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In the 1960s, Adult Coloring Books Were Radical Texts
- symkat 11y agoThe 'Executive Coloring Book' they show some images from seems to be 'A Coloring Book For Lawyers' here: http://pdf.textfiles.com/posters/lawyercoloringbook.pdf http://pdf.textfiles.com/posters/lawyercoloringbook.pdf - pretty fun to look through.
- isolate 11y ago> How many buttons does your phone have? Mine has five.
- colanderman 11y agoThis is of course will ring most familiar to HN readers: http://thecomputerboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/programmers-coloring-book.pdf http://thecomputerboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/progra... La plus ça change…
- coroxout 11y agoI was hoping this would be something like the Fortran Coloring Book (link below) - although it is indeed funny to see what remains the same 40 years later. http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~kaufman1/FortranColoringBook/ColoringBkCover.html http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~kaufman1/FortranColoringBook/Colori...
- digi_owl 11y agoMakes me think about the "for dummies" series of books.
- sandworm101 11y agoLol. I had something very different in my head re "Adult" colouring book. Perhaps, "colouring books for adults".
- ScottBurson 11y agoAh, if you'd read the article you would have seen a link to a Cunt Coloring Book [0]. [0] http://www.amazon.com/Cunt-Coloring-Book-Tee-Corinne/dp/0867193719 http://www.amazon.com/Cunt-Coloring-Book-Tee-Corinne/dp/0867...
- rrss1122 11y agoIt's just the continued infantilization of adults.
- benologist 11y agoColoring in for adults is actually surfacing as a popular app niche too - https://play.google.com/store/search?q=coloring%20books%20for%20adults https://play.google.com/store/search?q=coloring%20books%20fo...
- geon 11y agoI like the Security Bell.