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{{Short description|American animated film festival}}
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'''Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation''' is a presentation of award-winning [[Animation|animated short films]], annually touring throughout [[Movie theater|theaters]], [[Film festival|film festivals]] or [[Campus|college campuses]] in the [[United States]].
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==Background==
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The festival premieres annually in the La Jolla (Village) neighborhood seated in [[San Diego|San Diego, California]] then tours to theatres, film festivals, and college campuses currently in about a dozen North American cities.


'''Spike & Mike's''' is a collection ("festival") of short animated films which annually tours theaters, film festivals, and college campuses in [[North America]]. It was founded in 1977 by Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble.
* The Festival of Animation, later renamed the Classic Festival of Animation, was the original format, started in 1977, and continued into the early 2000s.
* The Festival of Animation, later renamed the Classic Festival of Animation, was the original format, started in 1977, and continued into the early 2000s.
* The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation started in 1990 and ran alongside the original festival (which was renamed the Classic festival in this context), becoming the sole festival in the early 2000s as the Classic festival was phased out.
* The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation started in 1990 and runs alongside the original festival (which was renamed the Classic festival in this context), becoming the sole festival in the early 2000s as the Classic festival was phased out.
* The New Generation Animation Festival was introduced in February 2010, and is a new show that is distributed along with the Sick and Twisted. "For years now I've had films that didn't quite fit into the Sick and Twisted category, films that are more sophisticated and artistic but at the same of high production value, over-the-top humorous and really an introduction on what's new on the pop cult landscape.
* The New Gen (Generation) Animation Festival was introduced in February 2010, and the latest show distributed along with the Sick and Twisted. "For years now I've had films that didn't quite fit into the Sick and Twisted category, films that are more sophisticated and artistic, - high production value, over-the-top humorous and really an introduction on what's moving into the pop cult landscape." - Spike


==History==
The festival is presented annually in La Jolla and then tours to theatres, film festivals, and college campuses in about a dozen North American cities.
Mellow Manor Productions, Inc. was founded by Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble, known as "Spike & Mike" in [[Riverside, California]] in the 1970s as a means of promoting rock bands and special screenings of horror films as well as movie classics. It was named after Riverside's notorious Victorian house "The Manor" where Spike, Mike, and many others lived in a communal set. The Manor was the original flagship and production house of the Festival. After spending mid-1977 giving out flyers for the ''[[Fantastic Animation Festival]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/spike-mike-cartoon-fest |title=Parkway Theater |date=14 January 2022 |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418144544/https://theparkwaytheater.com/all-events/spike-mike-cartoon-fest |url-status=live }}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2024}}</ref> they focused on presenting a flight of animated films and booking the Festival of Animation in venues across the country, which eventually becoming a 50 city tour.


The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation began in 1990 at Wheeler Auditorium at UC Berkeley. This is an unrated, adult version of the regular program mainly featuring satyric, non sequitur and gross-out cartoons. In the Festival's early days, Spike and Mike took the stage, introduced the films in ringmaster style. {{convert|3|foot|meter}} balloons were volleyed into fan seating before showtime to burn off street energy. The reel header was flanked by a bagpipe and drum battle march over a cartoon of Spike's Scottish Terrier on screen wreaking havoc on the titles. The dog took the stage and was driven to shred objects.
== History ==
Mellow Manor Productions, Inc. was founded by Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and Mike Gribble, popularly known as “Spike & Mike". Mellow Manor is named after the famed Victorian house in Riverside where Spike, Mike and many others lived in a communal setting. Although Mike Gribble died from cancer in August 1994, Spike continues to produce touring theatrical festivals of animated short film collections.


Before the Festival of Animation, it was difficult to see independent, experimental, and foreign animation. Spike and Mike went on yearly worldwide film hunting expeditions. They signed on animation from the National Film Board of Canada, CalArts, Sheridan, Royal College of Art, Annecy, Zagreb, Hiroshima, Ottawa and select studios active among the art-house scene that did not have a public venue. In the 1990s, Spike and Mike screened early films from animators including [[Nick Park]], [[Marv Newland]], [[Tim Burton]], [[Barry Purves]], [[John Lasseter]], [[Andrew Stanton]], and [[Will Vinton]].
Decker and Gribble began by founding Mellow Manor Productions, Inc. in [[Riverside, California]] in the 1970s as a means of promoting rock bands and special screenings of horror films as well as movie classics. After spending the summer of 1977 giving out flyers for the Fantastic Animation Festival, they decided to focus on presenting packages of animated films themselves, known as the Festival of Animation (now called "Classic Festival of Animation") in venues across the country.


The shows have toured in theaters, film festivals such as (Cannes, Sundance, Annecy), college campuses, and dynamic events such as the Vans Warped Tour, the Winter X Games, ComiCon, and with the nu-metal band [[Korn]].
The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation began in 1990 at Wheeler Auditorium at UC Berkeley. This is an unrated, adult version of the regular program mainly featuring gross-out cartoons. In the Festival's early days, Spike and Mike would take the stage and introduce the films. Frequently Spike’s dog "Scottie" would take the stage and be driven to shred just about anything (up to the size of a two man inflatable raft) by the audience cheers and applause.


