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* The main premise of ''[http://damonk.com/ Framed!!!]'' was that a character which Damonk had created had gotten out of control and had trapped Damonk in his own comic along with several of his friends.
* The main premise of ''[http://damonk.com/ Framed!!!]'' was that a character which Damonk had created had gotten out of control and had trapped Damonk in his own comic along with several of his friends.
* Greg Dean has even ''called'' his comic ''[[Real Life Comics]]''.
* Greg Dean has even ''called'' his comic ''[[Real Life Comics]]''.
** By his own admission, Dean has gotten a little out there (such as an early story where Tony and his then-current girlfriend's debate over Western vs Eastern mecha turns into an actual [[Battle Tech]] versus [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] fight), but he tries to keep things relatively normal. All bets are off when it comes to [[Evil Genius|Tony]], though.
** By his own admission, Dean has gotten a little out there (such as an early story where Tony and his then-current girlfriend's debate over Western vs Eastern mecha turns into an actual [[BattleTech]] versus [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] fight), but he tries to keep things relatively normal. All bets are off when it comes to [[Evil Genius|Tony]], though.
* ''[http://green-avenger.com/ The Green Avenger]'' is an autobiographical / superhero comic.
* ''[http://green-avenger.com/ The Green Avenger]'' is an autobiographical / superhero comic.
* In newspaper comics, the original four main characters of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' were based on creator Lynn Johnston, her husband, her son and her daughter, and were all named after the middle names of their real-life counterparts. April, the last child, is the embellishment and possibly the third child Johnston wanted.
* In newspaper comics, the original four main characters of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' were based on creator Lynn Johnston, her husband, her son and her daughter, and were all named after the middle names of their real-life counterparts. April, the last child, is the embellishment and possibly the third child Johnston wanted.
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* Film meta-example: In the movie ''[[Big Fish]]'', Will Bloom grows up thinking that his father's stories about his life are absolutely true. As an adult, he comes to believe they're a complete fiction, based on the sheer number of improbabilities and impossibilities contained therein. While his father is on his deathbed, he comes to discover that the truth is somewhere in between -- that they're simply his life embellished.
* Film meta-example: In the movie ''[[Big Fish]]'', Will Bloom grows up thinking that his father's stories about his life are absolutely true. As an adult, he comes to believe they're a complete fiction, based on the sheer number of improbabilities and impossibilities contained therein. While his father is on his deathbed, he comes to discover that the truth is somewhere in between -- that they're simply his life embellished.
* TV example: [[Steven Moffat]] and Sue Vertue, the husband-and-wife team behind ''[[Coupling]]'', have [[Word of God|said]] that the relationship of Steve and Susan (ahem) in the show is loosely based on the early stages of their own relationship. Similarly, Moffat's earlier sitcom [[Joking Apart]] is based of the fallout of his first marriage. He has described ''Coupling'' as "my life as told by a drunk".
* TV example: [[Steven Moffat]] and Sue Vertue, the husband-and-wife team behind ''[[Coupling]]'', have [[Word of God|said]] that the relationship of Steve and Susan (ahem) in the show is loosely based on the early stages of their own relationship. Similarly, Moffat's earlier sitcom [[Joking Apart]] is based of the fallout of his first marriage. He has described ''Coupling'' as "my life as told by a drunk".
** Parts of ''Joking Apart'' were clearly recycled for ''[[Coupling]]'' (and Moffat's ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode ''The Doctor Dances'', oddly).
** Parts of ''Joking Apart'' were clearly recycled for ''[[Coupling]]'' (and Moffat's ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''The Doctor Dances'', oddly).
* ''[http://www.kismetropolis.com Kismetropolis]'' is a self-admitted, sometimes autobiographical webcomic.
* ''[http://www.kismetropolis.com Kismetropolis]'' is a self-admitted, sometimes autobiographical webcomic.
* Jhonen Vasquez did a three-page comic in which he described his life, and how it was unlike Johnny C's life. It was embellished because, as he confessed, the scene wherein he flies out of his castle to buy a slushie from the devil didn't actually happen during a full moon.
* Jhonen Vasquez did a three-page comic in which he described his life, and how it was unlike Johnny C's life. It was embellished because, as he confessed, the scene wherein he flies out of his castle to buy a slushie from the devil didn't actually happen during a full moon.
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** Well, she's his computer in the comic, too. Just, y'know, anthropomorphic. And sentient.
** Well, she's his computer in the comic, too. Just, y'know, anthropomorphic. And sentient.
* Shin Goji from ''[[Twisted Kaiju Theater]]'' Every of the Toxic Pirates are based off of his friends. He also admits that Shin in the comic is what he'd be like if he could get away with the same stuff without going to jail. Though sometimes, they get too embellished for humor. Like when Space Hojo is revealed to be Nyarlothotep.
* Shin Goji from ''[[Twisted Kaiju Theater]]'' Every of the Toxic Pirates are based off of his friends. He also admits that Shin in the comic is what he'd be like if he could get away with the same stuff without going to jail. Though sometimes, they get too embellished for humor. Like when Space Hojo is revealed to be Nyarlothotep.
