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* Creator/JonPolito was cast as Gideon the pawnshop owner in the film of ''Film/TheCrow'' because the character in [[Comicbook/TheCrow the comic]] was modeled on him.
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* Creator/JonPolito was cast as Gideon the pawnshop owner in the film of ''Film/TheCrow'' ''Film/TheCrow1994'' because the character in [[Comicbook/TheCrow the comic]] was modeled on him.
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* Terry Moore recently stated had a live-action adaptation of ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' been made during Creator/ChristinaApplegate's career, she would have played Katchoo.
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** Judge Anderson was based on [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]] in her first few appearances.
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** Judge Anderson was based on [[Music/{{Blondie}} [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]] in her first few appearances.
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** Phil Defer was modelled after Creator/JackPalance.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
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* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. [[CastingGag Appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father, Hugh Campbell Sr., in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. [[CastingGag Appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father, Hugh Campbell Sr., in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]].adaptation]] and later Hughie himself in an episode of the animated spin-off ''WesternAnimation/TheBoysDiabolical''.
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* In Creator/JossWhedon's ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 8, there's a Tibetan character called Bayarmaa. The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of Creator/DichenLachman, a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'').
** In the "season 9" comics, Severin is based on Creator/JamesMcAvoy (specifically from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), Nash on Music/DavidBowie, and Pearl on Karen O of Music/YeahYeahYeahs.
** Jeremy Johns, a character in ''Spike: After the Fall'', is based on Jim Halpert from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', played by Creator/JohnKrasinski.
** In the "season 9" comics, Severin is based on Creator/JamesMcAvoy (specifically from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), Nash on Music/DavidBowie, and Pearl on Karen O of Music/YeahYeahYeahs.
** Jeremy Johns, a character in ''Spike: After the Fall'', is based on Jim Halpert from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', played by Creator/JohnKrasinski.
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* In Creator/JossWhedon's ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season Season 8, there's a Tibetan character called Bayarmaa. The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of Creator/DichenLachman, a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'').
** In the"season 9" Season 9 comics, Severin is based on Creator/JamesMcAvoy (specifically from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), Nash on Music/DavidBowie, and Pearl on Karen O of Music/YeahYeahYeahs.
** Jeremy Johns, a character in''Spike: ''[[ComicBook/AngelIDW Spike: After the Fall'', Fall]]'', is based on Jim Halpert from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', played by Creator/JohnKrasinski.
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** In one story there is a Creator/AlfredHitchcock bartender -- making a CreatorCameo in a "movie" outside of his own!
** Creator/LouisDeFunes makes an appearance as an irritable little man who mistreats his employees... so pretty much any of his roles.
** Creator/LouisDeFunes makes an appearance as an irritable little man who mistreats his employees... so pretty much any of his roles.
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** In one story there is a an Creator/AlfredHitchcock bartender -- making a CreatorCameo in a "movie" outside of his own!
** Creator/LouisDeFunes makes an appearance as an irritable little man who mistreats hisemployees... so pretty much underling... just like any of his roles.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Orphanimo}}'': The character Agent Andrea is modelled after a well-known Flemish actress, who plays a similar role in the series ''Flikken''. And the kids in the orphans' class in the third album are based on Flemish TV presenters on a kids' channel.
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* ''[[ComicBook/RatMan1989 Rat-Man]]'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Music/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
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* ''[[ComicBook/RatMan1989 Rat-Man]]'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Music/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
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* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. [[CastingGag appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. [[CastingGag appropriately]], Appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father father, Hugh Campbell Sr., in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]].
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** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on Creator/FredMcMurray. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Creator/JudyGarland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
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** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on Creator/FredMcMurray.Creator/FredMacMurray. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Creator/JudyGarland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Druuna}}'': Serpieri explains in the art album ''Druuna X'' that Druuna's looks are based on Valérie Kaprisky in the EroticFilm ''La Femme Publique''. Facially, they're almost identical, but below the neck Serpieri made Druuna [[AdaptationalCurves even curvier]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. This started back when Pegg had only done ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' and wasn't well known ([[CastingGag appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]]).
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' is based on Creator/RupertEverett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Creator/KimNovak, and Professor Adam on Creator/SeanConnery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], complete with fake mustaches.
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' is based on Creator/RupertEverett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Creator/KimNovak, and Professor Adam on Creator/SeanConnery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], complete with fake mustaches.
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* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. This started back when Pegg had only done ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' and wasn't well known ([[CastingGag [[CastingGag appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]]).
adaptation]].
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' is based on Creator/RupertEverett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Creator/KimNovak, and Professor Adam on Creator/SeanConnery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia (doppelganger) of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], complete with fake mustaches.
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' is based on Creator/RupertEverett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Creator/KimNovak, and Professor Adam on Creator/SeanConnery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia (doppelganger) of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], complete with fake mustaches.
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** This even extends to the so-called "Bonellidi", that is, comic books imitating the format and style of Bonelli Comics. For example, obscure character Gordon Link is based on Creator/KyleMacLachlan.
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** This even extends to the so-called "Bonellidi", "Bonellidi," that is, comic books imitating the format and style of Bonelli Comics. For example, obscure character Gordon Link is based on Creator/KyleMacLachlan.
