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For those of us old enough to remember the heyday of Spike & Mikes Festival of Animation, the new documentary Animation Outlaws (from first-time director Kat Alioshin) provides a welcome walk down memory lane. The film is an affectionate tribute to Craig Spike Decker and Mike Gribble, two legends who changed the world of animation by not only launching the careers of some of the most talented and well-known artists working today, but were the first to give them a platform to screen and distribute their work to a wide audience.
The documentary features an impressive roster of artists telling their stories, recalling memories of Spike and Mike that are told through a series of talking head interviews and archival footage that fans will ado...