Downtime Halloween Bold and Easy Trick or Treat

This one puts you right at the door, over and over, as another small crowd shows up in costume. Fifty pages cycle through the familiar cast — pirates, witches, astronauts, a dinosaur or two, someone dressed unmistakably as a slice of pizza — arranged one to five at a time on porches strung with lights and pumpkins. The lines stay thick, the shapes stay simple, and the candy bags and pillowcases give you plenty of room to work without hunting for detail. Nothing here is trying to be spooky; the mood is closer to a doorbell ringing on a mild October evening than anything with teeth. It suits a kid working through a fresh box of crayons just as well as an adult who wants an easy, cheerful half hour, and with a color test page to sort out your palette first, you can get straight to answering the door.