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* ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'':
** General Flagg is based on the seminal ''GI Joe'' writer Creator/LarryHama.
** Dr. Venom is Creator/ChristophWaltz, largely due to the [[{{Expy}} similarity of his characterisation]] in this comic to [[Film/IngloriousBasterds one of Waltz's best-known English-language roles]].
** Falcon is a young Creator/SylvesterStallone.
** General Flagg is based on the seminal ''GI Joe'' writer Creator/LarryHama.
** Dr. Venom is Creator/ChristophWaltz, largely due to the [[{{Expy}} similarity of his characterisation]] in this comic to [[Film/IngloriousBasterds one of Waltz's best-known English-language roles]].
** Falcon is a young Creator/SylvesterStallone.
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** ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'':
** *** General Flagg is based on the seminal ''GI Joe'' writer Creator/LarryHama.
** *** Dr. Venom is Creator/ChristophWaltz, largely due to the [[{{Expy}} similarity of his characterisation]] in this comic to [[Film/IngloriousBasterds one of Waltz's best-known English-language roles]].
** *** Falcon is a young Creator/SylvesterStallone.Creator/SylvesterStallone.
** ''ComicBook/TransformersLastBotStanding'': Nick Roche used Creator/ClintEastwood as the visual basis for the older looking Rodimus
** ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'':
** ''ComicBook/TransformersLastBotStanding'': Nick Roche used Creator/ClintEastwood as the visual basis for the older looking Rodimus
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* ComicBook/{{Criminal}}: Last of the Innocent features Creator/WilWheaton as [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown Britannica]] [[{{Expy}} Black]], a former KidDetective who grew into a [[HardboiledDetective Noir-style PI]].
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* ComicBook/{{Criminal}}: ComicBook/Criminal2006: Last of the Innocent features Creator/WilWheaton as [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown Britannica]] [[{{Expy}} Black]], a former KidDetective who grew into a [[HardboiledDetective Noir-style PI]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' writer James Roberts has said that Overlord sounds like the Ainely/[[Creator/JohnSimm Simm]] incarnations of TheMaster from ''Series/DoctorWho''. He also tells his troops to "please attend carefully".
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' writer James Roberts has said that Overlord sounds like the Ainely/[[Creator/JohnSimm Simm]] incarnations of TheMaster from ''Series/DoctorWho''. He also tells his troops to "please attend carefully".
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* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Music/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
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* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' ''[[ComicBook/RatMan1989 Rat-Man]]'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Music/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
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** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young Creator/JohnHurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]".
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Eleventh Doctor comics, the older version of recurring villain August Hart is blatantly based on Creator/BryanCranston's BeardOfEvil look as [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]].
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Twelfth Doctor comics, the original companion Hattie, who is a bassist in a rock band, looks like a younger and punker Gail Ann Dorsey, a real bass player best known for her work with Music/DavidBowie.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Thirteenth Doctor comics, the female incarnation of the Corsair who appears in one arc bears a strong resemblance to Creator/KatieMcGrath.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Eleventh Doctor comics, the older version of recurring villain August Hart is blatantly based on Creator/BryanCranston's BeardOfEvil look as [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]].
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Twelfth Doctor comics, the original companion Hattie, who is a bassist in a rock band, looks like a younger and punker Gail Ann Dorsey, a real bass player best known for her work with Music/DavidBowie.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Thirteenth Doctor comics, the female incarnation of the Corsair who appears in one arc bears a strong resemblance to Creator/KatieMcGrath.
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** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young Creator/JohnHurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNightOfTheDoctor "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]".
* ** ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'':
** In the''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Eleventh Doctor comics, the older version of recurring villain August Hart is blatantly based on Creator/BryanCranston's BeardOfEvil look as [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]].
* ** In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Twelfth Doctor comics, the original companion Hattie, who is a bassist in a rock band, looks like a younger and punker Gail Ann Dorsey, a real bass player best known for her work with Music/DavidBowie.
* ** In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Thirteenth Doctor comics, the female incarnation of the Corsair who appears in one arc bears a strong resemblance to Creator/KatieMcGrath.
** In the
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* Creator/JonathanRoss and Bryan Hitch's series ''America's Got Powers'' is pretty evident with its celebrity likenesses, with Creator/DavidTennant as the head scientist, and UsefulNotes/SarahPalin as a villainous US Sentator, with Creator/EdHarris playing a [=John McCain=] fashioned US President, even before he was cast as [=McCain=] for the TV movie ''Game Change''.
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* Creator/JonathanRoss and Bryan Hitch's series ''America's Got Powers'' is pretty evident with its celebrity likenesses, with Creator/DavidTennant as the head scientist, and UsefulNotes/SarahPalin as a villainous US Sentator, with Creator/EdHarris playing a [=John McCain=] John [=McCain=] fashioned US President, even before he was cast as [=McCain=] for the TV movie ''Game Change''.
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* The Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' had a powerful and deliberate resemblance to Creator/LeeMarvin, stated as deliberate by Creator/GarthEnnis in his introduction to the ''Ancient History'' collection that contained his origin story. The Reverand Jesse Custer himself resembles [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].
