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Lutefisk Sushi Volume D? Featured Artist?

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So far in the comments on the post the other day asking for suggestions on what to do as a follow up to BIG FUNNY for next year’s Conspiracy show at Altered Esthetics, it has been unanimous for doing Lutefisk Sushi Volume D.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with our three previous Lutefisk Sushi shows (A B C), they have featured the work of any Minnesota cartoonists who choose to participate (we had 50 last time). The shows are focused around a limited-edition, hand-silkscreened box stuffed full of mini-comics by Minnesota artists.

Whatever form the next show ends up taking, we are looking to have some other folks get involved in putting it together. Email Local Hero Kevin Cannon at Kevin at bigtimeattic.com to volunteer your services.

Each Sushi show has also had a featured artist. We want to figure out who this will be for next year pretty quick so we can feature their work on next year’s Altered Esthetics calendar. Any cartoonist planning on participating in the show can nominate any Minnesota cartoonist they wish to. To do so, email me (webmaster at cartoonistconspiracy.com) their name, and ideally their email address, sometime before August 25th. Please use the header “SUSHI NOMINATION” in your email. I’ll contact the artist, if possible, and see if they are interested. If I can’t contact them, I’ll let you know. We will vote on the  nominated artists who are interested in the near future to determine which one will be the featured artist in the show.

If you think Lutefisk Sushi Volume D is a terrible idea and have another suggestion, now is the time to bring it up in the comments below.

Lutefisk Sushi for Sale Online

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I’m happy to report that we now have Lutefisk Sushi Bento Boxes volumes B and C available for sale online here (or by clicking the below picture). The Lutefisk Sushi boxes feature an enormous quantity of mini-comics by Minnesota cartoonists… around 40 minis in Volume B and around 50 minis in Volume C. You can buy them online for thirty bucks each, which is one hell of a deal.

Both boxes were limited to 150 copies, and both are getting close to being sold out, so if you want one, order soon. They can never be reprinted, so when they are gone, they are gone for good. All profits from the Sushi boxes go to support Altered Esthetics, a wonderful non-profit Minneapolis gallery that we collaborate with.

Note that in addition to the Sushi boxes, you can buy our 2006 and 2007 collections of 24 Hour Comic mini-comics for $10 each.

Low Res Photos of Lutefisk Sushi Volume C Jam Pages

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Although, we haven’t scanned them yet (along with over a year of backlogged monthly Minneapolis jams that will hopefully be posted soon), low-res photos of our jam from Lutefisk Sushi Volume C’s Art-A-Whirl event the other weekend can be seen here. The themes are Art-A-Whirl, bad traffic, zombies and mimes. Thanks to all who showed up and participated in the jam!

Dannovision Tonight (May 23rd)

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If you turn on a teevee device tonight, you may see Danno! Here is what he says about it:

A week ago an old roommate of mine filmed me at AE jabber-jawing about local comics, the Conspiracy, Lutefisk Sushi, and Altered Esthetics itself.

That interview is part of a new CHEAPO sponsored show on the CW23 Friday nights that focuses local music and art and stuff.

Well I just found out thru the miracle of technology, an interview a week ago is a aired segment TONIGHT (Friday).

So if you wanna see me blabber on and on about the same 4 topics over and over, the show airs at 10pm and Midnight on channel 23(the CW–or whatever channel that is on cable/satellite/neuro-transmitters).

Lutefisk Sushi Art-A-Whirl Fun this Weekend

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If you haven’t seen the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C show in Minneapolis yet, this weekend (May 16-18) is a great time to do so. It’s Art-A-Whirl weekend, the biggest art event of the year in Nordeast Minneapolis!

We have some special events this weekend:

Friday night we have My Art School Summer, a feature length animated cartoon made by David and Mary Sandberg. It is showing for free at 8:30 Friday night at Altered Esthetics… if you miss it there you can catch it at The Ritz at 2:00 on Saturday. Note that this cartoon is very much adults-only, and if you are under 18, we’ll have to give you the boot when it starts.

Saturday afternoon, the fantastic Roe Family Singers (who also were nice enough to play at the opening) will be playing from 3:00-5:00 or so.

Many of the artists in the show will be hanging out, drawing and socializing throughout the weekend. There will be jam comics that anyone can participate in. People will also have the opportunity to create animations for the zoetrope Ken Avidor made for the show.

Participating artists will be stopping by at random throughout the weekend, but in addition to that, you can come and meet some of them at specific times, if you’re inclined:

FRIDAY
Vas Littlecrow 5:00-10:00
David Sandberg 8:30-10:00
Mary Sandberg 8:30-10:00
Damian Sheridan 5:00-10:00
Jon Sloan 6:00-10:00
Steven Stwalley 8:30-10:00
Mike Toft 6:00-10:00

SATURDAY
The Roe Family Singers (which includes cartoonists Quillan Roe and Adam Wirtzfeld) 3:00-5:00
Kevin Cannon 12:00-2:00
Zander Cannon 12:00-2:00
Ryan Dow 1:00-?
Mike Sgier 1:00-?
Steven Stwalley 1:30-3:30

SUNDAY
Danno All Day
Peter Groynom 12:00-2:00
August Schwerdfeger 12:00-3:00
Adam Wirtzfeld 12:00-2:00

There are still boxes available at this point, but it is very likely there might not be after this weekend… so if you want one, I strongly encourage you to stop down!

