k, glad ya liked the links and you're ok with critiques. 
There's another good (and old)  thread on cgtalk called topology research. 
I searched the thread hoping this image was there.  What I like about this topology is the blue part because I tend to think using a topology to define the jawline makes sense.

forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php   the first page, just 1 wire shot is left... a lot of the older posts have missing images.  But the image that's left is pretty good.
forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php  nice edge flow in post #411
forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php  Gollum wires..

divinerain