The Underground Forest Blog

TMIAJ is a long supporter of The Underground Forest's artwork and comic book series, Land Of The Rats, from creator Mark Nasso.  he now has a new blog featuring unseen art, graphics and more from his company.  Please check it out and support The Underground Forest!  The blog can be found here!

Land Of The Rats Book V Sneak Preview

TMIAJ is proud to be a promoter for The Underground Forest's series of comics titled Land Of The Rats by Mark Nasso.  We did an entire week devoted to the series and you can find those stories here.

Book Five in the series is finally on it's way and is due for a hopeful release in summer of 2011!  But now we have an exclusive preview at the upcoming book right here! 


Enjoy the artwork and check out theundergroundforest.com.

New Underground Forest Store Is Open!

Mark Nasso's Underground Forest Comic Company has a brand new store opened up!  Here you will find all four issues of the Land Of The Rats series, as well as stickers, posters, and the newly released trade paperback titled IV.  This volume collects all the single issue stories of Land Of The Rats in a nicely bound single volume for your bookshelf!  TMIAJ covered the entire series in a  special report last year that you can find right here!  Support The Underground forest today and buy a book, or two, or three.....


The Underground Forest Store

Land Of The Rats Week Day Five

IV
TMIAJ has been spotlighting Mark Nasso's comic series, Land Of The Rats, all week long. All four issues in the series are now available from his company The Underground Forest here and coming soon they are all going to be collected in a trade paperback.
Here's what Nasso had to say about the upcoming collection. "I'm currently working on a trade paperback for the first four Land of the Rats books. IV will debut some time this fall and will be a 140-page epic. "First four" is a problematic term since Land of the Rats has never been periodical in format—stories are random and fall anywhere within the greater timeline."

"Readers will notice some gaps in events between issues: namely the sudden appearance of Lord Kaai and the Princess in The Woman from Iltharra and the question of events dealing with Jack's time in the Rat Temple of Irisius. Even stories dealing with Jack's stay of execution in the Sikkim dungeon and the War of Roulgga will see their own individual issues at one point thus removing Gastrolithicus from it's issue 1 spot. But for now these first four issues collected together form a quaint little story arc with a unique sense of character development beginning with Jack's release from the dungeon to his confrontation with the Scourlagg cult…and at the very least it's an excuse for me to finally put out a trade."

When it's availble to order TMIAJ will let you all know! For now check out the links below and in our links section to support The Underground Forest! Also check back soon for an interview with Mark Nasso and much more at TMIAJ!

Order Land Of The Rats Books Here!
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Land Of The Rats Week Day Four

The Woman from Iltharra
Our week long look continues at The Underground Forest's comic series, Land Of The Rats. Written and illustrated by Mark Nasso the series continues in the fourth book of the series.
Synopsis: After freeing Lord Kaai and his daughter from their dungeon prison, Jack Natari and his companions must confront the woman from Iltharra and her band of thieves in the desert Vastness of Blask.

As of now this is the last book published in the series, but there is more to come from Mark Nasso's Land Of The Rats series. Check back tomorrow for a look at the upcoming trade paperback and check the Underground Forest's comic space for preview art and more!

Order The Woman from Iltharra Here!
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Land Of The Rats Week Day Three

Gastrolithicus
Today we look at book 3 in Mark Nasso's Land Of The Rats comic book series. Published by The Underground Forest, Mark's unique art style and story telling continues with this tale in the series. Support Mark by clicking the links in this post and in the link sections to the right!
Synopsis: While wandering in the Great Southern Vastness Jack Natari is captured by the evil South Men and enslaved in their ore mines. After weeks of torture he breaks through his chains and seeks a route through the tundra back to his jungle home in Rat City. But his journey home is postponed when he meets the mysterious ice beast known as Gastrolithicus.

You can preview this and all of the Land Of The Rats books at the Underground Forest's comic space page. Land Of The Rats week continues tomorrow!

Order Gastrolithicus Here!
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Land Of The Rats Week Day Two

Encounter In The Vastness Part Two
Today TMIAJ continues our week long spotlight on Mark Nasso's comic book series, Land Of The Rats, published through his very own company, The Underground Forest.
Synopsis: Sent by the dragon Mephiliaxus, Jack Natari has entered the Underground Forest on a quest to deliver the Reladont from certain doom at the hands of the Scourlagg army. Within this subterranean land he learns of his own weakness and is soon faced with the evil Scourlagg leader, Rega IV who explains the truth about his motives for destroying the citadel of Vargoushh.

Check out the preview pages at his comic space site and if you dig it please order a copy or two and support him! Please continue to check back everyday for more from The Underground Forest!

Order Encounter In The Vastness Part Two Here!
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Land of the Rats Week Day One

Encounter in the Vastness Part One
This week TMIAJ is spotlighting my friend's comic book series, Land Of The Rats. Today we preview the first issue of Mark Nasso's comic published through his company The Underground Forest.

Synopsis: It has been several months since Jack Natari left his homeland of Raelak, the land of the rats, on a quest. After visiting many distant lands and meeting many strange beings he now returns home weary.

But with the country of Raelak still afar, Jack seeks shelter in the citadel of Vargoushh in the desolate Vastness of Blask.

Check out the preview pages at his comic space site and if you dig it please order a copy and support him! Also check back everyday for more from The Underground Forest!
Order Encounter In The Vastness Part One here!!
Underground Forest Official Site
The Underground Forest At Comicspace
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The Underground Forest

The Underground Forest is my buddy Mark Nasso's comic book company. He draws, writes, and releases his book Land Of The Rats independently. Everyday this week TMIAJ will be spotlighting the issues of the series along with links so you can support him. So check back everyday for more on this awesome comic book,