When Les Paul broke his arm in a car accident, he had it set at an angle so he could keep playing his music. That's what real is. It's what you do, not who you say you are.

Jeez, just because Robert Zimmerman changed his name and assumed a persona doesn't make him a fictional person. It makes him a bard. It's the music that's real or not.

Ask Alan Moore if his god is authentic. Then ask him if his god is real.