The Playboy Coloring Book

January, 1963

The Playboy Coloring BookIn the wide, and sometimes weird, world of publishing, 1962 may well be remembered as The Year of the Coloring Book. Who before then would have guessed that droves of adults would pay loot for the privilege of seeing their foibles parodied in sprightly facsimiles of children's entertainment? Who indeed but three Chicago advertising copywriters-Marcie Hans, Dennis Altman and Martin A. Cohen-who started the fad with The Executive Coloring Book. To date, it has sold nearly...