Clifford and Michael

Is Clifford Johnson the Michael Jackson of string theory?
Of course he is too modest to suggest such a thing, so he drops a few subtle hints only.
"who knows, maybe the next humbling god of the kulcha will be a starchitect or a superstring theorist, the Michael Jackson of D-branes, black P-branes, and dark-energy engineering."
Let me state the obvious loud and clear: Clifford is the next humbling god of D-branes, the Michael Jackson of string theory. We all know that.
And I don't mean it in a creepy kind of way or something...