In the 1990s, Spike and Mike produced two annual tours - both Classic and Sick and Twisted - but by the early 2000s, the Classic Festival of Animation was entirely phased out by Sick and Twisted Festival.
Initially, Spike and Mike produced the Classic Festival and later both the Classic and Sick and Twisted simultaneously. But by the early 2000s, the Classic Festival of Animation was put on hiatus in favor of the Sick and Twisted Festival. Spike and Mike's New Gen Show was created in place of the Classic Festival to show films that did not fit into the category of "sick and twisted".


A select set of the short films in the festival were produced at Mellow Manor, some partially and others in-full. Artists' conceptualized or unfinished elements were often accepted for financial and pipeline assistance in completing production. Some stages of an artist's production were contracted out for specialized work.
Before the "Festival of Animation" it was difficult to see independent, experimental, and foreign animation. Spike and Mike went on yearly world-wide film hunting expeditions. They signed-on animation from the National Film Board of Canada, Cal Arts, Sheridan, Royal College of Art, Annecy, and select studios active amongst the art-house scene that did not have a public venue. This Festival has come to be known as ''destination avant garde''. In the 1990s Spike & Mike screened early films from such animators as [[Nick Park]], Marv Newland, [[Tim Burton]], [[Barry Purves]], [[John Lasseter]], Andrew Stanton, Will Vinton, and more.


Mike Gribble died from cancer in August 1994, and Spike would continue to produce touring theatrical festivals of animated short film collections.
The shows have toured in theaters, film festivals such as (Cannes, Sundance, Annecy), college campuses, and dynamic events such as the Vans Warped Tour, the Winter X Games, and with the nu-metal band Korn.


In November 2023, [[Skybound Entertainment]] announced that it had acquired the festival and has plans to revitalize it.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wu|first=Valerie|title=Skybound Entertainment Acquires Historic Animation Festival Spike & Mike's With Plans for Revival|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/spike-mike-animation-skybound-entertainment-1235780118/|website=Variety|date=November 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skybound Entertainment Relaunches Iconic 'Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation'|url=https://www.awn.com/news/skybound-entertainment-relaunches-iconic-spike-mikes-festival-animation|website=Animation World Network|first=Dan|last=Sarto|date=November 4, 2023}}</ref>
Initially, Spike and Mike produced the Classic Festival and later both the Classic and Sick and Twisted simultaneously, but by the early 2000s the "Classic Festival of Animation" was phased into hiatus by the "Sick and Twisted Festival." The Festival (meaning the current show) premieres a new cavalcade of cinema fantastic annually. Spike & Mike's "New Generation Animation" was created in place of the Classic Festival to show films that did not fit into the category of "sick and twisted."


==Contributors==
== Popular contributors ==
In the 1990s, Spike and Mike showed work from animators such as [[Craig McCracken]], Miles Thompson, [[Danny Antonucci]], Dave Smith, Steve Fonti, Craig Kellman, Mike Judge and many more. Several films under Spike and Mike's Mellow Manor Productions were funded either partially or entirely from concept to completion (such as Mike Judge's first Beavis and Butthead films). Working beyond their initial projects, many of these artists have become prominent in the industry and independent creatives, commercial artists, painters, screenwriters, and designers. Several notables and their work have gone on to be nominated for or won [[Oscars]], [[Emmys]], [[Annie Awards]], and other honors.
In the 1990s, Spike and Mike showed work from animators such as [[Craig McCracken]], Miles Thompson, [[Danny Antonucci]], [[Benjamin Gluck]], Dave Smith, [[Steven Fonti|Steve Fonti]], [[Craig Kellman]], and [[Mike Judge]]. Several films under Spike and Mike's Mellow Manor Productions were funded either partially or entirely from concept to completion (such as Mike Judge's first ''Beavis and Butthead'' films). Working beyond their initial projects, many of these artists have become prominent in the industry and independent creatives, commercial artists, painters, screenwriters, and designers. Several have become nominated for or won honors including [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], [[Emmy Awards|Emmys]], and [[Annie Awards]].


*[[Danny Antonucci]] (creator of ''[[The Brothers Grunt]]'' and ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]''): ''[[Lupo the Butcher]]''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/116275|title=Spike & Mike Twisted Animation Festival Nov. 22 in Cambridge MA|website=PR.com|access-date=2020-12-15|archive-date=2021-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508202244/https://www.pr.com/press-release/116275|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2024}}</ref>
Before the ''Festival of Animation'' it was difficult to see independent or foreign animation. Spike and Mike found animation from the Canada National Film Board and CalArts that did not have a public venue. In the 1990s they screened early films from such animators as [[Nick Park]], Marv Newland, [[Tim Burton]], [[John Lasseter]], Andrew Stanton and Will Vinton.
*[[Don Hertzfeldt]]: ''[[Ah L'amour]]'', ''[[Genre (animated film)|Genre]]'', ''[[Lily and Jim]]'', ''[[Billy's Balloon]]'', ''[[Rejected]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bitterfilms.com/balloon.html|title=billy's balloon|website=www.bitterfilms.com|access-date=2020-12-15|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126023648/http://www.bitterfilms.com/balloon.html|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bitterfilms.com/rejected.html|title=rejected|website=www.bitterfilms.com|access-date=2020-12-15|archive-date=2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214235423/http://www.bitterfilms.com/rejected.html|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bitterfilms.com/genre.html|title=genre|website=www.bitterfilms.com|access-date=2020-12-15|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806031947/http://www.bitterfilms.com/genre.html|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bitterfilms.com/lilyjim.html|title=lily and jim|website=www.bitterfilms.com|access-date=2023-02-16|archive-date=2022-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819110017/http://bitterfilms.com/lilyjim.html|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2024}}</ref>

