropomorphic animals in his story. He wanted to tell an alien invasion story, but realized that "a 'humans trying to survive an alien invasion' story was boring", and she would have no interest in reading it. As Petz started thinking about what would prompt his girlfriend to read the story, he considered her love of otters, and at that point the story idea jelled into "animals trying to survive an invasion".