* ''[[Union of Heroes (Webcomic)|Union of Heroes]]'' presents interludes between the end and the beginning of a new episode. The main character of most of these interludes is the photographed creator of the photocomic. Some interludes are only like a Journal Comic. But then there are interludes where he switches into a drawn version of himself and travels to the webcomic planet with a spaceship.
* ''[[Union of Heroes]]'' presents interludes between the end and the beginning of a new episode. The main character of most of these interludes is the photographed creator of the photocomic. Some interludes are only like a Journal Comic. But then there are interludes where he switches into a drawn version of himself and travels to the webcomic planet with a spaceship.
* ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' is set in Indianapolis. Mr. Mighty drives down Keystone Avenue to his job in the "Vonnegut Building" (Regions Bank Building); his daughter attends "Washington Central" (North Central) High School, home of the "[[Wild CATS]]" (Panthers); the characters go to lunch at a deli suspiciously like Shapiro's, etc.
* ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' is set in Indianapolis. Mr. Mighty drives down Keystone Avenue to his job in the "Vonnegut Building" (Regions Bank Building); his daughter attends "Washington Central" (North Central) High School, home of the "[[Wild CATS]]" (Panthers); the characters go to lunch at a deli suspiciously like Shapiro's, etc.
* Saying ''[[Sonichu]]'' is [[Life Embellished]] is an understatement. It's more 'author's wish fulfilment embellished', with the characters either being the author, stand ins for the author, and strawman versions of the author's real life enemies.
* Saying ''[[Sonichu]]'' is [[Life Embellished]] is an understatement. It's more 'author's wish fulfilment embellished', with the characters either being the author, stand ins for the author, and strawman versions of the author's real life enemies.
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* ''Look At The Harlequins!'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]].
* ''Look At The Harlequins!'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]].
* ''Lunar Park'' by [[Bret Easton Ellis]].
* ''Lunar Park'' by [[Bret Easton Ellis]].
* ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' has this [[In Universe]] and may have had it absolutely.
* ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' has this [[In-Universe]] and may have had it absolutely.
* [[A Hard Days Night]] was [[Life Embellished]]; only a few bits of absurdity kept it from being a Journal Film.
* [[A Hard Day's Night]] was [[Life Embellished]]; only a few bits of absurdity kept it from being a Journal Film.
* The comic ''[[Rocky (Comic Book)|Rocky]]'' is autobiographical, but is often fictionalized for laughs.
* The comic ''[[Rocky (comics)|Rocky]]'' is autobiographical, but is often fictionalized for laughs.
* [[Edds World]] played straight, including animated shorts based off the comics featuring the main characters voiced by their real-life counterparts.
* [[Eddsworld]] played straight, including animated shorts based off the comics featuring the main characters voiced by their real-life counterparts.
* [[Terrifying Monsters]] is mostly autobiographical, but the author and his friends are all represented as giant monsters.
* [[Terrifying Monsters]] is mostly autobiographical, but the author and his friends are all represented as giant monsters.
* Arthur's [[Show Within a Show|strip-within-a-strip]] in ''[[Arthur King of Time and Space]]'', with the embellishments based on Paul Gadzikowski's old ''Infinity Labs'' [[Life Embellished]] strip.
* Arthur's [[Show Within a Show|strip-within-a-strip]] in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'', with the embellishments based on Paul Gadzikowski's old ''Infinity Labs'' [[Life Embellished]] strip.
* ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]'': [[Author Avatar|Ruy Pérez de Viedma]] relates all his biography in ''“The story of the Captive Captain”''. He was a handsome captive captain who wanted to escape the Moors and was helped by a Zoraida, a beautiful moor princess who wanted to convert to Christianity, organized a successful evasion to Spain, was well received by his powerful and rich relatives and married Zoraida. Cervantes (the author) was a captive who failed all his evasion intents, his family paid his rescue and always was an [[Impoverished Patrician]].
* ''[[Don Quixote]]'': [[Author Avatar|Ruy Pérez de Viedma]] relates all his biography in ''“The story of the Captive Captain”''. He was a handsome captive captain who wanted to escape the Moors and was helped by a Zoraida, a beautiful moor princess who wanted to convert to Christianity, organized a successful evasion to Spain, was well received by his powerful and rich relatives and married Zoraida. Cervantes (the author) was a captive who failed all his evasion intents, his family paid his rescue and always was an [[Impoverished Patrician]].
* ''[[The Devils Panties (Webcomic)|The Devils Panties]]'': Mostly about the author's life, though her [[Author Avatar]] gets away with saying or doing things she couldn't in the real situation. [[Early Installment Weirdness|Early strips]] include her [[Pals With Jesus|talking to Jesus and the Devil]] and other bits of [[Magical Realism]].
* ''[[The Devil's Panties|The Devils Panties]]'': Mostly about the author's life, though her [[Author Avatar]] gets away with saying or doing things she couldn't in the real situation. [[Early Installment Weirdness|Early strips]] include her [[Pals with Jesus|talking to Jesus and the Devil]] and other bits of [[Magical Realism]].


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