Super Hero Speak
A podcast for true comic book fans
A podcast for true comic book fans
About The show
Super Hero Speak is a weekly audio podcast about TV, movies, cartoons and comic books. Featuring guest appearances from some of the best talents working in comics, TV and film today. The geek culture podcast for fans by fans!
Dave Founder/Podcast Host
Rare photo of Dave smiling
Falling in love with comic books at a young age Dave has always been a huge comic book fan. In 2000 he began attending comic book conventions on a regular basis and in 2007 decided to begin volunteering at conventions. Dave has worked at over 13 conventions since first volunteering and has worked in almost all conceivable jobs at a convention. Through this experience he has met many artists, writers and celebrities and learned a new appreciation for the art form he enjoyed so much.
From the writing and drawing of a comic to the production of a movie or tv show based on these characters. This knowledge has made him appreciate and love this medium even more.
So, now here we are in a golden age with these characters we all know and love. With them moving from the long boxes in the comic book nerd basement into pop culture with the success of their blockbuster movies. So Dave decided to use all his experiences and love for the art form to create this pod cast. He also decided to bring his friends Ben and John along the way to help out with the fun. And together they give you the pod cast Super Hero Speak. A conversation about comic books and all things comic book related. This will be a weekly pod cast with about an hour long format.
We hope to bring not only our insight on the current movies, books and video games related to comics but also interviews with people with in the business and up and coming. So sit back, have a listen and we hope you enjoy.
John Podcast Host
“The Geek is strong with this one” is what the doctor that delivered this singular individual, kicking and screaming and already trying to ctrl-alt-del life, would have said had Star Wars been a thing that long ago. When John was born, not only did they break the mould, they beat the mould-maker just to be sure.
John is an alpha computer geek, an anime geek, and an urban fantasy geek, but sometimes he takes a break from all that and shows his nerd side. He also likes to talk about himself in the third person while occasionally keeping things interesting by breaking the fourth wall. What we’re trying to say here is if you see him walking toward you, don’t panic, don’t make eye contact, and when he’s gone, have someone observe you for symptoms like sudden urges to write JavaScript code, bouts of crying while asking to the heavens “Why DC, Whyyyyyyy????”, or spontaneous rants on the finer points of how Hans Zimmer is the Anti-Christ.
All that aside, and speaking on my own behalf… In the late 1970s, someone came to my parents house with one of the first luggable computers, the make and model of which I can’t remember. I think he was selling them, and I watch the demonstration as he played a Star Trek game that had dots moving around the four-odd inch monochrome screen. This was around the same time my family went to a drive-in to see the double feature of the blockbuster “Battle Beyond The Stars” and a one off throw away called “Star Wars”. The following year my dad took me into a theater to see some hyped movie about a guy who’s fashion sense including wearing his underwear on the outside while trying to hide it with a cape. I’ve been a geek/nerd/whatever you want to call it ever since.
In 1979 at a school extracurricular activity, I rolled up my first Elf character for the then frowned upon and possible gateway to Satan-worship, Dungeons and Dragons. That was quickly followed by somehow finding and reading a lot of Alexander Key and Madeleine L’Engle books. “The Case of the Vanishing Boy”, “The Forgotten Door”, and the Wrinkle in Time quintet showed me the way to other lands of imagination, along with other notables like “The Girl with the Silver Eyes” by Willo Davis Roberts, the Finn Family Moomintroll series, The Danny Dunn series by Raymond Abrashkin, The Mad Scientists’ Club series by Bertrand R. Brinley, and The Three Investigators series by Robert Arthur, Jr which were prefaced by some nobody named Alfred Hitchcock. All this led to my graduation into David Eddings and the Belgariad. How I went from this into comics is anyone’s guess.
I got into comic books when I worked for WaldenBooks around 1990, and for a few years spent all my money reading every mag I could get my hands on. From then on it’s been all computers, superheroes, and ponies other things.
JD Podcast Host
JD really doesn’t look this good in real life 😉
Jesse – Comic book Reviewer
Jesse has a fair but discerning eye for great comics! 
Jesse Przewoznik is a reader, writer and lover of all things superhero. From Batman: The Animated Series on the television each weekend to the wonder of the Marvel Universe taking over the modern cinema, Jesse has been a fan of the medium through all of its highs and lows. Now he contributes to Super Hero Speak with regular comic book reviews as only a reader, writer and lover of the genre can.
Brad News contributor/writer
If you have an interesting story you’d like Super Hero Speak to share email it to Brad he get’s things done!
Brad Mendenhall is the Host / Co-Founder of the Cosmic Geppetto Podcast, a pop culture show featuring positive geek culture discussion and interviews.
Brad is also the author of the novel Sex, Money, Good Grades And Other Things You Won’t Get In College. It was awkward when he told his family the title of the book during Thanksgiving dinner.
A lifelong comic book fan, Brad is thrilled to be writing for Super Hero Speak. He asks that everyone visits their local comic shop because that is where you will find the coolest people. Okay maybe they aren’t cool, but they are definitely awesome.
Matt Vroom – Indie Comic Book Reviewer
Matt enjoys promoting comics made by the little guy!
If you got a comic that you’d like reviewed please send it my way:
Matt Vroom is the creator of several indie comic books. Some of his titles include: “Super Elders,” “Planet Ultra,” “Zoom Man,” and “Holiday Ninjas.” You can see his short story, “Zoom Boy and the Unknown Element” in the upcoming “Little Heroes Comics Anthology Vol. Three.”