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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 fourth episode they discuss their favorite and most influential music of the early 1990’s. As you’d expect, there is music a-plenty in this episode.

Bands discussed in this episode: FAITH NO MORE, SLAYER, MEGADETH, GUNS ‘N’ ROSES, GODFLESH, NIRVANA and TYPE O NEGATIVE.

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 third episode they are joined by musician and cartoonist  CASEY ‘NELS’ NELSON, a friend of about equal amount of time, who used to be in the bands POSH and END TRANSMISSION with Matt.  So listen in as the three discuss what it meant to be in a band in 1990’s Minnesota. Of course there is lots of great music by both POSH and ET played throughout the podcast. So enjoy some great 90’s rock!

POSH in the heyday at Cafe Ami. Nels singing and Shloggs (unseen) on drums.

Shloggs rocking the bass in END TRANSMISSSION.

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 second episode they discuss in their humble estimates the best and most influential directors and films of the 1990s.

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 this premiere episode Danno and Matt will be discussing the zeitgeist that are… ZOMBIES!!!

In the 25th(!) episode of the Lutefisk Sushi Podcast host DANNO KLONOWSKI talks with SHAD PETOSKY.  By his own admission, Shad is a “Failed Cartoonist”, but Shad is ANYTHING but a failure. While his cartooning days may be dormant, he has instead co-founded BIG TIME ATTIC (with previous Sushi podcast guests ZANDER CANNON and KEVIN CANNON) from which Shad and Vincent Stall eventually spun-off their own wildly successful interactive entertainment company, PUNY ENTERTAINMENT.  Puny has done a lot of work with YO GABBA GABBA!, Target, and film work such as the opening credits for SUPER.  On top of being the President and Creative Director of PUNY, Shad came out, identifying as queer, and completely changing his personal life.  This is an amazing talk with Shad about the his painful childhood, his confusing adult years, his learning on-the-fly to run a  successful entertainment company, and now being that guy in Hollywood people actually recognize.  This talk is a MUST LISTEN!!!

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.

In the twenty-fourth episode host DANNO KLONOWSKI speaks with Matt Risnes . Despite the fact this podcast is the audio sampling of MN Cartoonists, Matt is in fact NOT a cartoonist, rather Matt is one of Danno’s oldest friends on earth.  In addition to that honor, Matt is an avid film aficionado, as well as a blogger and frequent and sought after film podcast guest who, rather than filling the internet with nerd rage, fills his blog posts and podcast appearances with eloquent logic and critical thinking about the medium of filmmaking.  That in mind, Danno and Matt spend this episode breaking down and discussing their favorite (and least favorite) film adaptations of comic books.  Matt provides the insight into the filmmaking and Danno discusses the ways in which being either faithful or disrespectful of the source material can make or break a film (depending on the film, obviously).

SPOILER ALERTS!!! If you have not seen the recent DARK KNIGHT RISES or AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (and good for you on that one), we discuss key plot points. Other films discussed include: SCOTT PILGRIM vs THE WORLD, BATMAN ’89, The HELLBOY series, the recent Marvel films including AVENGERS, THE CROW, and several more.

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.

In the twenty-third episode host DANNO KLONOWSKI speaks with Milwaukee cartoonist MATT CHIC. In an ever-increasing state of drunkityness our heroes discuss Matt’s NIGHT LIGHT COMICS, the perils of mini-comics, the 200+ page graphic novel EGYPTIAN SHUMBA he’s finishing this year, his cool dad, why Milwaukee ain’t so bad (but their cartooning scene is no Minneapolis), and whether or not Stan Lee is just a misunderstood capitalist. Or something. You are about to hear two men speak from their souls about making comics and stuff.

Interstitial drink refreshment music provided by Chic’s band DADS.

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.

In the twenty-second episode host DANNO KLONOWSKI is joined live for a panel recorded at the recent Springcon in St Paul by JUSTIN SKARHUS of 2D CLOUD, BRAD McGINTY, and previous Sushi Podcast guests ZANDER CANNON, and LUPI McGINTY.  Unlike previous one-on-one creator talks, this episode instead gets rather meta as we discuss the very notion of comic book conventions, what it means to be indie creators tabling fandom shows, and if in this age of interwebs and kickstarters if comic cons are even a relevant outlet and necessity for getting our work to the masses. Since it was recorded live at the con in a ‘room’ made up of cloth partitions there is plenty of ambient con noise, and you, the listening audience, will feel like you were really there!  Thanks to Nick Post and the fine folks at the MCBA for making this possible!

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.

In the twenty-first episode host DANNO KLONOWSKI talks with MN cartoonist MIKE TOFT about his long-running mini-comic series BRAIN FOOD, how the 2010’s raging against the machine is more rewarding than the 1990’s raging, dating your work with timely references that are irrelevant and forgotten just months later, and (with that in mind) we review of THE AVENGERS!

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.

In the twentieth episode host DANNO KLONOWSKI talks with MN cartoonist ZANDER CANNON in-depth about his nearly 20 year career: stealing table space at San Diego Comic Con, discovering what motivates a robot, the joys of piecing together Alan Moore’s mental set designs, and all the exclusive insider dirt on the CHAINSAW VIGILANTE you’ve been craving!

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.