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* The Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' had a powerful and deliberate resemblance to Creator/LeeMarvin, stated as deliberate by Creator/GarthEnnis in his introduction to the ''Ancient History'' collection that contained his origin story. The Reverand Reverend Jesse Custer himself resembles [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].
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* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Creator/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
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* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Creator/{{Cher}}.Music/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
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* Dave Stevens did this an awful lot in ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''. For example, Cliff is Errol Flynn, his girlfriend Betty is pin-up model Creator/BettiePage, Cliff's sleazy photographer rival is real-world porn photographer Ken Marcus, and second-storyline villain Lothar is Creator/RondoHatton.
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* Dave Stevens did this an awful lot in ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''. For example, Cliff is Errol Flynn, Creator/ErrolFlynn, his girlfriend Betty is pin-up model Creator/BettiePage, Cliff's sleazy photographer rival is real-world porn photographer Ken Marcus, and second-storyline villain Lothar is Creator/RondoHatton.
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** Steeljack's appearance was modeled on Robert Mitchum.
** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on Fred [=McMurray=]. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Judy Garland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on Fred [=McMurray=]. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Judy Garland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
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** Steeljack's appearance was modeled on Robert Mitchum.
Creator/RobertMitchum.
** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled onFred [=McMurray=]. Creator/FredMcMurray. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Judy Garland, Creator/JudyGarland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on
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* Jeremy Johns, a character in ''Spike: After the Fall'', is based on Jim Halpert from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', played by Creator/JohnKrasinski.
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** Frobisher's humanoid form in his Eighth Doctor reappearance is based on James Gandolfini.
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** Tech-bro quadrillionaire Rudy Zoom, a recurring character in the Twelfth Doctor strips, is closely based on Creator/LennyHenry (who'd subsequently get a role in the TV series during the Thirteenth Doctor's era as wealthy tech-bro Daniel Barton, though he's a villain where Rudy's more or less on the Doctor's side).
** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young John Hurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in ''The Night of the Doctor''.
** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young John Hurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in ''The Night of the Doctor''.
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** Tech-bro quadrillionaire Rudy Zoom, a recurring character in the Twelfth Doctor strips, is closely based on Creator/LennyHenry (who'd subsequently get a role in the TV series during the Thirteenth Doctor's era "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall Spyfall]]" as wealthy tech-bro Daniel Barton, though he's a villain where Rudy's more or less on the Doctor's side).
** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a youngJohn Hurt-specifically Creator/JohnHurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in ''The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor''.Doctor]]".
** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young
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* Comic adaptations of the Oz series have a tendency to draw Dorothy not as her real actress Judy Garland, but the original casting choice of writer Frank Baum and producer Mervyn [=LeRoy=], Shirley Temple.
* In ''ComicBook/ApamaTheUndiscoveredAnimal'', main character Ilyia and his love interest Vica are modeled after actors Perren Hedderson and Jocelyn Wrzosek, who played their counterparts David and Robyn in the movie ''Film/HeroTomorrow''.
* In ''ComicBook/ApamaTheUndiscoveredAnimal'', main character Ilyia and his love interest Vica are modeled after actors Perren Hedderson and Jocelyn Wrzosek, who played their counterparts David and Robyn in the movie ''Film/HeroTomorrow''.
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* Comic adaptations of the Oz series have a tendency to draw Dorothy not as her real actress Judy Garland, Creator/JudyGarland, but the original casting choice of writer Frank Baum and producer Mervyn [=LeRoy=], Shirley Temple.
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* In ''ComicBook/ApamaTheUndiscoveredAnimal'', main character Ilyia and his love interest Vica are modeled after actors Perren Hedderson and Jocelyn Wrzosek, who played their counterparts David and Robyn in the movie''Film/HeroTomorrow''.''Film/HeroTomorrow''.
* ''Lost Girls'':
** Melinda Gebbie based the grown-up version of [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice Fairchild]] on two of her female heroes - Creator/MaggieSmith and Germaine Greer.
** The grown-up version of [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy Gale]] was based on Creator/ClaraBow.
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* In ''ComicBook/ApamaTheUndiscoveredAnimal'', main character Ilyia and his love interest Vica are modeled after actors Perren Hedderson and Jocelyn Wrzosek, who played their counterparts David and Robyn in the movie
* ''Lost Girls'':
** Melinda Gebbie based the grown-up version of [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice Fairchild]] on two of her female heroes - Creator/MaggieSmith and Germaine Greer.
** The grown-up version of [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy Gale]] was based on Creator/ClaraBow.
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!!Other Comic Books
* The Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' had a powerful and deliberate resemblance to Creator/LeeMarvin, stated as deliberate by Creator/GarthEnnis in his introduction to the ''Ancient History'' collection that contained his origin story. The Reverand Jesse Custer himself resembles [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. This started back when Pegg had only done ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' and wasn't well known ([[CastingGag appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]]).
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' is based on Creator/RupertEverett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Creator/KimNovak, and Professor Adam on Creator/SeanConnery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], complete with fake mustaches.