Spike and Mike would sometimes fund films to be shown in their festivals. After [[Mike Judge]]’s first ''[[Beavis and Butt-head]]'' became popular with the Sick and Twisted crowd, Spike and Mike funded his next shorts and brought other animator's creative concepts to the big screen.
*[[Mike Judge]] (creator of ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' and ''[[King of the Hill]]''): "''[[Frog Baseball]]''", and "[[Peace, Love & Understanding (Beavis and Butt-head)|''Peace, Love & Understanding'']]"<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Bill Plympton]]: ''[[Your Face]]'', ''25 Ways to Quit Smoking'', ''Nose Hair'', ''[[Guard Dog (film)|Guard Dog]]'' and ''Eat''<ref name="auto"/>

*[[Craig McCracken]] (creator of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'', and ''[[Kid Cosmic]]''): ''No Neck Joe''<ref name="auto"/>
=== Prominent animators and contributions ===
*[[Marv Newland]]: ''[[Bambi Meets Godzilla]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/spike-of-spike-and-mikes-sick-and-twisted-festival-of-animation-talks-about-his-late-partner-and-cartooning-in-the-digital-age-7091414|title=Spike of Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation Talks About His Late Partner and Cartooning in the Digital Age|first=Danny|last=Gallagher|website=Dallas Observer|access-date=2020-12-15|archive-date=2020-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027160521/https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/spike-of-spike-and-mikes-sick-and-twisted-festival-of-animation-talks-about-his-late-partner-and-cartooning-in-the-digital-age-7091414|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/animation-outlaws-film-review-spike-and-mike-sick-and-twisted-1234707867/|title='Animation Outlaws': Film Review|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=July 16, 2020|access-date=December 15, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209235025/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/animation-outlaws-film-review-spike-and-mike-sick-and-twisted-1234707867/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Danny Antonucci]] (creator of ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]''): ''[[Lupo the Butcher]]''
*[[Matt Stone]] and [[Trey Parker]] (creators of ''[[South Park]]''): ''[[The Spirit of Christmas (short film)|The Spirit Of Christmas]]''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Don Hertzfeldt]]: ''[[Ah L'amour]]'', ''[[Genre (animated film)|Genre]]'', ''[[Lily and Jim]]'', ''[[Billy's Balloon]]'', ''[[Rejected]]''
*[[Nick Park]] (creator of ''[[Wallace And Gromit]]''): ''[[Creature Comforts]]'', ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'', ''[[A Close Shave]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/12/17/20088663/film-review-spike-and-mike-s-festival-of-animation-1996|title=Film review: Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation (1996)|date=December 17, 1996|website=Deseret News|access-date=December 15, 2020|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130095005/https://www.deseret.com/1996/12/17/20088663/film-review-spike-and-mike-s-festival-of-animation-1996|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Mike Judge]]: ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'': "[[Frog Baseball]]", "[[Peace, Love & Understanding (Beavis and Butt-head)|Peace, Love & Understanding]]"
*[[Breehn Burns]] (creator of ''[[Lone Sausage|Dr. Tran]]''): ''Beyond Grandpa''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Bill Plympton]]: ''[[Your Face]]'', ''[[25 Ways to Quit Smoking]]'', ''Eat''
*[[Craig McCracken]] (creator of ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''): ''[[No Neck Joe (series)|No Neck Joe]]''
* Kenn Navarro (creator of ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'')<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Eric Fogel]] (creator of ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]''): ''Mutilator''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Marv Newland]]: ''[[Bambi Meets Godzilla]]''
*[[John Lasseter]] (director of ''[[Toy Story]]'', ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' and ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''): ''[[Luxo Jr.]]'', ''[[Red's Dream]]'', ''[[Tin Toy]]''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[John R. Dilworth]] (creator of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''): ''The Dirdy Birdy''
*[[Andrew Stanton]] (director of ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' and ''[[WALL-E]]''): ''A Story'', ''Somewhere in the Artic''<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Matt Stone]] & [[Trey Parker]] (creators of ''[[South Park]]''): ''[[The Spirit of Christmas (short film)|The Spirit Of Christmas]]''
*[[Pete Docter]] (animator, director, and writer of ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'', ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' and ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]''): ''Winter'', ''Palm Springs'', ''Next Door''<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Nick Park]] (creator of ''[[Wallace And Gromit]]'')
* [[Alison Snowden]] and [[David Fine (filmmaker)|David Fine]] (creators of ''[[Bob and Margaret]]''): ''[[Bob's Birthday]]''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Breehn Burns]] (creator of ''[[Dr. Tran]]'')
*[[Kenn Navarro]] (creator of ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'')
* [[Benjamin Gluck]]: ''Man’s Best Friend''
* [[John A. Davis]] (director of ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'' and ''[[The Ant Bully (film)|The Ant Bully]]''): ''Nanna & Lil' Puss Puss''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Gregory Ecklund]] (creator of the ''Lloyd's Lunchbox'' series)
* [[Chris Wedge]] (director of ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]'', ''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]'' and ''[[Epic (2013 film)|Epic]]''): ''[[Bunny (1998 film)|Bunny]]''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Eric Fogel]] (creator of ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]''): Mutilator
* [[Will Vinton]]: ''[[Closed Mondays]]''<ref name="auto"/>
*Racer Max Warner (creator of Lenny & Fred: Pretend Censored and Random! Cartoons): Fred's World
*[[John Lasseter]] (director of ''[[Toy Story]]''): ''[[Red's Dream]]'', ''[[Tin Toy]]''
* [[Tim Burton]] (director of ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' and ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''): ''[[Vincent (1982 film)|Vincent]]''<ref name="auto"/>
* [[Barry Purves]]: ''Screenplay''
*[[Andrew Stanton]] (director of ''[[Finding Nemo]]''): ''A Story''
* [[John R. Dilworth]] (creator of ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''): ''The Dirdy Birdy''
*[[Patrick Smith (artist)|Patrick Smith]] (director of ''[[Daria]]'')
* [[Frederic Back]]: ''[[Crac]]''<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Barry Purves]] (animator, director, and writer of ''Screen Play'')
*[[Pete Docter]] (animator, director, and writer of ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'', ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''): ''Winter'', ''Palm Springs'', ''Next Door''
* [[Brad Bird]] (director of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'', ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''): ''[[Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]''<ref name="auto"/>
* Brad Ableson (co-creator of ''[[Good Vibes (American TV series)|Good Vibes]]'' and ''[[Legends of Chamberlain Heights]]''): ''[[Save Virgil]]''
*[[Jim Lujan]] (animator, director, and writer, founder of ''Ghettomation'')
*[[Lance Kramer]] (animator and director of ''[[Futurama]]'')
*[[Shane Acker]] (creator of ''[[9 (2005 film)|9]]'')
*[[J. G. Quintel]] (creator of ''[[Regular Show]]'')
*[[Ben Gluck]] (animator and director of [[Man's Best Friend (1998 short film)|''Man's Best Friend'']],''[[Alpha and Omega (film)|Alpha and Omega]]'')

