Animation Outlaws

Animation historian Jerry Beck once said, Spike and Mike came from nowhere with nothing and created a market where none existed. This is the simplest way to explain the massive impact Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation had on the world. From guerrilla marketing to traveling eleven months out of the year, Spike and Mike created a family, bringing together animators from all over the globe. Animation Outlaws tells the story of the festival that changed animation as we know it. With interviews from your favorite animators behind Beavis and Butthead, Wallace and Gromit, Happy Tree Friends, and many more, we hear how Spike and Mike, two hippies, cultivated a one-of-a-kind festival that launched the careers of today’s animation legends. Animation Outlaws is a beautifully crafted documentary that shows stunning animation, while reminding us that no matter how weird we might be, there is always a place we belong. (Woodstock Film Festival)