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Allan Heinberg

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About Me

ALLAN HEINBERG wrote and co-created YOUNG AVENGERS for Marvel Comics (with artist Jim Cheung), re-launched WONDER WOMAN for DC Comics (with artists Terry and Rachel Dodson), and co-wrote JLA: CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE with Geoff Johns (art by Chris Batista). His television writing and producing credits include THE NAKED TRUTH, PARTY OF FIVE, SEX AND THE CITY, GILMORE GIRLS, THE O.C., and currently GREY'S ANATOMY.

My Interests

All things pop: music, comics, TV and film.

I'd like to meet:

"Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away."
-- Dinah Maria (Mulock) Craik (1826-1887)

Music:

ABBA, Paul Alan, The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Badfinger, Bee Gees, Bleu, Jonatha Brooke, Caedmon's Call, Carpenters, Bill Champlin, Gary Clark, Shawn Colvin, Crowded House, Danny Wilson, Andy Davis, Neil Finn, Randall Goodgame, Amy Grant, Andy Gullahorn, Joel Hanson, Katie Herzig, John Hiatt, The Honeydogs, Jars of Clay, Jellyfish, Matthew Perryman Jones, Nik Kershaw, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Allison Krauss, John Leventhal, Kenny Loggins, Jeff Lynne, Kirsty MacColl, Aimee Mann, Max Martin, Rob Mathes, Sandra McCracken, Michael McDonald, David Mead, George Michael, Harry Nilsson, Andrew Osenga, Owsley, David Pack, Ben Parker, Michael Penn, Andrew Peterson, Sam Phillips, Eddi Reader, Kim Richey, Tommy Sims, J.D. Souther, Dusty Springfield, Starfield, Lewis Taylor, Mike Viola, Derek Webb, Geoffrey Williams, Heinz Winckler, XTC.

Movies:

The Celebration, Gallipoli, The Iron Giant, His Girl Friday, Holiday, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Lady Eve, The Last Picture Show, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Meet John Doe, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, My Beautiful Laundrette, Once, The Opposite of Sex, Ordinary People, The Philadelphia Story, The Red Shoes, The Royal Tenenbaums, Sense and Sensibility, Shaun of the Dead, Tootsie, Y Tu Mama Tambien.

Television:

Brideshead Revisited, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Friday Night Lights, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Moonlighting, My So-Called Life, The Office (UK), The Office (US), Picket Fences, Project Runway, Queer as Folk (UK), Spaced (UK), Thirtysomething, Veronica Mars.

Books:

Margaret Atwood, Alan Bennett, Wendell Berry, Robert Boswell, A.S. Byatt, Peter Cameron, Truman Capote, Michael Chabon, Russell T. Davies, Neil Gaiman, Winnie Holzman, Nick Hornby, Geoff Johns, Hanif Kureishi, Tony Kushner, Anne Lamott, Brad Meltzer, Donald Miller, Alan Moore, Lorrie Moore, Antonya Nelson, Tom Perrotta, Dawn Powell, Robert Riskin, Carol Shields, J.D. Salinger, Tom Stoppard, Brian K. Vaughan.

Heroes:

Michael Chabon, Russell T. Davies, Neil Finn, Geoff Johns, Winnie Holzman, Max Martin, Alan Moore, Dawn Powell, Robert Riskin, J.D. Souther, Dusty Springfield, Preston Sturges, Derek Webb, Ed Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz.

My Blog

Take a look at this

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Posted by Allan Heinberg on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:44:00 PST

Fanboy Radio Podcast on WONDER WOMAN and YOUNG AVENGERS

Hey, guys,Scott and Oliver and Britta at www.fanboyradio.com very generously shared an hour of their time with me this past Sunday chatting about WONDER WOMAN and YOUNG AVENGERS, among other things. ...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:36:00 PST

WONDER WOMAN and WORD BALLOON

Hello, everyone!I just wanted to let you know that not only is WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL 1 on sale today, but the very kind John Siuntres has just posted our recent conversation about WW, the future of YOUN...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:16:00 PST

"The Ringing Bell"

Hey, everybody,My friend and hero, singer/songwriter Derek Webb has just released his brand-new, brilliant record, THE RINGING BELL, and it's pure, Beatle-esque pop pleasure. Jason Killingsworth at P...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:01:00 PST

WIZARD Interview on YOUNG AVENGERS

Hey, everybody,The very kind Robert Taylor has just published our brief interview discussing the first "season" of YOUNG AVENGERS. Hope you enjoy it.http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/0011...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:51:00 PST

Entertainment Weekly.com reviews WONDER WOMAN 1

Hey, everybody,A friend of mine just let me know that Ken Tucker at www.ew.com has this to say about WONDER WOMAN 1:"... the first issue of the relaunched Wonder Woman has storytelling velocity to bur...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 06:38:00 PST

YOUNG AVENGERS wins GLAAD MEDIA AWARD

Hey, guys,I just had to share: the kind and brave folks at GLAAD have officially named YOUNG AVENGERS their Outstanding Comic Book of the Year:http://www.glaad.org/media/release_detail.php?id=3896Gr a...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:17:00 PST

Publishers Weekly WONDER WONDER Interview

For those of you who can't get enough of the amazing Amazon, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY was kind enough to post this recent interview:http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6341182. htmlThanks again,Heinberg...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:53:00 PST

New WONDER WOMAN Interview on CBR

Hey, everybody! The very kind Robert Taylor at CBR just posted our recent conversation about WONDER WOMAN. For those who are interested:http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.c gi?id=7484The...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:05:00 PST

ON WRITING (for what it's worth)...

Hey, everybody,I've received several emails asking for advice on writing and thought I'd post the links to an interview I did last year with Tim Leong from comicfoundry.com (a terrific online magazine...
Posted by Allan Heinberg on Fri, 26 May 2006 07:58:00 PST