== List of Shorts ==

=== Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation ===

==== Volume 1 ====
*1. HOW TO KISS (Bill Plympton, USA)
*2. SNOOKLES (Juliet Stroud/CalArts, USA)
*3. PRIMITI TOO TAA (Ed Ackerman/Colin Morton, Canada)
*4. THE THING WHAT LURKED IN THE TUB (David Wasson, USA)
*5. A STORY (Andrew Stanton/CalArts, USA)
*6. FEET OF SONG (Erica Russell, UK)
*7. CHARADE (Jon Minnis/Sheridan College, Canada)
*8. THE HILL FARM (Mark Baker/National Film & Television School, UK)
*9. WESTERN (Gabor Homolya/Pannonia Film, Hungary)
*10. PARTICLE DREAMS (Karl Sims, USA)
*11. WINTER (Pete Docter, USA)
*12. LEA PRESS-ON LIMBS (Chris Miller, USA)
*13. [[BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA]] (Marv Newland, USA)
*14. TANGO (Zbigniew Rybczynski, Poland)

==== Volume 2 ====
* JEAN JEAN AND THE EVIL CAT (Walter Santucci, USA)
* LICENSE TO KILL (Teresa Lang, Canada)
* LA PISTA (Gianluigi Toccafondo/Simona Mulazzani, Italy)
* ADAM (Peter Lord/Aardman Animations, UK)
* NEGATIVE MAN (Cathy Joritz, USA)
* SINGING DING-A-LINGS (Lance Kramer, USA)
* THE LOG (C. Kushnirov, USSR)
* NEXT DOOR (Pete Docter, USA)
* CREATURE COMFORTS AT HOME (Aardman Animations, UK)
* THE STREETSWEEPER (Serge Elissalde, France)
* VISIONS FROM THE AMAZON (Nancy Kato, USA)
* AMORE BACIAMI (Oliver Harrison, UK)
* GRASSHOPPERS (Bruno Bozzetto, Italy)
* MANIPULATION (Daniel Greaves, UK)
* PANSPERMIA (Karl Sims, USA)
* THE BIG FAT WORLD OF SCIENCE (Mike Wellins, USA)
* DINKO'S DAY (Michael Cahchuela, USA)
* CREATURE COMFORTS (Nick Park, Aardman Animations, UK)

==== Volume 3<ref>http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/collections/search-detail?call=V3800</ref> ====
*SCREENPLAY (Barry J.C. Purves, Great Britain, 11 min.)
*FRANNIES CHRISTMAS (Mike Mitchell, USA, 1993, 2 min.)
*STREETSWEEPER (Serge Elissalde, France, 1990, 6 min.)
*DIRDY BIRDY (John R. Dilworth, USA, 1994, 7 min.)
*BLINDSCAPE (Stephen Palmer, Great Britain, 1993, 8 min.)
*THE MONK AND THE FISH (Michael Dudok De Wit, France/Holland, 1994, 6 min.)
*IDDY BIDDY BEAT BOY (Mo Willems, USA, 1993, 5 min.)
*BRITANNIA (Joanna Quinn, Great Britain, 1993, 8 min.)

