In Sequential Style-SDCC 2008

While a lot of people like to focus on the Cosplay going on at SDCC (not that I don't love a good Wolverine or Indy) I like to pull a Joan Rivers and judge people's "normal" clothing. Let's see who the big winners are!

BEST IN SHOW: Ray Stevenson [Photo:EW]
Ray seriously brought his A Game from jolly ol' England! I think what really made Ray the cream of the con was that, at least for me, it was totally unexpected. I'm so used to seeing him only as sweaty & dirty Pullo that I was (good) shocked. The man cleans up very nicely.

BEST HAIR: Hugh Jackman [P:EW]
He's seriously ridonculous. But I do have a notorious weakness for the Wolvarine do'.






BEST PSEUDO-COSPLAY: Gerard Way [P:EW]
2008 Eisner winner Gerard Way looks ready and set to re-join The Umbrella Academy (which, thank god, is coming back in November!).







BEST SPIRIT OF COMIC-CON: Rose McGowan [P:EW]
She's wearing a dress that looks like she looted Tinker-Bell's closet yet somehow she makes it work. Rose continues to astonish.



BEST GEEK CHIC: Edgar Wright [P:EW]
As a Spaced-junkie I can actually say that Edgar Wright can do no wrong. Here he's wearing two fanboy staples- a comic tee & jeans but he pulled his look together with a simple cut jacket. The jacket's clean lines really serve to streamline the whole outfit. Yes, I said "outfit". Nerds take notes.




HALL OF FAME: Grant Morrison [P:Newsrama]
Sequential smart suits. 24/7. Perfect.

Robbie Williams checked into Arkham Asylum???

I guess this goes under "I learn something new everyday"

The cover to Robbie Williams' 2005 album Intensive Care was designed by frequent collaborators (& Scots) Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. The album art features predominately tarot card images much like Morrison & McKean's 1989 graphic novel, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
Mmm...so maybe that's where Robbie got the name for Intensive Care. Not so much a jab at his personal history in and out of rehab centers but a veiled criticism of psychotherapy. Which I guess fits with his whole plan to create a Scientology-esque religion dedicated to aliens and celebrities. Actually now that I think about it I'm not seeing any difference between the two.

I have to admit that while I do find it interesting that Robbie teamed up with Morrison & Quitely I'm still floored by the fact that Intensive Care is his best selling album to date with 7 million copies since I cannot name one song off that album (read: the songs Millennium, Angels, Rock DJ, or Kids are not on the tracklist).

Oh and according to the ever so credible Wikipedia entry, Robbie is working on a follow-up to "Swing When You're Winning" called "Lets Swing Again". Perhaps Robbie is angry that Burnaby's Michael Bublé does the same thing and becomes a hit in North America (and subsequently gets to date compatriot Emily Blunt).