Color Your Own Spider-Man
Published by Marvel; various artists
Rating: 5 of 5
In this latest coloring book by Marvel in their “Color Your Own” series, Spider-Man is the character whose comic series is highlighted. The coloring book contains the associated characters from the series that I would hope to see. There are also mock-up pages from the front of comic books and even pages which include dialog boxes.
The designs are highly detailed with small and intricate areas to color. The designs are done by a large group of individuals. Interestingly, though there are many different styles represented, the book is still a great cohesive presentation of the series. There is a heavy use of black in the designs which doesn’t bother me but may be an issue for others.
This is what I found while coloring in the book and testing the paper with my coloring medium:
59 designs based on the comic Spider-Man
Printed one side of the page
Paper is white, medium weight, slightly rough and perforated
Glue Binding
The designs stop at the perforations
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through the paper to some degree
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page
Colored pencils work well with the paper. I tested both oil and wax based with good results. I could get good pigment due to the rough tooth of the paper. I could layer the same and multiple colors easily and blend well using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils can leave dents through the paper.
I use and suggest others use a blotter page behind the working page (if you don’t remove pages from the book to color.) I use card stock but a couple of sheets of heavy weight paper work well, too.
Here are some sample photos from the book:
In this latest coloring book by Marvel in their “Color Your Own” series, Spider-Man is the character whose comic series is highlighted. The coloring book contains the associated characters from the series that I would hope to see. There are also mock-up pages from the front of comic books and even pages which include dialog boxes.
