The fictional man, paperback/al ewing

Funny, whipsmart, profound and moving, The Fictional Man is a worthy successor to Ballard or Dick by best-selling comics icon Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk) Whats it like, not being real? In LA, where todays star is tomorrows busboy, discarded Fictionals - characters spun into flesh-and-blood by genetic engineering and hypnogogic brain-training - are everywhere.

Screenwriter Niles Golans therapist is a Fictional.

So is his best friend.

So (maybe) is the woman in the bar he cant stop staring at.

Its getting so you cant tell whos real and whos not.

Niles isnt completely sure how real he is.

About author(s): Al Ewing is best known for his work in comics, writing Immortal Hulk and Loki: Agent of Asgard for Marvel, as well as Judge Dredd and Zombo for the British comic 2000 AD .

He has also written a number of novels for Abaddon Books, including the El Sombra trilogy.