** That's standard procedure at Bonelli Comics. Mystic shaman Magico Vento is Creator/DanielDayLewis, Ken Park is Creator/RobertRedford, Nick Raider is Creator/RobertMitchum (and his sidekick is Creator/EddieMurphy), Legs Weaver is Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Julia Kendall is Creator/AudreyHepburn (her maid is Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, her boss/romantic interest is Creator/JohnMalkovich and her best friend is Creator/JohnGoodman).
** This even extends to the so-called "Bonellidi", that is, comic books imitating the format and style of Bonelli Comics. For example, obscure character Gordon Link is based on Creator/KyleMacLachlan.
* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Creator/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
* Dave Stevens did this an awful lot in ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''. For example, Cliff is Errol Flynn, his girlfriend Betty is pin-up model Creator/BettiePage, Cliff's sleazy photographer rival is real-world porn photographer Ken Marcus, and second-storyline villain Lothar is Creator/RondoHatton.
** Stevens modeled Cliff Secord after himself, not Errol Flynn. He mentioned this in several interviews. And Peevy was modeled after his friend and mentor Doug Wildey.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
** Steeljack's appearance was modeled on Robert Mitchum.
** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on Fred [=McMurray=]. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Judy Garland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
** Since in ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'', Reed Richards looked like Russell Johnson, Reed's {{Expy}} Augustus Furst also looks like Johnson. Augustus' brother, Julius, though, is based on Creator/JuliusSchwartz.
* Anything drawn by Greg Land will resemble a random assortment of celebrities and porn stars due to his tendency to trace. Unfortunately, there's little rhyme or reason to his choices. Emma Frost may look like Creator/NataliePortman in one panel and Kim Kardashian in the next.
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' has too many of these to count, though the most notable one has to be Lord Julius, who for all intents and purposes ''is'' [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]]. Groucho's actual first name, for the record, was Julius. Other members of the Marx Brothers are also depicted. Over the years there has also been a character based upon UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, and Canadian politicians have also been caricatured.
* In Creator/JossWhedon's ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 8, there's a Tibetan character called Bayarmaa. The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of Creator/DichenLachman, a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'').
** In the "season 9" comics, Severin is based on Creator/JamesMcAvoy (specifically from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), Nash on Music/DavidBowie, and Pearl on Karen O of Music/YeahYeahYeahs.
* Jeremy Johns, a character in ''Spike: After the Fall'', is based on Jim Halpert from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', played by Creator/JohnKrasinski.
* In the Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine comic strips:
** In "A Change of Mind", the villainous MadScientist Professor Hardin is both physically based on, and named after, Jerry Hardin, best known as Deep Throat in ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** Long-running Eighth Doctor companion Izzy S was based, according to WordOfGod, initially on the singer Music/LouiseWener and later on the actress Luisa Bradshaw-White.
** The Eighth Doctor strips also featured a [[spoiler: fake Ninth Doctor, in reality, the Time Lord agent Shayde in disguise]], who was visually based on the Big Name Fan, spin-off actor-director, and now official Dalek voice artist Creator/NicholasBriggs.
** Leighton Woodrow, a [=MI6=] recurring character from that era of the comics, was closely based on Leo [=McKern=], specifically, as he appeared when playing Number Two in ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''.
** Frobisher's humanoid form in his Eighth Doctor reappearance is based on James Gandolfini.
** In the Twelfth Doctor strips, Jess Collins was based on actress MéLissa Azombo, a big ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan who jumped at the chance to be in the comic, even doing a photoshoot as reference for artist David A. Roach.
** Tech-bro quadrillionaire Rudy Zoom, a recurring character in the Twelfth Doctor strips, is closely based on Creator/LennyHenry (who'd subsequently get a role in the TV series during the Thirteenth Doctor's era as wealthy tech-bro Daniel Barton, though he's a villain where Rudy's more or less on the Doctor's side).
** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young John Hurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in ''The Night of the Doctor''.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Eleventh Doctor comics, the older version of recurring villain August Hart is blatantly based on Creator/BryanCranston's BeardOfEvil look as [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]].
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Twelfth Doctor comics, the original companion Hattie, who is a bassist in a rock band, looks like a younger and punker Gail Ann Dorsey, a real bass player best known for her work with Music/DavidBowie.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Thirteenth Doctor comics, the female incarnation of the Corsair who appears in one arc bears a strong resemblance to Creator/KatieMcGrath.
* Lieutenant ''ComicBook/{{Blueberry}}'' was originally based on Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo. His face later [[ArtEvolution evolved]] into what now looks like a Belmondo/Creator/AntonioBanderas cross-over.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** The titular character was modeled on Creator/ClintEastwood.
** Dirty Frank was intentionally drawn to resemble Creator/AlanMoore.
** Judge Anderson was based on [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]] in her first few appearances.
** Chief Judge Cal, being TheCaligula, was drawn to resemble Creator/JohnHurt in ''Series/IClaudius''.
* There are a number of examples in ''ComicBook/GlobalFrequency'', DependingOnTheArtist. In certain issues, Miranda Zero looks almost exactly like Creator/MichelleForbes, who was later cast as her in the abortive TV pilot. In issue 4, the English gunwoman looks like Creator/KateMoss (something of an in-joke, as Creator/WarrenEllis's ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' leading character Jenny Sparks was famously visually based on her). And in issue 5, the magician Alan Crowe looks exactly like Creator/AlanCumming.
