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DANNO KLONOWSKI is a cartoonist, film reviewer for THE DAILY ROTATION, and podcaster. MATT  RISNES is a noted film blogger and podcast guest. They have been friends for nearly 20 years and like talking about stuff at length and in-depth.  In the 20th episode of the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR we discuss our feelings/thoughts on the MAN OF STEEL.

But first, some ONE HITTERS on: Alan Moore’s SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING. Danno’s thoughts on the first two STAR TREK FILMS, JACK REACHER, and OBLIVION. Matt pipes in about THE PURGE, AFTER EARTH, and KAYNE WEST. We wrap-up with thoughts on WORLD TRADE CENTER and OLIVER STONE, and the horrible decline of SASHA BARON COHEN.  Then it’s on to some VIEWER MAIL. Thanks to RYAN COLLER, ANDY LUNN, and RAFE GUTTMAN for their thoughts.

After the (quick) break Matt and Danno get into a SPOLIER-IFFIC review over MAN OF STEEL for about an hour. Matt is pro. Danno is KHAAAAANNNNN!!! (Well, it’s not that black and white). So for an hour-filled of SPOILERS of MAN OF STEEL keep on a’listenin’!

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In the over 10 YEARS of the INTERNATIONAL CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY (Cell: #0001 Mpls) literally hundreds of cartoonists have come and gone. Some come for just a night, some stay for months and years and become an integral part of the Conspiracy. SEAN TENHOFF was one of those latter cartoonists from about 2004-2006/7…and then he ghosted! In the 29th episode of the Lutefisk Sushi Podcast host DANNO KLONOWSKI sits down with the Phantom Tenhoff and they catch up, rabbit hole, and eventually get to meat of the man. So learn all about Sean’s cartooning career–from his squandered early success to walking away from an insanely popular webcomic– THE BEAN MEAN.  And everything in-between! And whether he’ll ever return one day…  Finally, HERE is The never-really-but-kinda-completed BEAN MEN animated short Sean made!

Oh, for some reason the last couple of minutes of this episode didn’t save, so it abruptly cuts out. Don’t worry, we got all the important content in, we just didn’t get to say goodbye. So, GOODBYE! (Listen to the episode first!)

The Lutefisk Sushi Podcast is sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY, the ALTERED ESTHETICS GALLERY, and BIG TIME ATTIC.  The Lutefisk Sushi Podcast is a STAPLEGENIUS.COM(cast) production!

DANNO KLONOWSKI is a cartoonist, film reviewer for THE DAILY ROTATION, and podcaster. MATT  RISNES is a noted film blogger and podcast guest. They have been friends for nearly 20 years and like talking about stuff at length and in-depth.  In the nineteenth episode of the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR we discuss our TOP 10 MOVIE SCORES & SOUNDTRACKS!

BUT FIRST: Lots of news and VIEWER MAIL!!! Big thanks to listeners RAFE GUTTMAN, SEAN TENHOFF, ANDY LUNN, BUD BURGY, and DALE ROY for all their thoughts and conversation starters! In fact the Viewer Mail sends us down many a rabbit hole talks including HENRY ROLLINS, BEOWULF, HANNIBAL, and much more. Then it’s on to some quick ONE HITTERS!

After the break we get into our individual favorite TOP 10 favorite film scores and soundtracks: the works of JOHN WILLIAMS, THE CROW, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, the LOTR/HOBBIT, T2, FARGO, SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER, and UNCUT, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, A MIGHTY WIND, REPO MAN, SWINGERS, MANHUNTER, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, the DARK KNIGHT trilogy scores, THE LIFE AQUATIC, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, INCEPTION, and HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER 2.

In the 28th episode of the Lutefisk Sushi Podcast host DANNO KLONOWSKI is joined by not only cartoonist, but legitimate teacher of cartooning at MCAD, Mr ROBERT ‘Bob’ ALGEO! In what ends up being a 3 HOUR CONVERSATION, we spend hour one meandering down different comic and pop culture rabbit holes. In hour two we finally move on to Bob’s comics, unfortunately the first comic discussed is “30” which is all about comic and pop culture rabbit holes. FINALLY in hour 3 we get to some more of Bob’s comics, his process, his involvement in curating the upcoming AUTOPTIC and Danno finally asks the question we’ve all been wondering: “Why the HELL didn’t you guys just call it MIX?!?!?!”

Oh, and if you are one of Mr Algeo’s students–pay close attention. There will be homework!!!

