Len Wein
Len Wein (/ˈwiːn/; born June 12, 1948) is an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.
Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.
Biography
Early career
In a 2003 interview, Len Wein recalled that he "was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age seven, my dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. And I was hooked. When my eighth grade art teacher, Mr. Smedley, told me he thought I had actual art talent, I decided to devote all my efforts in that direction in the hope that I might someday get into the comics biz."
Approximately once a month, as a teenager, Wein and his friend Marv Wolfman took DC Comics' weekly Thursday afternoon tour of the company's offices. Wolfman was active in fanzine culture, and together he and Wein produced sample superhero stories to show to the DC editorial staff. At that point, Wein was more interested in becoming an artist than a writer. In a 2008 interview, Wein said his origins as an artist have helped him "describe art to an artist so that I can see it all in my own head", and claimed he "used to have artists, especially at DC, guys like Irv Novick and a few of the others, who would come into the office waiting for their next assignment and ask [editor] Julie Schwartz, 'Do you have any Len Wein scripts lying around? He's always easy to draw.'"
Wein, Len Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2014, role: actor , character name: Congresman Davis
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2012, role: writer
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Writer
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2006, role: writer
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1999, role: writer
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1994, role: writer
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1990, role: writer
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1989, role: writer
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1989, role: actor , character name: Corpse #3
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1982, role: writer
Famous quotes by Len Wein:
Lean On
Into Your hands I commit my spirit
Into Your heart I place mine
Into Your will I submit all I am
As I let go peace I find
And while the background is falling
You'll find the place I can stand
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention
Lean on every word You utter
Into Your hands I submit my troubles
Into Your world I'll unfold
And with Your strength I'll replace my weakness
As I lie down, You restore my soul
And while the background is falling
You've found the place I can stand
(In Your heavens, I will )
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention
Lean on every word You utter
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention
Lean on every word You utter
And while the background is falling
You've found the place I can stand
(In Your heavens, I will )
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention
Lean on every word You utter
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention
Lean on every word You utter
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention
Lean on every word You utter
Lean on Your understanding
Lean on everything You say
Lean on divine intention