* Rasputin in ''ComicBook/CortoMaltese'' is quite obviously modeled after the famous Russian monk of the same name. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in one story, where someone asks the name of the "guy who looks like Rasputin".
* The main character of ''ComicBook/SwitchbladeHoney'', Captain John Ryder, is based on Creator/RayWinstone. The story started out with the idea "What if the [[LondonGangster kind of character]] who Ray Winstone usually plays somehow got to be a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' captain?".
* Creator/JonPolito was cast as Gideon the pawnshop owner in the film of ''Film/TheCrow'' because the character in [[Comicbook/TheCrow the comic]] was modeled on him.
** Eric's physique was modeled on Music/IggyPop.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}}'' comic series, Harold Stonelove, the villain of "The Temple of Boavista", has a striking similarity to Creator/HughLaurie, especially in the flashback to his younger days.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Several comic only characters were based on actors, and even the creator admitted that he mentally casts the characters. Quincy Hemings is Creator/MorganFreeman, Duval is Creator/EddieMarsan, and the leader of the Illuminati is Creator/JudeLaw.
* ComicBook/{{Criminal}}: Last of the Innocent features Creator/WilWheaton as [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown Britannica]] [[{{Expy}} Black]], a former KidDetective who grew into a [[HardboiledDetective Noir-style PI]].
* Wesley and the Fox in ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' are overtly based on Music/{{Eminem}} and Creator/HalleBerry, in what was seen as a deliberate attempt to angle for a film adaptation. In the [[Film/{{Wanted}} eventual film]] the roles ended up being played by Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/AngelinaJolie. Wesley's father bears a resemblance to Creator/TommyLeeJones.
* Creator/MarkMillar's first comic ''Saviour'' focuses on a returned Jesus [[spoiler:who later turns out to be the devil]] that looks like Creator/JonathanRoss.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
** In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheFallingSky'', the Superclones (an army of {{Captain Ersatz}}es of Franchise/{{Superman}}, with a bit of Franchise/GreenLantern thrown in) bear an uncanny resemblance to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
** Previously, ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBlackGold'' had the spy Zerozerosix, which to push [[Film/JamesBond the joke]] further looks like (a skinny) Creator/SeanConnery.
** There is a group of mega-famous bardic singers in ''Recap/AsterixInBritain'' (1966) who look suspiciously like Music/TheBeatles.
** Preposterus in ''Recap/ObelixAndCo'' was [[TakeThat based]] on then French Prime Minister, and later [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance President]], Jacques Chirac.
* Jenny Sparks in ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' is a double for the model Kate Moss.
* Creator/JonathanRoss and Bryan Hitch's series ''America's Got Powers'' is pretty evident with its celebrity likenesses, with Creator/DavidTennant as the head scientist, and UsefulNotes/SarahPalin as a villainous US Sentator, with Creator/EdHarris playing a [=John McCain=] fashioned US President, even before he was cast as [=McCain=] for the TV movie ''Game Change''.
* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'':
** Luke faces a BountyHunter who looks like Creator/LeeVanCleef.
** In one story there is a Creator/AlfredHitchcock bartender -- making a CreatorCameo in a "movie" outside of his own!
** Creator/LouisDeFunes makes an appearance as an irritable little man who mistreats his employees... so pretty much any of his roles.
* ''ComicBook/FromHell'': Inspector Abberline was modelled after Creator/RobbieColtrane. Who amusingly was also in the movie, though Abberline himself was played by Creator/JohnnyDepp.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'', Oscar Rossini is played by Creator/PatrickStewart, who was a big fan of the comic and had been considered as potentially playing Spider Jerusalem in a failed film adaptation project.
* The cast of ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' are all physically modeled after famous music stars.
** Lucifer - A {{Gender Flip}}ped Music/DavidBowie
** Baal - Music/KanyeWest (It could also be argued that he looks like Music/{{Drake}})
** Sakhemet - Music/{{Rihanna}}
** Woden - A member of Music/DaftPunk
** Baphomet - [[Music/TheSistersOfMercy Andrew Eldritch]]
** The Morrígan - [[Music/TheSistersOfMercy Patricia Morrison]]
** Amaterasu - [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]]
* By WordOfGod, the titular heroine of ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' is basically a feline version of Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, albeit only in looks in a retroactive way, due to the ArtEvolution Erma has suffered across the years, since she debuted many years before Carter began her career as an actress.
* The IDW comic spin-off of ''Series/DirkGently'' has a Dirk who looks very, very, similar to Creator/DavidTennant. He's also costumed and styled in a way that creates the general impression that IDW were very upset about losing the ''Doctor Who'' comics license and are desperately trying to lure the readers into a new comic.
* In ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'', the Blind Chessplayer is sometimes drawn to look exactly like Creator/RichardEGrant. After one of those occasions, his conversation with Dane in Dulce, Dane outright says that he looked like a well-known actor without mentioning who.
* ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}'': General Carrington is very much Creator/LeeMarvin. Jones looks like Music/WhitneyHouston. Carl Heideger looks like Henry Kissinger. Betty Barnowsky looks like Creator/ShirleyMacLaine.
* ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'':
** General Flagg is based on the seminal ''GI Joe'' writer Creator/LarryHama.
** Dr. Venom is Creator/ChristophWaltz, largely due to the [[{{Expy}} similarity of his characterisation]] in this comic to [[Film/IngloriousBasterds one of Waltz's best-known English-language roles]].
** Falcon is a young Creator/SylvesterStallone.
* In the Image SF comic ''ComicBook/VoidTrip'', co-protagonist Ana looks an awful lot like Creator/CaraDelevingne.
* [[ComicBook/StarWarsUnion At least one]] of the plenitude of ''Franchise/StarWars'' spinoff comics appears to have modeled its depiction of Jedi Knight [[BrokenAce Kam Solusar]] on Creator/BruceWillis.
* Creator/RobLiefeld's character Prophet's sidekick Kirby is based, not surprisingly, on Creator/JackKirby.
* The short-lived ComicBook/TheBeano character Robbie Rebel was based on Music/RobbieWilliams.
* The ComicBook/{{Viz}} character Cockney Wanker was based on actor and comedian Mike Reid (best known for playing Frank Butcher in ''Series/EastEnders'').
* Comic adaptations of the Oz series have a tendency to draw Dorothy not as her real actress Judy Garland, but the original casting choice of writer Frank Baum and producer Mervyn [=LeRoy=], Shirley Temple.
* In ''ComicBook/ApamaTheUndiscoveredAnimal'', main character Ilyia and his love interest Vica are modeled after actors Perren Hedderson and Jocelyn Wrzosek, who played their counterparts David and Robyn in the movie ''Film/HeroTomorrow''.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting/TheDCU
* ComicBookFantasyCasting/MarvelUniverse
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!!Other Comic Books
* The Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' had a powerful and deliberate resemblance to Creator/LeeMarvin, stated as deliberate by Creator/GarthEnnis in his introduction to the ''Ancient History'' collection that contained his origin story. The Reverand Jesse Custer himself resembles [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' features Creator/SimonPegg as Wee Hughie. This started back when Pegg had only done ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' and wasn't well known ([[CastingGag appropriately]], Pegg played Hughie's father in [[Series/TheBoys2019 the streaming adaptation]]).
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' is based on Creator/RupertEverett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Creator/KimNovak, and Professor Adam on Creator/SeanConnery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia of [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], complete with fake mustaches.
** That's standard procedure at Bonelli Comics. Mystic shaman Magico Vento is Creator/DanielDayLewis, Ken Park is Creator/RobertRedford, Nick Raider is Creator/RobertMitchum (and his sidekick is Creator/EddieMurphy), Legs Weaver is Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Julia Kendall is Creator/AudreyHepburn (her maid is Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, her boss/romantic interest is Creator/JohnMalkovich and her best friend is Creator/JohnGoodman).
** This even extends to the so-called "Bonellidi", that is, comic books imitating the format and style of Bonelli Comics. For example, obscure character Gordon Link is based on Creator/KyleMacLachlan.
* ''ComicBook/RatMan'' is another Italian comic book that does this. Brakko, Rat-Man's best friend, is Creator/DannyGlover. Rat-Man's former mentors Il Pipistrello and Lupo are Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/SylvesterStallone. HotScientist Kalissa is based on Creator/{{Cher}}. The AnimatedAdaptation also had a recurring character named Dr. Schafausen who was based on Creator/ChristopherLee.
* Dave Stevens did this an awful lot in ''ComicBook/TheRocketeer''. For example, Cliff is Errol Flynn, his girlfriend Betty is pin-up model Creator/BettiePage, Cliff's sleazy photographer rival is real-world porn photographer Ken Marcus, and second-storyline villain Lothar is Creator/RondoHatton.
** Stevens modeled Cliff Secord after himself, not Errol Flynn. He mentioned this in several interviews. And Peevy was modeled after his friend and mentor Doug Wildey.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
** Steeljack's appearance was modeled on Robert Mitchum.
** The Gentleman, like inspiration Captain Marvel (above), is modeled on Fred [=McMurray=]. On a similar note, his daughter Tillie bears a strong resemblance to Judy Garland, the original inspiration for Mary Marvel.
** Since in ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'', Reed Richards looked like Russell Johnson, Reed's {{Expy}} Augustus Furst also looks like Johnson. Augustus' brother, Julius, though, is based on Creator/JuliusSchwartz.
* Anything drawn by Greg Land will resemble a random assortment of celebrities and porn stars due to his tendency to trace. Unfortunately, there's little rhyme or reason to his choices. Emma Frost may look like Creator/NataliePortman in one panel and Kim Kardashian in the next.
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' has too many of these to count, though the most notable one has to be Lord Julius, who for all intents and purposes ''is'' [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]]. Groucho's actual first name, for the record, was Julius. Other members of the Marx Brothers are also depicted. Over the years there has also been a character based upon UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, and Canadian politicians have also been caricatured.
* In Creator/JossWhedon's ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 8, there's a Tibetan character called Bayarmaa. The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of Creator/DichenLachman, a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'').
