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Marvel Adult Coloring Books: Next Series Of Marvel Comics Adult Coloring Books Coming This Fall

By Heather Tooley

From the archive: published Mar 5, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.

A second batch of Marvel Comics adult coloring books are set to be released later this year. Fans of the superheroes can relax and use their artistic skills while experiencing the Marvel Universe in an exciting way!

Marvel’s press release announced that more adult coloring books featuring its “most iconic characters, stories, and artwork” are on their way. The adult coloring books will have fun illustrations that pack “action, power, excitement, and adventure.” The only thing Marvel coloring books need is fans!

“The Adult Coloring Book market has become a pop-culture phenomenon,” says Marvel’s SVP of Sales and Marketing, David Gabriel. “With Marvel’s first wave of Adult Coloring Books, fans added their own personal style to classic Marvel stories- and now, with our latest editions coming this year, fans will be able to bring their personal artistic style to some of Marvel’s most recent and epic events.”

What adult coloring books will Marvel Comics offer? According to the release, Color Your Own: Women of Power, is 120 pages and will be released in September 2016. The cost is $9.99.

The strength and power in the women of Marvel will come to life as color is added to the pages. Images in this adult coloring book will boast some of the mightiest leading heroines of the Marvel Universe.

Color Your Own: Doctor Strange is set for release in October 2016. The number of pages and price isn’t included in the press release. It’s “featuring some classic and contemporary depictions of the master of the mystic arts, as he traverses the visually awe-inspiring world of the enchanted.”

Finally, Color Your Own: Star Wars is also set for release in October 2016. This will bring great imagination in what can be colored in a galaxy. A variety of hues and shades can be utilized to complement the adventures of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Darth Vader, and an additional cast of characters presented from Marvel Comics.

Bustle stated that other Marvel Comics adult coloring book will be out in 2016. They include: Color Your Own: Civil War, due out April 8, and Color Your Own: Little Marvel due out on June 21.

If you’re wondering what the best colored pencils are for adult coloring books, check out this Inquisitr article here.

Another Inquisitr article here reveals the best markers to use for adult coloring books.

CNN touched on the benefits of adult coloring books and how it’s become one of the most popular recreational hobbies in pop culture.

The American Art Therapy Association explains that art therapy is a mental health profession in which the process of making and creating artwork is used to “explore feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, develop social skills, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety and increase self-esteem.”

In essence, adult coloring books provide this type of release for people who enjoy grabbing a colored pencil or marker, and go to town coloring pages of intricately designed images.

Marygrace Berberian, a certified art therapist and the Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Graduate Art Therapy Program at NYU, argues that coloring in adult coloring books isn’t quit the same thing as an art therapy session.

“Coloring itself cannot be called art therapy because art therapy relies on the relationship between the client and the therapist,” Berberian says.

Several studies have shown that adult coloring books provide a means of relieving stress and maximizing relaxation.

There are countless types of adult coloring books that people can enjoy. Many are detailed designs of flowers, mandalas, birds, gardens, and other subject matters. The Marvel Comics adult coloring books are just another example of how much the trend has expanded.

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