==== Cutting Edge Classics ====
*1. An Old Story (1:20) Zohar Shahar
*2. Brother (8:00) Adam Elliot - Australian Film Critics Award for Best Australian Short Film
*3. Drink (4:30) Patrick Smith
*4. Hello, Dolly (3:00) Mariko Hoshi Winner of the Special Jury Prize- Leonard Prix 2000 (Parma, Italy)
*5. Iddy Biddy Beat Boy (4:30) Mo Willems
*6. Insect Poetry (6:00) Marilyn Zornado
*7. Little Milosh (3:30) Jakub Pistecky-Best Canadian Film at the Student Animation Festival of Ottawa
*8. Pigeon and the Onion Pie (3:30) Wholesome Products
*9. Snowman (5:00) Lane Nakamura
*10. Cane Toad (3:55) David Clayton and Andrew Silke
*11. Maakies (4 titles) (4:00) Tony Millionaire
**a. Drinkie Crow Gets A Job
**b. Uncle Gabbie Sees Some Rats
**c. Tar Trap
**d. Uncle Gabbie and Drinkie Crow On Vacation
*12. One Day A Man Bought A House (7:00) Pjotr Sapegin
*13. Mons The Cat (5:30) Pjotr Sapegin
*14. Stubble Trouble (4:00) Calabash Animation
*15. It's My Life (3:20) Natalia Berezovaya
*16. Balance (7:40) Christophe and Wolfgang Lauenstein (1989 Academy Award winner) for Best Animated Short
*17. Ropedancers (8:00) Raimund Krumme
*18. Semper Idem (8:00) Joachim Bode

=== Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation ===

==== Volume 1 ====
*HOW MUCH IS THAT WINDOW IN THE DOGGIE (John Callahan)
*PINK KOMKOMMER (Marv Newland/Paul Driessen)
*HONKY PROBLEM ([[Mike Judge]])
*BLADDER TROUBLE (Webster Colcord)
*DISCOVERIES (Dan Smith)
*THANKS FOR THE MAMMARIES (Cindy Banks)
*DOGPILE (Miles Thompson)
*[[Beavis and Butt-Head]] IN PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING ([[Mike Judge]])
*MUTILATOR (Eric Fogel)
*QUIET PLEASE (Mike Grimshaw)
*ONE MAN'S INSTRUMENT (Max Bannah)
*DOWN BEAT DOWAGER (DNA Productions)
*LULLABY (Ken Bruce)
*BULIMINATOR (Teddy Newton and Craig Kellman)
*DEADSY (David Anderson)
*PERFORMANCE ART STARRING CHAINSAW BOB (Brandon McKinney)
*SPEEDBUMP THE ROADKILL POSSUM (Harrison Powers Transmissions)
*LUPO THE BUTCHER ([[Danny Antonucci]])

==== Volume 3<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/title/spike-mikes-sick-twisted-volume-3/oclc/224518779</ref> ====
*Puke a pound --
*No neck Joe --
*Gun, zipper, snot --
*Empty roll --
*Hut sluts --
*Rick the Dick in hospital hell --
*Wastes away --
*Phull phontal phingers --
*The birth of Brian --
*Dirty birdy --
*I never ho'd for my father --
*Adam's other rib --
*Phuk yew --
*Home, honey, I'm high --
*Lloyd loses his lunch.

==== Volume 5 ====
*dreamboy - chris romano (4:45)
*the booby trap - dna productions (4:00)
*bambi meets godzilla - marv newland (2:00)
*karate Dick boys - brian bress (3:00
*Sick & twisted Special Games - steven fonti (6:00)
*slick's Magnum .44 - Bob King (1:50)
*Horndog - Sean Mullen (2:00)
*Doodie.com - Tom Winkler (6:30)
*coco, the junkie pimp - pete metzger (3:30)
*lloyd in 'how to get pronged' - Steven Fonti (3:00)
*Jurassic fart - kendall Smith (3:05)
*Hole in One - Dave Smith (3:00)
*Smoking - Neil Ishimine (3:00)
*Devil Went Down To Georgia - Mike Johnson (4:35)
*Sloaches Fun House - Clayboy Enterprises (2:53)

==== Volume 6<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/title/spike-mikes-sick-twisted-volume-six/oclc/748294689</ref> ====
*No neck Joe III / Spike & Mike, DNA Productions (5:30) --
*Beyond grandpa / Breehn John Burns, Jason Johnson (3:45) --
*Chicken coup / Johnny Turco (2:10) --
*Fast driver / Nick Gibbons (4:00) --
*Merry Christmas grandma / Greg Kovacs (2:30) --
*Home, honey, I'm higher: what you should know about drugs / Spike & Mike, Matt Davis, Dan Dudley (5:00) --
*Legend of Raggot / Ring of Fire Productions (3:45) --
*Radioactive crotch man / Nick Gibbons (2:30) --
*Tongue twister / Collideascope Digital Productions, Sean Scott (2:20) --
*Yes, Timmy, there is a Santa Claus / Steven Fonti (2:50) --
*Dog pile / Miles Thompson (2:00) --
*Dog pile II / Miles Thompson (0:40) --
*Beyond grandpa II / Spike & Mike, Breehn John Burns, Jason Johnson (4:00) --
*Wrong hole / Mark Oftedal (5:25) --
*Swing sluts / Spike & Mike, Brett Johnson (6:00) --
*Billy's balloon / [[Don Hertzfeldt]] (5:20).

==== Volume 7<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/title/spike-mikes-sick-twisted-volume-seven/oclc/61215865</ref> ====
*Spike intro '99 --
* Boris the dog --
* Stinky monkey --
* Grimm's Humpty Dumpty --
* Big top asshole --
* Beat the brat --
* Tyson --
* Brian's brain --
* Rick & Steve --
* Monkey vs robot --
* Lloyd's lunchbox --
* Scout's honor --
* Ghost of Stephen Foster --
* Bowlin' fer souls.

