It depends how it's presented - she might choose to explain that it's a character based on her named Lisa Waltz, like the ones on TV.





That's always a danger, and why it's easier to stick with fictional representations.





Which is why we'd need input from poster-Jay on the subject, I suppose.

This whole discussion reminds me of the old Cosby Show. There was Bill Cosby, but with a different last name, because his real wife and family didn't want to be involved. Then there was his fictional family. It was such a successful show, people believed that's what the real Bill Cosby was like. But while it was based on his life, it was nothing like reality at all. He literally changed everything to keep his real life completely separate from the fictional one, and to protect his real family.

But that's show business, and actors - I wouldn't expect the average person to do that. The average person often believes "hey, that's almost like me!" is too much 'like me', and not at all like me is a personal slight. It takes some getting used to.





I guess I feel more like a director than a character or a star. Like movie directors, if I put myself into a story at all, I'd probably be the guy who gets killed in the first scene, or contributes some minute fact to the story or something (I was run off the road in my car in one of my friends' comics I helped write, for instance). And even then, to avoid the appearance of hubris, I'd probably give myself a different last name, or one that's similar but not the same.