Dave's Nerd Compendium

This week Dave covers a character that made their debut nearly 55 years ago. Or should I say 55 years as of August of this year. The character made their debut in Amazing Fantasy #15, before getting it’s monthly title…Amazing Spider-Man. That’s right this week is all about Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man. ]]>

This week is the newest installment of the Nerd Compendium Book Club. This week we talk not one but two books. ‘The Way of Shadows’ by Brent Weeks and ‘Catalyst: A Rogue One Story’ by James Luceno. Each book gets their own rating. What was thought of both books? What ratings did they receive? You will have to listen and find out. ]]>

John Bruske joins Dave the Nerd to present an idea that the nerd had a few months ago. In the shades of “In Living Color”, the old skit TV show, they will rip off a bit by paying it homage. In this episode Dave and John will be ‘Guys on Comic Movies’. Will they love the movie or will they rate it as “Hated It”, you will have to listen and find out. ]]>

In 2015 the big two, DC and Marvel, had head-to-head mini-events. DC had Convergence and Marvel had Secret War. Both events lead to changes in the publisher’s titles and business process. What was the concept behind them? Are they worth reading? You will have to find out. ]]>

In this episode Dave talks about the Shadowhunter Chronicles. This is a series of books that have been/will be broken into five smaller series. Infernal Devices, Mortal Instruments, Dark Artificies, Last Hours, and Wicked Powers. All the books series are written by Cassandra Claire. And each set can be read individually. But if you want to read them in succession then you will need to wait till all the books are released cause they are in a strange order. ]]>

This week Dave flies solo in talking about the Nerd Book Club selection Homeland by R.A. Salvator. This is the first book of the Drizzit series, aka The Dark Elf Trilogy. Next month there is two books to be read. ]]>

Today marks a new highlight in the Nerd Compendium. I have only done this once before. I have spoken to the author and now the narrator of a book. The only guest that has done this was Jack Wallen. This time I am joined by narrator and amazingly talented voice actor Luke Daniels. He narrates the Kevin Hearne series, as well as over 400 other books. ]]>

This week Dave talks about some of the biggest news articles that have crossed the nerd desk. Most of these articles are from the last day. ]]>

This week Dave is joined by returning guest Dan Dougherty, Beardo himself, talking about his band and their debut album. He is stoked about it mostly due to the hard work that they have put into the album. But also because they are putting it through Kickstarter to release it on vinyl. ]]>

This week Dave is joined by John Patrick for the newest Nerd Compendium Book Club entry ‘Hounded’ by Kevin Hearne. Like always we do go a little off the rail as we nerd/geek out about books and different series of books. What did we think? What is next months book? You will have to listen and find out. ]]>

This week Dave is joined by a new indie comic creator. Bronte Erwin just recently released his first comic “Bigs” and it is an amazing story. Something totally new and totally indie. He is such an amazing person he is giving the first issue away, as long as you listen to the episode and get the coupon code. ]]>

This week I bring you a quick episode. Even while battling losing my voice, I try to be the voice of the nerd community. In this weeks episode I take us back in time, neigh, to an alternate reality. I take us back to 2011 to cover the DC comic event Flashpoint. This has been touched on in the DC animated movie Flashpoint Paradox and the current season of the Flash. But in this episode I focus on the comics. ]]>

This week Dave covers one of the biggest named series in the realm of fantasy. He talks about J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Ring’ series. He covers from the start of the series, and the events following ‘The Hobbit’ through the end of the series. ]]>

This week Dave covers all the movies that have been based around video games. This is starting from 1993’s Super Mario Bros. to 2017’s Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Not all of the games have been played by Dave. Nor has he seen all the movies. But he welcomes your opinions and thoughts on the movies and/or games. ]]>

This week in the iconic episode 150, Dave is first joined by author of ‘Heir to the Jedi’ and the ‘Iron Druid Chronicles’ Kevin Hearne. And they talk about all things Iron Druid and what he has coming out after the series wraps. Dave is then joined by returning Nerd Book Club guest John Patrick and they talk about the first book in the Dresden Files series written by Jim Butcher entitled ‘Storm Front’. ]]>

It’s time for Dave to give you something to check out. This week he talks about two book series that both started in 2011. The first is the Iron Druid Chronicles which is an urban fantasy that he highly enjoys. The second series is the Rivers of London series, and that is a series that he just started to read as of the day of recording this episode, it also is a urban fantasy. ]]>

This week I am joined by Mr. Scott Markley. You might remember him from when he came on and talked Uncy and Time for Hugs. Well he’s back with his first novel ‘Stellar Detective’ which is currently available on Amazon right now for $10. We talk about his book, the chances of him going back to Uncy, and how Clancy Brown should be reading Trump tweets. ]]>

This week Dave goes over an article that mentions the 58 movies that people are excited to see this year. Some of these movies are ones that will be taking the nerd community by storm. Logan, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, Justice League, and Star Wars Episode 8 just to name a few. What does the article say about the movies? ]]>

Dave is here this week with a look back at the year 2016. He found a few lists of the top movies, books, songs, and tv shows. He also spends time covering and showing respect to those who have left us this year. ]]>

It’s time for the first discussion episode of the new Nerd Book Club. Dave is joined by Les and John, not the John you think, to discuss Ready Player One. They talk about a lot of different nerdy things while they discuss this book. Dave also mentions what the Nerd Book Club entry for January will be. ]]>