==== Sick and Twisted 1997<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/title/spike-mikes-sick-twisted-festival-of-animation/oclc/50592790</ref> ====
* 01. Scotty Opener 0:55
* 02. No Neck Joe 1:13
* 03. No Neck Joe II 0:56
* 04. Dumb, Big, Fat, Stupid, Baby 2:00
* 05. Baby's New Formula 3:59
* 06. How to Make Love to a Woman 5:15
* 07. Rick the Dick in Tye-Died Dick 7:17
* 08. Shindler's Fist 0:27
* 09. Jurassic Fart 3:00
* 10. Dogpile 1:34
* 11. Horndog 2:55
* 12. Brian's Brain 3:42
* 13. The Cat, The Cow, and The Beautiful Fish 2:38
* 14. Finger Food 2:13
* 15. Slaughter Day 1:06
* 16. Petey's Wake 1:43
* 17. Dogpile II 0:20
* 18. Oh, Crappy Day 2:23
* 19. Triassic Parking Lot 3:17
* 20. Spaghetti Snot 1:21
* 21. Chainsaw Bob in a Cult Classic 4:35
* 22. Stubbs 2:59
* 23. Lloyd's Lunchbox 2:33
* 24. Wrong Hole 5:04
* 25. Gun, Zipper, Snot 1:05
* 26. Empty Roll 1:15
* 27. Hot Sluts 3:27
* 28. Rick the Dick in Hospital Hell 4:20
* 29. Wastes Away 2:14
* 30. Phull Phrontal Phingers 6:03
* 31. The Birth of Brian 5:07
* 32. Home Honey I'm High 3:04
* 33. Lloyd Loses His Lunch 2:29
* 34. Illusion of Life 2:34
* 35. Lloyd's Lunchbox III 3:25

==== Full Frontal ====
*1. Happy Tree Friends Mondo Mini Shows, Hide and Seek (1:24)
*2. Happy Tree Friends Mondo Mini Shows, Chip Off The Old Block (2:00)
*3. Happy Tree Friends Mondo Mini Shows, Crazy Antics (1:12)
*4. The Challenge to Death (3:40) Juan Pablo Zaramella
*5. Choke Spot Choke (2:00) Brice Beckham
*6. Eat (9:00) Bill Plympton
*7. Cubism (2:50) Jason Baskin
*8. Harry Pothead and The Magical Herb (3:20) Los Primos Productions, Directed by Julio Calderon *& Roger Campo
*9. Horned Grandma (1:30) Dave Foss
*10. 1300 cc (9:37) Directed by Eoin Clarke, A Bermuda Shorts Production
*11. New Advances in Medicine (:30) Plympton
*12. Happiness Is Licking the Frosting (:35) Bill Plympton
*13. Timmy’s Lessons in Nature (2:45) Co-Directors: Mark Simon & T.J.
*14. The Ultimate Blow Job (:25) Bill Plympton
*15. How to Grab a Woman’s Breast (1:00) Bill Plympton
*16. The Death of Jackson Pollack (:40) Bill Plympton
*17. Maakies (1:40) Tony Millionaire
*18. Pass it On (2:40) Chad Strawderman
*19. Pickle’s Day Out (2:50) Marc Wilson & Robert Darling
*20. Roofsex (1:30) PES
*21. Lloyd in “How to get Pronged” (3:35) Greg Ecklund
*22. Rejected (9:30) Don Hertzfeldt
*23. Beyond Grandpa (3:45) Breehn Burns & Jason Johnson
*24. Bambi Meets Godzilla (2:00) Marv Newland
*25. Coco, the Junkie Pimp (3:30) Pete Metzger
*26. No Neck Joe II ( 4 Best of) (4:00) Craig McCracken
*27. Doodie.com (6:30) Tom Winkler
*28. Karate Dick Boys (3:00) Brian Bress
*29. Dreamboy (4:45) Chris Romano
*30. Slicks Magnum .44 (1:50) Bob King

==== Caught in the Act! ====
*1. Spike and Mike Intro
*2. Refrigerator Art: My Family
*3. Quack Off
*4. Hippie Juice
*5. The Legend of Raggot
*6. Grimm's Humpty Dumpty
*7. Beat the Brat
*8. Rip Wack
*9. Stinky Monkey
*10. Pornoless
*11. Proper Urinal Etiquette
*12. Schindler's Fist
*13. Love that Pussy
*14. Le Tresor du tetard sale (Treasure of the Salted Tadpole)
*15. Happy Tree Friends: Milkin' It
*16. Boris the Dog
*17. My First Boner
*18. Rez-Erection
*19. Here Comes Dr. Tran
*20. Spike and Mike Exit

==== Unprotected! ====
* No Neck Joe in Tennis Anyone?, The Hickey, Ultimate Death Match, Girlfriends, The Turtle(5:30) Craig McCracken
* Sickcom (5:00) Robert Steven Rhine
* Coco the Junkie Pimp: Revenge of the Junkie Pimp (6:03) Pete Metzger and Michael Comas
* A Hungry Sailor (1:35) [[Tony Millionaire]]
* A Battle at Sea (1:25) [[Tony Millionaire]]
* Fast Driver (4:00) Nick Gibbons
* Home Honey, I’m Higher (5:00) Dan Dudley
* Swing Sluts (6:35) Brett Johnson
* Tongue Twister (2:20) Sean Scott
* Gack Gack (6:40) Hochschule fur Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf"
* Five Fucking Fables (7:00)Signe Baumane
* Teach Me (7:30) Karl Wills
* Stickgirl (2:05) Bruce Simpson
* Ninjews (5:21) Josh Bass
* Beyond Grandpa II (4:00) Breehn John Burns and Jason Johnson
* Peepshow (1:17) Debbie Bruce and Natalie Repp
* Hangnail (1:47) Shane Acker
* Lupo the Butcher (3:00) Marv Newland
* Heavy (5:10) Kellie McGregor

