Marvel to Publish a Maximum Ride-Themed Adult Coloring Book

By Maryann Yin 

James Patterson marvel coloring book (GalleyCat)Marvel will publish a new adult coloring book called Color Your Own James Patterson! The inspiration behind this project comes from the two Max Ride comic series.

The stories for those comics were adapted from Patterson’s young adult fantasy series, Maximum Ride. The publication date of the adult coloring book has been scheduled for 2016.

According to the press release, the book features “the soaring adventures of the ‘flock’ – Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel – a group of ordinary teenage kids. They are the product of genetic tampering that has given them extraordinary abilities, but their lives quickly morph into a living nightmare as they try to escape their creators and defend themselves from half-human, half-wolf ‘Erasers.’ Along the way Max discovers her purpose – saving the world – but can she?”