The Sandwalk Adventures, an Eisner Award nominee, follows a conversation about evolution between Charles Darwin and a follicle mite living in his left eyebrow.

Optical Allusions, funded in part by a National Science Foundation grant, explains the evolution of the eye and vision by following the story of Wrinkles the Wonderbrain.

[2] As an associate professor at Juniata College, Hosler has brought his interests in comics and teaching together in several ways.

[2] Hosler cites Steve Ditko, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby as early influences that drew him to comics.

He also cites Gary Larson, Bill Watterson, Jeff Smith, Linda Medley, and Larry Marder as later influences.