The Lutefisk Sushi Podcast is sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY, the ALTERED ESTHETICS GALLERY, and BIG TIME ATTIC.  The Lutefisk Sushi podcast is a STAPLEGENIUS.COM(cast) production

DANNO KLONOWSKI is a cartoonist and podcaster. MATT  RISNES is a noted film blogger and podcast guest. They have been friends for nearly 20 years and like talking about stuff at length and in-depth.  In the eighteenth episode of the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR we find our heroes, in a infrequent turn, actually being able to see a film together and then podcast about after. Unfortunately the film we saw was FAST 6 (or FURIOUS 6 or whatever it’s called).  We didn’t have to time to do a full episode, this is just a 40 minute quickie on said film. And even though this is the Wayne Gale Variety HOUR and is only 40 minutes, we’ll still be billing your insurance for a full session.

In the 27th episode of the Lutefisk Sushi Podcast host DANNO KLONOWSKI is joined LIVE at Springcon 2013 by Mpls (and now world-wide) indie darling KEVIN CANNON and prolific industry legend RON MARZ!

In front of an audience of literally up to one person(!) we discuss both creators works, why superheroes will never evolve, and, most importantly the theme of our panel: the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE of comics!!! THE PAST: Buying comics at newsstands to buying them at legit comic stores to the nearly Boom-and-Bust of the industry in the 90’s thanks to things like the direct market. THE PRESENT: The Bust has leveled out store numbers, but the growth in popularity of both collected editions and e-book comics are putting the thumb to monthly comics and stores once again. THE FUTURE: The Singularity.

It’s a fun talk and really appreciate both Ron and Kevin for doing it! BUT REMEMBER:  This was recorded live at a comic book convention, so ready yourself for the lovely and ambient sound of convention nerd noise!

The Lutefisk Sushi Podcast is sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY, the ALTERED ESTHETICS GALLERY, and BIG TIME ATTIC.  The Lutefisk Sushi podcast is a STAPLEGENIUS.COM(cast) production

DANNO KLONOWSKI is a cartoonist and podcaster. MATT  RISNES is a noted film blogger and podcast guest. They have been, and always shall be, friends for nearly 20 years and like talking about stuff at length and in-depth as they live long and prosper.  In the seventeenth episode of the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR Matt, by some miracle brought on by the INTO DARKNESS debacle, has finally watched, embraced, and fallen in love with the original STAR TREK casts’ 6 films (something Danno did 27 years ago). That’s right listeners: this episode is hard sci-fi TREK TALK!!!

BUT FIRST! We address a Viewer Mail and plug Danno’s return to doing the LUTEFISK SUSHI PODCAST in addition to the WGVH cast. Then it’s onto One Hitters, including: Matt pushing the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN album “One of Us is the Killer”, JACK REACHER, the new WOLVERINE and RIDDICK trailers, DARKMAN (and the Sam Raimi Experience), discussing the death of 3D, THE GREAT GATSBY (which Danno endured), THE PROPHETS OF SCIENCE FICTION on Netflix, RIDLEY SCOTT,  and finally our insane  wanting for MAN OF STEEL to come out RIGHT NOW, DAMMIT!!!

After a musical break by your friend and mine, The SHAT, it’s straight into SPOILER-IFFIC talk about STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (if you want to skip spoilers they run from 52:15 to 1:37:0. That’s right! Nearly 45 minutes on INTO DARKNESS, 20 minutes of which are Danno Nerd-Raging and Matt barely getting a word in edge-wise, if you can believe that! Danno also often brings up the Butterfly Effect of JJ Abrams ST universe, but after two Sierra Nevada Torpedos can’t pronounce ‘butterfly’ and just refers to it as a ‘Kutchner Effect‘. Also during the rest of the ST chat random STID spoilers are just thrown out there without warning. Just FYI.). After that we discuss the Original Casts’ first six STAR TREK films and Danno schools Matt a bit on the history of the Trek universe and making of the films. Finally–again by some MIRACLE!!!—thanks to these films Matt has finally embraced the Gene Roddenberry/Carl Sagan dream for all humanity. Kirk Out.

AND WELCOME BACK TO THE LUTEFISK SUSHI PODCAST!!!

After doing only one episode in the past 365 days, this is the first episode of what I’m hoping will be the returning and reoccurring LUTEFISK SUSHI PODCAST! (There will still be the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR too, so worry not, loyal listeners!) I’m so hoping to get back on this Sushi train that I am officially dubbing this the start of SEASON 2 of the LUTEFISK SUSHI PODCAST, ergo new theme music, new episodes, and same old great content!