Art-A Whirl hours are:
5-10PM Friday May 16th
12-8PM Saturday May 17th
12-5PM Saturday May 18th

Lutefisk Sushi Volume C
at Altered Esthetics (alteredesthetics.org)
May 1-31
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Regular gallery hours are:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-7
Saturdays 1-5

Lutefisk Sushi Reviewed

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Above: Photo by Tim Sievert from the Puny Entertainment blog.

We just received a rave review for the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C show at the Twin Cities Daily Planet that can be read here.

The word “cartoonist” tends not to be associated with fine art, instead evoking Saturday-morning buffoonery, and not much else. The word “illustrators” might be more respectable, but in this case it would be completely off the mark: the creations on display Friday night romped through a range of visual and narrative styles and subject matter, brimming with creativity and skill.

You can see more photos from the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C opening at the Puny Entertainment blog here.

You can see more photos from the Lutefisk Sushi Volume C opening at the l’etoile magazine blog here.

As has been mentioned here previously, the show will be up all month, with special events during Art-A-Whirl.

Lutefisk Sushi Volume C
at Altered Esthetics (alteredesthetics.org)
May 1-31
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Regular gallery hours are:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-7
Saturdays 1-5

Art-A Whirl hours are:
5-10PM Friday May 16th
12-8PM Saturday May 17th
12-5PM Saturday May 18th


Above: A still from My Art School Summer.

Note that Dave and Mary Sandberg’s cartoon feature film My Art School Summer will be showing in the gallery Friday May 16th at 8:30 (as well as at the Ritz Theater the afternoon of the 17th at 2:00)! Note also that it is adults-only. No one under 18 will be admitted.


Above: Photo by Tim Sievert from the Puny Entertainment blog.

Lutefisk Sushi Opening Wrap (Maki?)

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The Lutefisk Sushi Volume C opening was pretty amazing… the art was fantastic, the gallery was packed like a tin of sardines for hours, and I suspect a fun time was had by all who attended.

If you missed the opening (and The Onion had the date wrong, so I’m guessing many did)… don’t fret! There are still boxes left at this point (although they are going fast… the box is limited to 150 copies). The show will be up all month, with some special events during Art-A-Whirl (May 16-18). Regular gallery hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-7, Saturdays 1-5. Art-A Whirl hours are 5-10PM Friday May 16th, 12-8PM Saturday May 17th, and 12-5PM Saturday May 18th.

A huge collection of photos from the reception is available online at alteredesthetics.phanfare.com. Thanks to John Terwilliger for generously sharing his work! If any of you have links to other photos you’d like to share, we’d love to share them.

KARE 11 and MetroMix interviewed some of us earlier this week, and you can now see that on the MetroMix website here.

Friday was apparently the most profitable evening Altered Esthetics has ever had, so congratulations to all participants on the good work. We don’t really emphasize where the money goes from the bento boxes, but this time around it is going to support Altered Esthetics, which is a fantastic non-profit, community gallery.

And now, some thank yous:

  • Thanks to the Jamie Schumacher and the crew at Altered Esthetics for having us, and for co-curating with us. Jamie has done a phenomenal job with organizing, contacting press, and just about every other possible aspect of the show.
  • Thanks to Kevin Cannon for accepting the honor of being the featured artist, along with the immense workload he took on to do it right… and for handling a lot of other aspects of the show as well, including so much of the really tedious managerial stuff.
  • Thanks to Danno for doing a fantastic job of organizing and hanging the artwork, and doing so much to help with the planning and organizing.
  • Thanks to Shad Petosky at Puny Entertainment for taking the time to once again silk screen the boxes, in spite of the fact that he has less time to spare than anyone I know. Thanks to Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon and Curtis Square-Briggs for helping him!
  • Thanks to the brothers Cannon at Big Time Attic for organizing and storing artwork and boxed, and giving us a welcome space to get this thing together.
  • Thanks to Dan Olson, Mike Toft, Bud Burgy, Matt Kriske, Adam Wirtzfeld for help with the hanging and/or box collating.
  • Thanks to The Roe Family Singers for taking the time to play their beautiful music this Friday, as well as offering to play during Art-A-Whirl.
  • Thanks to Ken Avidor for building the Zoetrope.
  • Thanks to all who helped with promotion… particularly to Nick Postiglione and the MNCBA for passing out 500 postcards at MicroCon the other weekend!
  • Thanks most of all to all the artists who made the box and the event possible!
  • Also, thanks to whoever I am forgetting to thank that I should be thanking… please remember to kick me in the balls.

Unsold art and filthy lucre will need to be picked up from Altered Esthetics at some point after May 31. We’ll keep you posted when we have more info.

Yet more press for tonight’s Lutefisk Sushi Show!

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Tonight’s opening Lutefisk Sushi Show is mentioned in today’s Pioneer Press. Also, the Vita.mn article mentioned yesterday is now in the Star Tribune. We are a front page event pick on the new Metromix site, where I mentioned we will be featured with video footage in the near future… I’ll post here when it oes up. We are also mentioned in this week’s Minneapolis edition of The Onion in the AV section, although I haven’t seen it yet. Boy, Jamie at Altered Esthetics has done a phenomenal job of getting the word out. Thanks, Jamie!

A reminder, if you are participating in the show… PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP PROMOTE IT. It is not too late to do so… the show will be up all month! Please, do feel obligated.