Colouring Book Theater: Dune (Part 2)

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It's been entirely too long since I did an entry for Colouring Book Theater (coincidentally, if anybody wants to send in a Superhero Mall appearance, I'd be your friend) so I thought I'd do some new ones for 2013.

The original Dune entry proved to be one of the most popular entries I've done here at PS so another visit to Arrikas (I had to look that up) is in order.

I am fascinated with Dune merchandise, we didn't get action figures from Last Starfighter but there were little six inch versions of Sting clogging the clearance aisles alongside incredibly phallic sand worms.

Anyway, this book is even more discordant than the last a "coloring and activity" book, it tries to be rather endearing to it's reader, which makes it even more sublime. More after the jump:

Can you find the hidden cookie? Were there cookies in the Dune future? There is no mention of them in the film, I'm thinking that's why everybody is so turgid in the film, it's a future where the art of confection has been lost.


I'm guessing the good people at Grosset and Dunlop had their work cut out for them and they started to grasp at straws while pouring through the stills. This can be evidenced by the amount of times that the Duke's pug appears in this thing. I forgot he had a dog but clearly the one thing this book wants you to know is, the (oddly happy looking) Atreides family wuvs their puppy...oh yes they do....




Lots of attempts here to make the characters of Dune more appealing to kids, this "Thurfir" is smart? Oh he's the C3PO of the film, perfect!

Can't wait to break out the crayons on this. Honestly, this is the closest you'll come to coloring a picture of your great grandparents, I can't think of an utterly less color-able subject...

Oh yeah.





This book is also great for "ridiculous depictions of Patrick Stewart" which actually makes it way, way better. If it were nothing but strange drawings of him, it would be considered a national treasure.

Next Week: Doctor Who returns!




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[cjefferys]

Oh yeah, I own and treasure these Dune books, they are just so odd and unlikely.

[palitoy]

Oh yeah, I own and treasure these Dune books, they are just so odd and unlikely.

I have to think that somebody, somewhere knew this was going to be a stinkburger. They tried hard to market it to kids but it's just so repellant...

[HardyGirl]

Wow, it's been too long since I sent you any coloring book pics! Gotta go to the closet and dig more out!

[palitoy]

That would be most welcome.

[Figuremod73]

The coloring book section is one of my favorite parts about PS. Please keep them coming!
I wish that many of the books from the 60s - '80s were archive, but so far I have seen very few places that have them.

I clean them up on occasion, print them out, and color. I need to get some paper that is a little closer to what they actual used in coloring books for that authentic feel though.

[Earth 2 Chris]

That's so awful it's fantastic. I'm honestly not sure I ever made it all the way through Dune. I smelled a snore-fest even at 10 years old.

Chris

[UnderdogDJLSW]

This is full of awesome. I like the Xmas tree and bottle hidden in the robe.

[cjefferys]

Sure, the first picture shows a fork, a tree and a cookie, but where the hell is the Guild Navigator??

[ctc]

>They tried hard to market it to kids but it's just so repellant

I wonder if what was happening was the exact opposite/inevitable recourse of now. These came out around the "comics 'aint just fer kids!!!" phase, the direct to video sci-fi/horror boom, stuff like that.... and I kinda think there was ashifting of gears going on with the execs. People like all or nothing; either sci-fi IS for kids, or it's not; and the early 80's were a marketing boom time for kids' stuff so maybe there was an attempt to sandwich EVERYTHING into that mold?

Don C.

[acrovader]

Apart from it being sci-fi, where did the producers ever think this movie would appeal to children. I saw it when it came out when I was 10. I thought the movie was slow, weird, gross, confusing, ugly, nightmarish, and unintentionally funny. Suffice to say, I ended up loving the movie (for all the wrong reasons). Action figures was pushing it, but coloring books!?!?! Sheesh. Lol.