==== Contagious ====
*1. Spike and Mike Intro - Mighty Fudge
*2. Doggie Style - Andrew Park
*3. Bar Flies - Greg Holfeld
*4. How To Tell A Woman's Sexual Preference - Bill Plympton
*5. Fly Boy - Eric Merola
*6. Slaughter Day - Webster Colcord
*7. Cat Ciao - Sam Chen
*8. Pubic Hair Transplants - Bill Plympton
*9. Dumb, Big, Fat, Stupid, Baby! - David Donar
*10. Baby Hunter - Toby Grauberger
*11. Puke A Pound - Cindy Banks & Dave Smith
*12. Beauty Secrets: Dimples - Bill Plympton
*13. The Uncle Sam Show - Chris Crossland
*14. Rick The Dick In Hospital Hell-Zac Mayo & Fernella Boys
*15. The Boy Who Could Smell The Future - Kurt Nellis
*16. Tightened Airport Security - Bill Plympton
*17. Dog Pile - Miles Thompson
*18. Dog Pile II - Miles Thompson
*19. Mr. J. Russel - Wouter Sel
*20. I Just Returned From Japan - Bill Plympton
*21. Hot Sluts - Spike And Mike
*22. Mule Dick - Nick Childs
*23. Home, Honey, I'm High - Kevin Kalliher
*24. Bust Developer - Bill Plympton
*25. Mama, I'm A Thug - Tim Lujan
*26. Horn Dog - Sean Mullen
*27. Lobster Shmobster - Dave Quion
*28. Lloyd Loses His Lunch - Gregory Ecklund
*29. Lloyd's Lunch Box III - Gregory Ecklund
*30. The Two Minute Itch - Eric Favela
*31. Empty Roll - Miles Thompson
*32. Lucky - Nancy Su
*33. Frog - Chris Conforti
*34. Spike And Mike Exit - Mighty Fudge

==== Twisted 2002 ====
* Intro: Spike speaks.
* Behind the Music That Sucks
* Timmy's Lessons in Nature
* Nanna and lil puss puss: Love That Pussy
* Harry Pothead and the Magical Herb
* Eat: Bill Plympton
* Maakies
* When Chickens Attack
* Of Mice and Men and Mama Cass
* Thank You, Mask Man
* Bad Phone Sex
* Fuck Her Gently Tenacious D
* Pornoless
* Snow White
* Choke, Spot, Choke
* Ah! L'amour Don Hertzfeldt
* Rejected - Don Hertzfeld


== See also ==
== See also ==
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{{Portal|Film}}
* [[International Tournée of Animation]], also popular in the late 80s-early 90s
* [[List of international animation festivals]]
* [[The Animation Show]], contemporary North American collection
* [[The Animation Show]], contemporary North American collection
* [[Nicktoons Film Festival]]
* [[Animation Show of Shows]]
* [[Fantastic Animation Festival]]
* [[The Animation Showcase]]
* [[Animation Block Party]]
* [[KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}

=== Sources ===
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104083604/http://www.spikeandmike.com:80/sitepages/press.php |date=November 4, 2012 |title=Spike and Mike's – A Brief History }}
* [[Jerry Beck]]. ''Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike and Mike Festivals'', [[Harry N. Abrams]], p.&nbsp;6–152. {{ISBN|978-0-8109-9151-4}}


==Further reading==
<references />
* {{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Karl F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXhzAQAAQBAJ |title=Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America |date=2013-10-18 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0725-2 |pages=104–107}}
* [http://www.spikeandmike.com/sitepages/press.php Spike and Mike's – A Brief History]
* [[Jerry Beck]]. ''Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike and Mike Festivals'', [[Harry N. Abrams]], p.&nbsp;6–152. ISBN 978-0-8109-9151-4
* {{Cite book |last=Beck |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgDWAAAAMAAJ |title=Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike & Mike Festivals |date=2003-07-15 |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |isbn=978-0-8109-9151-4 |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |last=Mackin-Solomon|first=Ashley|date=2022-05-24 |title="Permission to be weird': La Jolla native's film on Spike and Mike festival to be screened at Comic-Con |url=https://www.lajollalight.com/news/story/2022-05-24/permission-to-be-weird-la-jolla-natives-film-on-spike-and-mike-festival-to-be-screened-at-comic-con |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=La Jolla Light |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |date=2020-07-17 |title='Animation Outlaws': How Spike & Mike Turned Indie Shorts Into a Cultural Phenomenon |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/07/animation-outlaws-spike-mike-indie-shorts-1234574728/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.skybound.com/spikeandmikefest Official webpage on Skybound]
*{{Official website|http://www.spikeandmike.com}}
*''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7054046/ Animation Outlaws]'', a documentary about the festival
* [http://www.spikeandmike.com/sitepages/festival.php Festival Info]
*[https://www.animationoutlaws.com/ Animation Outlaws homepage]
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903194924/http://www.spikeandmike.com/ |date=September 3, 2014 |title=Official website }}


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Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation is a presentation of award-winning animated short films, annually touring throughout theaters, film festivals or college campuses in the United States.

