{"id":9483,"date":"2013-08-28T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T00:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=9483"},"modified":"2013-08-28T17:51:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T00:51:45","slug":"down-with-the-sickness-spike-mikes-sick-twisted-festival-of-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/08\/28\/down-with-the-sickness-spike-mikes-sick-twisted-festival-of-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Down with the sickness &#8211; Spike &#038; Mike\u2019s Sick &#038; Twisted Festival Of Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_9487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9487\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spike-and-mike.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spike-and-mike.jpg?resize=322%2C508\" alt=\"Sick &amp; Twisted Festival of Animation&#039;s 20th Anniversary poster image.\" width=\"322\" height=\"508\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spike-and-mike.jpg?w=322&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/spike-and-mike.jpg?resize=190%2C300&amp;ssl=1 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sick &#038; Twisted Festival of Animation&#8217;s 20th Anniversary poster image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>[Film]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><em>Spike &#038; Mike\u2019s Sick &#038; Twisted Festival Of Animation<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>20th Anniversary, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Art, spikeandmike.com<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The internet has disrupted so many reliable institutions, it looks like Sick And Twisted Festival of Animation is one of them. Back in the early to mid 1980\u2019s was when I first heard about this annual event called Spike &#038; Mike\u2019s Festival Of Animation in La Jolla. It was a novel thing, like CAD drafting and computers that allowed you to type words on a screen. They were saying that computers would replace artists but here was proof that artists and their work was still relevant in the 1980\u2019s &#8211; they had a FESTIVAL of ANIMATION! Then by some time in the 1990\u2019s a Sick &#038; Twisted version of the Festival was added and it was proof the apocalypse was upon us. <\/p>\n<p>This 20th anniversary iteration of the S&#038;T FoA was no disappointment, although there were some slow spots, notably after the intermission (glad they had those inflated balloons for the crowd to occupy themselves with), and the on-site stars didn\u2019t seem to disappoint. John K, the creator of Ren &#038; Stimpy, was signing merch in the lobby and answering questions from the stage during the break. Like a good stand up comic arranging the order of his jokes, lining them up with the best one in front, the second best one in back and the third best one in the middle with all the others strung out in between, it was hard for the after-intermission cartoons to compete with the first half, or the first one\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Daisy<\/em><\/strong>, by Rohitash Rao (USA), was the first selection and it absolutely killed. It had everyone shrieking. It was a great start.<\/p>\n<p>Meow was also awesome, but for more sophisticated reasons. It\u2019s musical syncopation and kittens-turned-zombies subject matter had everyone tapping their feet or nodding their heads or simply grunting their approval. This one by Cyriak (UK) was mesmerizing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hellbenders<\/em><\/strong>, from Chris o\u2019Neil and Zack Hadel (USA &#038; Ireland) was really demented and fit the sick and twited theme better than many of the others.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dumb Ways To Die<\/em><\/strong> is listed as a winner at Cannes and is one of the post-intermission bright spots.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hut Sluts<\/em><\/strong> seemed to have been replaced by some funny clip of Satan helping a little kid with his math homework. Maybe the La Jolla matrons took offense at the classic cartoon by Miles Thmpson (USA) in which their popular Wind an\u2019Sea landmark was the target of sick humor. I don\u2019t know. But bring back the sluts, please, guys.<\/p>\n<p>In all, the 20th Anniversary show was entertaining but crowd-wise a disappointment for Spike &#038; Mike\u2019s promoters. They cited slow word-of-mouth and \u201cthe internet\u201d for the decline in the sell-out attendance of over a decade ago.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Film] Spike &#038; Mike\u2019s Sick &#038; Twisted Festival Of Animation Tweet 20th Anniversary, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Art, spikeandmike.com The internet has disrupted so many reliable institutions, it looks like Sick And Twisted Festival of Animation is one of them. Back in the early to mid 1980\u2019s was when I first heard about this annual event called Spike &#038; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[574,796,733,731,741,582,641,613],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-cannabis","category-event-coverage","category-first-person-account","category-indy-film","category-nightlife","category-pop-culture","category-san-diego"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9130,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/07\/23\/spike-mikes-sick-twisted-festival-of-animation\/","url_meta":{"origin":9483,"position":0},"title":"Get Ready For Spike &#038; Mike&#8217;s Sick &#038; Twisted Festival Of Animation 20th Anniversary","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"July 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Craig \u2018Spike\u2019 Decker Speaks About The Upcoming 20th Anniversary Gala Tweet Sick & Twisted Festival Of Animation, August 24th, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Arts \"the best flavors of the bunch\" barf bags and all... 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