** In the "season 9" comics, Severin is based on Creator/JamesMcAvoy (specifically from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), Nash on Music/DavidBowie, and Pearl on Karen O of Music/YeahYeahYeahs.
* Jeremy Johns, a character in ''Spike: After the Fall'', is based on Jim Halpert from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', played by Creator/JohnKrasinski.
* In the Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine comic strips:
** In "A Change of Mind", the villainous MadScientist Professor Hardin is both physically based on, and named after, Jerry Hardin, best known as Deep Throat in ''Series/TheXFiles''.
** Long-running Eighth Doctor companion Izzy S was based, according to WordOfGod, initially on the singer Music/LouiseWener and later on the actress Luisa Bradshaw-White.
** The Eighth Doctor strips also featured a [[spoiler: fake Ninth Doctor, in reality, the Time Lord agent Shayde in disguise]], who was visually based on the Big Name Fan, spin-off actor-director, and now official Dalek voice artist Creator/NicholasBriggs.
** Leighton Woodrow, a [=MI6=] recurring character from that era of the comics, was closely based on Leo [=McKern=], specifically, as he appeared when playing Number Two in ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''.
** Frobisher's humanoid form in his Eighth Doctor reappearance is based on James Gandolfini.
** In the Twelfth Doctor strips, Jess Collins was based on actress MéLissa Azombo, a big ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan who jumped at the chance to be in the comic, even doing a photoshoot as reference for artist David A. Roach.
** Tech-bro quadrillionaire Rudy Zoom, a recurring character in the Twelfth Doctor strips, is closely based on Creator/LennyHenry (who'd subsequently get a role in the TV series during the Thirteenth Doctor's era as wealthy tech-bro Daniel Barton, though he's a villain where Rudy's more or less on the Doctor's side).
** The younger version of the War Doctor seen in ''The Clockwise War'' and ''Ambush'' is obviously based on a young John Hurt-specifically the picture used for his reflection in ''The Night of the Doctor''.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Eleventh Doctor comics, the older version of recurring villain August Hart is blatantly based on Creator/BryanCranston's BeardOfEvil look as [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]].
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Twelfth Doctor comics, the original companion Hattie, who is a bassist in a rock band, looks like a younger and punker Gail Ann Dorsey, a real bass player best known for her work with Music/DavidBowie.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Thirteenth Doctor comics, the female incarnation of the Corsair who appears in one arc bears a strong resemblance to Creator/KatieMcGrath.
* Lieutenant ''ComicBook/{{Blueberry}}'' was originally based on Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo. His face later [[ArtEvolution evolved]] into what now looks like a Belmondo/Creator/AntonioBanderas cross-over.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** The titular character was modeled on Creator/ClintEastwood.
** Dirty Frank was intentionally drawn to resemble Creator/AlanMoore.
** Judge Anderson was based on [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]] in her first few appearances.
** Chief Judge Cal, being TheCaligula, was drawn to resemble Creator/JohnHurt in ''Series/IClaudius''.
* There are a number of examples in ''ComicBook/GlobalFrequency'', DependingOnTheArtist. In certain issues, Miranda Zero looks almost exactly like Creator/MichelleForbes, who was later cast as her in the abortive TV pilot. In issue 4, the English gunwoman looks like Creator/KateMoss (something of an in-joke, as Creator/WarrenEllis's ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' leading character Jenny Sparks was famously visually based on her). And in issue 5, the magician Alan Crowe looks exactly like Creator/AlanCumming.
* Rasputin in ''ComicBook/CortoMaltese'' is quite obviously modeled after the famous Russian monk of the same name. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in one story, where someone asks the name of the "guy who looks like Rasputin".
* The main character of ''ComicBook/SwitchbladeHoney'', Captain John Ryder, is based on Creator/RayWinstone. The story started out with the idea "What if the [[LondonGangster kind of character]] who Ray Winstone usually plays somehow got to be a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' captain?".
* Creator/JonPolito was cast as Gideon the pawnshop owner in the film of ''Film/TheCrow'' because the character in [[Comicbook/TheCrow the comic]] was modeled on him.
** Eric's physique was modeled on Music/IggyPop.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}}'' comic series, Harold Stonelove, the villain of "The Temple of Boavista", has a striking similarity to Creator/HughLaurie, especially in the flashback to his younger days.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Several comic only characters were based on actors, and even the creator admitted that he mentally casts the characters. Quincy Hemings is Creator/MorganFreeman, Duval is Creator/EddieMarsan, and the leader of the Illuminati is Creator/JudeLaw.
* ComicBook/{{Criminal}}: Last of the Innocent features Creator/WilWheaton as [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown Britannica]] [[{{Expy}} Black]], a former KidDetective who grew into a [[HardboiledDetective Noir-style PI]].
* Wesley and the Fox in ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' are overtly based on Music/{{Eminem}} and Creator/HalleBerry, in what was seen as a deliberate attempt to angle for a film adaptation. In the [[Film/{{Wanted}} eventual film]] the roles ended up being played by Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/AngelinaJolie. Wesley's father bears a resemblance to Creator/TommyLeeJones.
