John Holmes

Recent Book Review – May/2010

Rob Hardy is a book reviewer for The Commercial Dispatch in Columbus, Mississippi, and a practicing psychiatrist for Community Counseling Services in Columbus.  Mr. Hardy is also a top reviewer for Amazon.com, where a condensed version of this bio review can be found.  The following review is for The Dispatch.

Size Matters by Rob Hardy

“John Holmes had an enormous penis. It would be unfair to say that this fact is the only interesting thing about him, but it really was the only remarkable thing. It was also the thing that determined how his life was going to go. It was what got him into pornography and made him a nationally-recognized star, and that in turn got him involved in drugs and crime and AIDS. If there were nothing to his life besides his record-breaking anatomy, Jennifer Sugar and Jill C. Nelson would not have had much to compile in their book _John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches_ (BearManor Media). They have, however, dug so deeply into what was written about the man during his career and what people remembered afterwards that this surely will be the definitive biography. It is almost 600 pages long, although that includes 150 pages of filmography at the end of the book, a list of all the known loops and films Holmes was in, along with a list of reviews of his more famous movies. The text of the book is not a traditional biography. It consists of quotations from many articles, books, and documentary films, as well as from interviews the authors conducted themselves. These are arranged chronologically, and if there is a lack of analysis in this biography, it is made up by the immediacy of the words from Holmes himself, his costars, directors, business partners, prosecutors, wives, and godchildren. (more…)

Chicago Exxxstacy Show – 2010

The 2010 Exxxstacy Show that was located just outside of downtown Chicago in Rosemont, Illinois, was a tremendous success.  Co-author, Jill C. Nelson was on hand at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Centre for three days chatting with fans of John Holmes’ oeuvre and erotic cinema classics. 

Nelson and ”Inches” originator Jennifer Sugar co-signed several copies of the definitive biography prior to the Chicago show and were pleased to sell out almost everything in stock.  In between visiting with fans at the booth, Nelson was pleased to meet one of Holmes’ favourite co-stars, Ms. Ginger Lynn Allen; Nelson was also an invited guest of host Christy Canyon on Sirius Satellite Playboy Radio, that broadcasted live from the Centre for the duration of the convention.  Filmmaker Valerie Gobos interviewed Nelson for her documentary (in the works) on the life of the late, legendary star, Marilyn Chambers.  Chambers was interviewed by the “Inches” co-authors in July 2007.