This essay proposes the term “miss-representation” (travestissement) to describe the process whereby a given medium takes itself as subject while lying about itself, its uses and its techniques. This self-reflexive procedure is especially common in the domain of comics. Starting with the analysis of a famous drawing by Joost Swarte, the author comments on the main characteristics of miss-representation before moving on to examine the narrative hypothesis of a comic book hero self-aware of being a “professional hero”.