* Creator/MarkMillar's first comic ''Saviour'' focuses on a returned Jesus [[spoiler:who later turns out to be the devil]] that looks like Creator/JonathanRoss.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
** In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheFallingSky'', the Superclones (an army of {{Captain Ersatz}}es of Franchise/{{Superman}}, with a bit of Franchise/GreenLantern thrown in) bear an uncanny resemblance to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
** Previously, ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBlackGold'' had the spy Zerozerosix, which to push [[Film/JamesBond the joke]] further looks like (a skinny) Creator/SeanConnery.
** There is a group of mega-famous bardic singers in ''Recap/AsterixInBritain'' (1966) who look suspiciously like Music/TheBeatles.
** Preposterus in ''Recap/ObelixAndCo'' was [[TakeThat based]] on then French Prime Minister, and later [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance President]], Jacques Chirac.
* Jenny Sparks in ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' is a double for the model Kate Moss.
* Creator/JonathanRoss and Bryan Hitch's series ''America's Got Powers'' is pretty evident with its celebrity likenesses, with Creator/DavidTennant as the head scientist, and UsefulNotes/SarahPalin as a villainous US Sentator, with Creator/EdHarris playing a [=John McCain=] fashioned US President, even before he was cast as [=McCain=] for the TV movie ''Game Change''.
* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'':
** Luke faces a BountyHunter who looks like Creator/LeeVanCleef.
** In one story there is a Creator/AlfredHitchcock bartender -- making a CreatorCameo in a "movie" outside of his own!
** Creator/LouisDeFunes makes an appearance as an irritable little man who mistreats his employees... so pretty much any of his roles.
* ''ComicBook/FromHell'': Inspector Abberline was modelled after Creator/RobbieColtrane. Who amusingly was also in the movie, though Abberline himself was played by Creator/JohnnyDepp.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'', Oscar Rossini is played by Creator/PatrickStewart, who was a big fan of the comic and had been considered as potentially playing Spider Jerusalem in a failed film adaptation project.
* The cast of ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'' are all physically modeled after famous music stars.
** Lucifer - A {{Gender Flip}}ped Music/DavidBowie
** Baal - Music/KanyeWest (It could also be argued that he looks like Music/{{Drake}})
** Sakhemet - Music/{{Rihanna}}
** Woden - A member of Music/DaftPunk
** Baphomet - [[Music/TheSistersOfMercy Andrew Eldritch]]
** The Morrígan - [[Music/TheSistersOfMercy Patricia Morrison]]
** Amaterasu - [[Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine Florence Welch]]
* By WordOfGod, the titular heroine of ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' is basically a feline version of Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter, albeit only in looks in a retroactive way, due to the ArtEvolution Erma has suffered across the years, since she debuted many years before Carter began her career as an actress.
* The IDW comic spin-off of ''Series/DirkGently'' has a Dirk who looks very, very, similar to Creator/DavidTennant. He's also costumed and styled in a way that creates the general impression that IDW were very upset about losing the ''Doctor Who'' comics license and are desperately trying to lure the readers into a new comic.
* In ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'', the Blind Chessplayer is sometimes drawn to look exactly like Creator/RichardEGrant. After one of those occasions, his conversation with Dane in Dulce, Dane outright says that he looked like a well-known actor without mentioning who.
* ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}'': General Carrington is very much Creator/LeeMarvin. Jones looks like Music/WhitneyHouston. Carl Heideger looks like Henry Kissinger. Betty Barnowsky looks like Creator/ShirleyMacLaine.
* ''ComicBook/TransformersVsGIJoe'':
** General Flagg is based on the seminal ''GI Joe'' writer Creator/LarryHama.
** Dr. Venom is Creator/ChristophWaltz, largely due to the [[{{Expy}} similarity of his characterisation]] in this comic to [[Film/IngloriousBasterds one of Waltz's best-known English-language roles]].
** Falcon is a young Creator/SylvesterStallone.
* In the Image SF comic ''ComicBook/VoidTrip'', co-protagonist Ana looks an awful lot like Creator/CaraDelevingne.
* [[ComicBook/StarWarsUnion At least one]] of the plenitude of ''Franchise/StarWars'' spinoff comics appears to have modeled its depiction of Jedi Knight [[BrokenAce Kam Solusar]] on Creator/BruceWillis.
* Creator/RobLiefeld's character Prophet's sidekick Kirby is based, not surprisingly, on Creator/JackKirby.
* The short-lived ComicBook/TheBeano character Robbie Rebel was based on Music/RobbieWilliams.
* The ComicBook/{{Viz}} character Cockney Wanker was based on actor and comedian Mike Reid (best known for playing Frank Butcher in ''Series/EastEnders'').
* Comic adaptations of the Oz series have a tendency to draw Dorothy not as her real actress Judy Garland, but the original casting choice of writer Frank Baum and producer Mervyn [=LeRoy=], Shirley Temple.
* In ''ComicBook/ApamaTheUndiscoveredAnimal'', main character Ilyia and his love interest Vica are modeled after actors Perren Hedderson and Jocelyn Wrzosek, who played their counterparts David and Robyn in the movie ''Film/HeroTomorrow''.
