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{{quote|'''[[Lord Byron]]''': I’ve a couple of cantos concerning the adventures of one ‘Childe Harold.’ A manly specimen, rather passionate, who journeys to Eastern Albania. ([[Beat]]) Hobby may recognize a deal of it.
'''Hobhouse''': Does he sigh a lot, and mope after girls?
'''Davies''': Does he have a limp, by any chance?
|''Byron''}}
A fictionalized version of an author who appears as a character in the events of the story is often called upon to comment upon the situation, deliver the author's verdict, and possibly break the [[Fourth Wall]] in a [[Self-Deprecation|self-deprecating]] fashion. The author character will usually not influence the plot and may be only loosely tied to the goings-on, their appearances being quite random. The high-falutin' literary term for a character designed to express the author's preferred opinions is the ''[[Gratuitous French|raisonneur]]'' — here at [[All The Tropes]], the preferred term is '''Author Avatar'''.
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* ''[[Fanhunter]]'''s author, Cels Piñol, appears on the comics as Cels Denbrough, a fanpire (sort of a living dead who eats comics, movies and so, given that he hasn't read/watched them previously). Kicks as much butt and is as butt-kicked as every other character, and though he's one of the protagonists, he doesn't uses to steal the spotlight.
* According to Steve Moncuse, Inspector Gill of ''[[Fish Police (comics)|Fish Police]]'' is heavily based on himself.
== Comics -- Newspaper ==
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** [[Stan Lee]] also wrote a special comic in which he appeared alongside with the main Marvel heroes and each one of them expressed dislike for him. You have to admit, Stan the Man's great at poking fun at himself.
** In an episode of the animated series of ''Spider-Man'', Spider-Man travels to a parallel universe and hangs out with Stan Lee for a few minutes, taking him webslinging (something Stan admitted to always wanting to try).
** Possibly most telling, in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2]]'' he's seen dressed as and chatting with a group of [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|Watchers.]]
* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] used to famously turn up in his films in cameos. He even guiltily looks at the camera in ''[[Marnie]]''.
* [[Kevin Smith]] largely avoids this in his own movies, appearing as [[Silent Bob]]...until the very end, when he either has a huge hand in resolving the plot or delivers a critical bit of wisdom in one of his few speaking lines.
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