Coloring Book

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The creation and use of fannish coloring books is a somewhat rare fan activity, but nonetheless one that has been in existence for decades. Just like non-fannish coloring books, these print fanworks contain multiple pages of line art drawn by an artist that are meant to be colored in by the buyer.

In recent years, individual line art drawings are also sometimes offered by fanartists online. These images can be digitally edited or printed out and colored in in the traditional way.

The collection of both official and unofficial (usually Chinese or Korean) coloring books is also a collecting activity carried out by anime and manga fans. Desirable books from famous source texts can fetch high prices.

Coloring Communities

• colourme_hp, Harry Potter (2005–2010)
• spn_color, Supernatural (2006–2007)
• fandom_in_color, panfandom (2007–2008)
• spn_colorme, Supernatural (2013–2017)

List of Coloring Book Zines

• Beauty and the Beast: A Coloring Book (1991)
• The Bizarro Coloring Book (B7 cartoons by Leah Rosenthal, 1991)
• The Capture Coloring Book (Star Trek: TOS, 1976)
• City on the Edge of Whatever Coloring Book (Star Trek: TOS)
• Collingsports (Dark Shadows cartoons by Sherlock)
• The Hobbit Coloring Book
• The Horizon B7 Colouring Book
• The Incredible, Amazing, Colossal, Do-It-Yourself (With a Friend's Help) Tarot Deck-Coloring Book Affair (multimedia) (1975)
• Patrick Stewart Coloring Book
• Pet Peeves (Forever Knight) (1995)
• Restal's Rules of Order (Blake's 7) (1989)
• Star Trek Archives Coloring Book (1975)
• Tales of Eroica Coloring Book
• Law & Order: An Adventure to Color (2003)
• Watch_Dogs: The Unofficial Fan Art Adult Coloring Book (2018)
• We Love Trash (circa 2017)
• A Nice and Accurate Colouring Zine (Good Omens) (2020)
• Storyteller: A Genshin Impact Coloringbook Zine (Genshin Impact) (2021)