Recent content by Xan Holbrook

I'm writing a speculative history - specifically what would have become of women's rights if the second world war had never happened. Watchmen of course is a huge reference point, but I want to leave no stone unturned when it comes to research

I'm currently drafting my own graphic novel at the moment, although, even as a seasoned reader of classic and contemporary literature, my navigational points as to Graphic Novels in general are rather scant - I'm in deep with my Alan Moore, but I know he's not the only writer to work in this...

To expand on the title: I'm single and from Manchester, I love culture of all forms and I'm a massive Jazz fan. All the women in Jazz seem to have vanished. What on Earth is going on?

Withnail & I: I Now Pronounce You Withnail and Marwood.

I've been addicted to this game lately and I'd like the continue in the same direction. Any suggestions?

It's not so much cuteness as quaintness, like using 'Spiffing' instead of 'brilliant' or 'superb' to describe something that is highly amicable. However, we aren't all THAT cute - try and find 'spiffing' in Richard III or Hamlet or The Pardoner's Tale, for instance.

First Wave/NWOBHM - Steel (Classic, nothing to fault/quarrel with) Power Metal - Gold/Silver (Impressive visually, not really the business though) Glam Metal - Tin (Weak, but serves some vital needs) Thrash Metal - Aliminium (Quick and all-purpose) Death Metal - Titanium (Say a prayer or...

I'd hire lots of gay black jewish people to start fornicating right in front of them.

You can't get much worse than Troll 2 - hilariously bad dialogue, cringeworthy acting and (christ help us) dance scenes, amateur acting, terrible plot and...well...it's bad. A litre of vodka is recommended whilst watching.

Yet, apparently, I need to burn it to CD in order to make the bugger work - is there a way around this?

Absolutely disgusting.

N64, 1998, Rainbow Six.

Kyuss, Tool, Talk Talk, Weather Report and Black Flag

Twilight. An insult to my intelligence and to the morals of millions of free-thinking and independent women everywhere.

1. It symbolises...well, Jaco Pastorius 2. I picked it because I chuffing love Jaco Pastorius and bass playing. 3. Depends. 4. I forget the guy's username, but a photoshopped .gif from Band of Brothers replacing Lieutenant Welsh lobbing a grenade to a badass clown performing a...