Background

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The festival premieres annually in the La Jolla (Village) neighborhood seated in San Diego, California then tours to theatres, film festivals, and college campuses currently in about a dozen North American cities.

  • The Festival of Animation, later renamed the Classic Festival of Animation, was the original format, started in 1977, and continued into the early 2000s.
  • The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation started in 1990 and runs alongside the original festival (which was renamed the Classic festival in this context), becoming the sole festival in the early 2000s as the Classic festival was phased out.
  • The New Gen (Generation) Animation Festival was introduced in February 2010, and the latest show distributed along with the Sick and Twisted. "For years now I've had films that didn't quite fit into the Sick and Twisted category, films that are more sophisticated and artistic, - high production value, over-the-top humorous and really an introduction on what's moving into the pop cult landscape." - Spike

History

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Mellow Manor Productions, Inc. was founded by Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble, known as "Spike & Mike" in Riverside, California in the 1970s as a means of promoting rock bands and special screenings of horror films as well as movie classics. It was named after Riverside's notorious Victorian house "The Manor" where Spike, Mike, and many others lived in a communal set. The Manor was the original flagship and production house of the Festival. After spending mid-1977 giving out flyers for the Fantastic Animation Festival,[1] they focused on presenting a flight of animated films and booking the Festival of Animation in venues across the country, which eventually becoming a 50 city tour.

The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation began in 1990 at Wheeler Auditorium at UC Berkeley. This is an unrated, adult version of the regular program mainly featuring satyric, non sequitur and gross-out cartoons. In the Festival's early days, Spike and Mike took the stage, introduced the films in ringmaster style. 3 foot (0.91 m) balloons were volleyed into fan seating before showtime to burn off street energy. The reel header was flanked by a bagpipe and drum battle march over a cartoon of Spike's Scottish Terrier on screen wreaking havoc on the titles. The dog took the stage and was driven to shred objects.

Before the Festival of Animation, it was difficult to see independent, experimental, and foreign animation. Spike and Mike went on yearly worldwide film hunting expeditions. They signed on animation from the National Film Board of Canada, CalArts, Sheridan, Royal College of Art, Annecy, Zagreb, Hiroshima, Ottawa and select studios active among the art-house scene that did not have a public venue. In the 1990s, Spike and Mike screened early films from animators including Nick Park, Marv Newland, Tim Burton, Barry Purves, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Will Vinton.

The shows have toured in theaters, film festivals such as (Cannes, Sundance, Annecy), college campuses, and dynamic events such as the Vans Warped Tour, the Winter X Games, ComiCon, and with the nu-metal band Korn.

Initially, Spike and Mike produced the Classic Festival and later both the Classic and Sick and Twisted simultaneously. But by the early 2000s, the Classic Festival of Animation was put on hiatus in favor of the Sick and Twisted Festival. Spike and Mike's New Gen Show was created in place of the Classic Festival to show films that did not fit into the category of "sick and twisted".

A select set of the short films in the festival were produced at Mellow Manor, some partially and others in-full. Artists' conceptualized or unfinished elements were often accepted for financial and pipeline assistance in completing production. Some stages of an artist's production were contracted out for specialized work.

Mike Gribble died from cancer in August 1994, and Spike would continue to produce touring theatrical festivals of animated short film collections.

In November 2023, Skybound Entertainment announced that it had acquired the festival and has plans to revitalize it.[2][3]

Contributors

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In the 1990s, Spike and Mike showed work from animators such as Craig McCracken, Miles Thompson, Danny Antonucci, Benjamin Gluck, Dave Smith, Steve Fonti, Craig Kellman, and Mike Judge. Several films under Spike and Mike's Mellow Manor Productions were funded either partially or entirely from concept to completion (such as Mike Judge's first Beavis and Butthead films). Working beyond their initial projects, many of these artists have become prominent in the industry and independent creatives, commercial artists, painters, screenwriters, and designers. Several have become nominated for or won honors including Oscars, Emmys, and Annie Awards.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parkway Theater". 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.[non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ Wu, Valerie (November 4, 2023). "Skybound Entertainment Acquires Historic Animation Festival Spike & Mike's With Plans for Revival". Variety.
  3. ^ Sarto, Dan (November 4, 2023). "Skybound Entertainment Relaunches Iconic 'Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation'". Animation World Network.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Spike & Mike Twisted Animation Festival Nov. 22 in Cambridge MA". PR.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2020-12-15.[self-published source]
  5. ^ "billy's balloon". www.bitterfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2020-12-15.[self-published source]
  6. ^ "rejected". www.bitterfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-15.[self-published source]
  7. ^ "genre". www.bitterfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-12-15.[self-published source]
  8. ^ "lily and jim". www.bitterfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-02-16.[self-published source]
  9. ^ Gallagher, Danny. "Spike of Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation Talks About His Late Partner and Cartooning in the Digital Age". Dallas Observer. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  10. ^ a b c d Debruge, Peter (July 16, 2020). "'Animation Outlaws': Film Review". Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  11. ^ "Film review: Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation (1996)". Deseret News. December 17, 1996. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

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