Is Grant Morrinson the Next Frank Miller?

[Lord]

No, i'm not saying Grant Morrinson's work will suck, but after reading this thing he had to say about Action Comics 1:

Morrison: Doing Action #1 was a little daunting, purely because of the historic significance of the title. As for All-Star Superman, the basic idea of doing young Superman stories started out as a spin-off from my work on that book, so in my own head I see these new adventures as the early years of the Superman from All-Star.

It made me remember of Frank Miller and how his The Dark Knight Returns was such an interesting alternative take on Batman and then reinvented him with Batman: Year One, a story that was part of the then new DC universe reboot and was also a kind of prequel to TDKR.

My question is, do you think Grant Morrinson is following the same route?
Creating a new origin to be part of the mainstream DC universe while still being part of another superman universe?

 

[Drz]

All of Morrison's work is part of his own continuity. DC One Million happened in mainstream DC comics and had All Star Superman appear at the very end for example. Morrison either cares or ignores about previous continuity by other writers and does his own thing.

 

[Eddie Dean]

All of Morrison's work is part of his own continuity. DC One Million happened in mainstream DC comics and had All Star Superman appear at the very end for example. Morrison either cares or ignores about previous continuity by other writers and does his own thing.

The same can be said of Miller.

 

[Watchman]

And maybe one reason why I view both as exponentially better than most working in superhero books.

 

[Drz]

The same can be said of Miller.

Yep.

 

[obin_gam]

Nah, if Morrisons quality starts to decline, he'll just go out and pick more mushrooms.
Then all will be well again.

 

[The Question]

Honestly I think Morrison's quality HAS started to decline. In some of his more recent works, he's a lot more interested in exploring a concept than actually having the way in which he explores that concept make any sense.

He's not as bad as Miller, though.

 

[Spike_x1]

I can see that.

 

[Phatman]

Yeah. Morrison is overhyped and overrated like Miller. I have a feeling he may fall apart on Superman.

Miller's decline started with Robocop 2 1990 where it was clear his storytelling had lost a step. In Robocop 3 the wheels completely fell off the bus. Horrible storytelling in both movies. But people still lauded him for years until DKR2 showed everyone how disconnected he was from the storytelling process.

 

[Kurosawa]

The biggest difference and Morrison's saving grace is he doesn't seem to actively go after characters like Miller does.