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If you check out this podcast on the regular, you know that for the most part, we're fans of all kinds of art. Comics, animation, illustration, concept and fine art, sculpting... It doesn't matter, we dig it all.
And that's what makes a chat with Coro Kaufman so apropos. He digs it all, too. This guy is proficient in so many different areas, he's got it covered from the rooter to the tooter, as we say here.
Other than being an amazing concept artist and painter, designing t-shirts, CD covers and art directing for Massive Black, one of the most exciting art production studios in the entertainment business—he's now on the precipice of adding published comic book creator to his resume.
If you know anything about Coro, you know that he co-founded Massive Black with his buds back in 2005. Since then, MB has become a complete juggernaut in the video game and film industries. Much of the ideation, crafting and finished production you see in today's most popular games comes from them.
In between all the work for clients Coro and Co. have done over these last five years, he started writing and drawing a graphic novel in his spare time (we say comic book). It's called Transient and it began as his modest attempt at a sequential art story dealing with the homeless. I say modest because it's grown to almost 200 pages long (just...damn).
In the interview, we spoke to Kaufman about his continued progress with Transient and about his gig as a concept artist and art director for Massive Black.
He also opens up about his early life as a graph kid painting murals on the streets of El Paso, TX where he grew up, living life today in San Francisco and being the "art monkey" he confesses to be (a man after our own hearts).
- SWAIN
**Below are various images from El Coro. Some Transient stuff, potraits, random pics and what have you.
Pardon my french but....FUCK YEAAAAAHH! I absolutely LOVE Coro! Though I never met him (hopefully one day *crosses his fingers*), one can tell he's a great guy. And I really admire him as an artist (I fucking LOVE his work)!
So I guess what I'm trying to say here is...THANK YOU for bringing him on here. You ALL rock!!
(RE: Luka, I'm inclined to agree...we DO rock! Kidding!
Coro is awesome for sure. Glad you're excited, my man. - S)
Posted by: Luka Arh | November 28, 2010 at 12:01
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Finaly we get to see some Coro!
I hope the rest of the Massive black team will follow up.
(RE: Pong, I'm definitely a Wes Burt fan too, so hopefully. - S)
Posted by: Pong | November 28, 2010 at 13:44
Awesome interview duuudes :O
(RE: To the distinguished artist and fellow podcaster, Dave Rapoza---thanks, man! - S)
Posted by: Dave Rapoza | November 28, 2010 at 15:40
Awesome,entertaining and just too damn funny, I enjoyed a lot!
I was waiting for this one for awhile and a huge thanks for doing this guys! keep it up!
Posted by: Simon W | December 01, 2010 at 10:54
Great interview guys!
(RE: Thanks, Shawn. - S)
Posted by: shawn | December 02, 2010 at 08:40