So, we open season 2 essential where we left off a year ago with host DANNO KLONOWSKI speaking ONCE AGAIN with Milwaukee cartoonist  MATT CHIC. Unlike LAST YEARS 2.5hrs of drunk rambling, we stay focused and under an hour this time and mostly discuss the creative process behind Chic’s 200+pg graphic novel EGPYTIAN SHUMBA (which a year ago was a penciled but just barely inked baby, but is now already in it’s 3rd printing!), and what both our processes are in tackling projects this large. We also discuss the bullshit of juried comic shows, we cry foul on people who table conventions but only sell prints of characters they didn’t create, why HIGH FIDELITY is a great film but probably shouldn’t be watched in certain emotionally vulnerable states lest it cut too deep, and much more!

WELCOME BACK!!!

The Lutefisk Sushi Podcast is sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY, the ALTERED ESTHETICS GALLERY, and the NORDEAST COMICS SUMMIT.  The Lutefisk Sushi podcast is a STAPLEGENIUS.COM(cast) production.

DANNO KLONOWSKI is a cartoonist and podcaster. MATT  RISNES is a noted film blogger and podcast guest. They have been friends for nearly 20 years and like talking about stuff at length and in-depth.  In the sixteenth episode, along with some thoughts by listener ANDY LUNN, Matt and Danno give their thoughts and predictions on the already upon-us SUMMER OF FILM 2013!!!

But right off the bat we open with some Viewer Mail, including a show suggestion we WILL do by MARK CARROLL, along with his accurate theory on THE LORDS OF SALEM, and then more TLOS talk by 3rd host RAFE GUTTMAN, which of course will blow your mind– oh, and we discussed TLOS at length last episode, so that’s what’s that’s all about.

Then it’s onto One-Hitters: Matt did a bit of his own homework at Danno’s bequest and watched the streaming-on-Netflix-so-you-can-decide-for-yourself about their split call on IRON SKY (to answer Matt’s  question of “WHO IS THIS MOVIE FOR?” Answer: Danno). Matt re-evaluates DJANGO UNCHAINED and reviews PAIN & GAIN. Then Danno, having not seen UNFORGIVEN since he was a snot-nosed teen and THE DEVILS REJECTS since its opening day–and DETESTED them both!!!–reevaluates them years later which leads into a chat about Mr. Eastwood. Then we have a vehement chat about Zack Braff’s KICKSTARTER, and finally, with less much less enthusiasm, we discuss a few other things.

After the best break song ever, Danno and Matt bust into: THE SUMMER 2013 MOVIE PREVIEW!!! After a SPOILER-IFFIC discussion of IRON MAN 3 (which runs from about 54:00 to about 1:22:00  if you want to skip–that’s right, 30 minutes on IRON MAN 3!!!), Matt breaks down the summer films by release date, whereas Danno had gone to the trouble of ranking summer films. Either way, lots of films are discussed, including: WORLD WAR Z, THE WORLD’S END, THE LONE RANGER, PACIFIC RIM, ELYSIUM, MAN OF STEEL, STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, FAST 6, KICK-ASS 2, THE WOLVERINE, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, RIDDICK, ALAN PARTRIDGE IS IN ALPHA PAPA, and many, many, many more.

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DANNO KLONOWSKI is a cartoonist and podcaster. MATT  RISNES is a noted film blogger and podcast guest. They have been friends for nearly 20 years and like talking about stuff at length and in-depth.  In the fifteenth episode, along with some thoughts by listeners RAFE GUTTMAN and ANDY LUNN, your hosts tackle DANNO’S HORROR HOMEWORK: Where Danno watched for the first time GRAVEYARD SHIFT, PHANTASM 2, FROM BEYOND, and Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN 1 & 2.

BUT FIRST! We open with some grousing about our unpaid second jobs as Internet Content Providers. Also: loudly discussing hot-button political issues of the day in public places and why that’s probably a bad idea. We then move onto the recent film releases THE LORDS OF SALEM, and OBLIVION, as well as the HANNIBAL TV series, our thoughts on some recent trailers and some other junk. Then it’s onto the HORROR HOMEWORK! Enjoy!

(Oh…and about the IRON SKY poster in the picture above: Danno meant to bring it up in One-Hitters but forgot. Luckily this gives Matt time to watch it too for a discussion in the next episode! How’s that for a cliffhanger?!?!)