{"id":256854,"date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/a-more-sophisticated-spike-mike-opens-oct-16\/"},"modified":"2010-10-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T07:00:00","slug":"a-more-sophisticated-spike-mike-opens-oct-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/a-more-sophisticated-spike-mike-opens-oct-16\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018more sophisticated\u2019 Spike & Mike opens Oct. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the 1980s, La Jolla\u2019s Museum of Contemporary Art has hosted a number of premieres, featuring then up-and-comers such as Tim Burton, Mike Judge and John Lassiter, who have since become big names in the cartoon industry. But those animation pioneers haven\u2019t always been famous \u2014 they had to be discovered by producers like Craig “Spike” Decker. “With that pedigree and track record, we are now presenting new people who are just as talented, people who we think will be superstars,” said Decker, whose second year of “A New Generation of Spike & Mike Animation” opens at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary art on Oct. 16. Spike and Mike Animation has gained worldwide notoriety for its “Sick & Twisted” festival, and “New Generation” came to fruition when Decker started compiling film submissions that were impressive, but didn\u2019t fit into the “Sick & Twisted” category. This year\u2019s production, which runs through Nov. 28, is a compilation of 21 films chosen from more than 500 submissions. The 90-minute production features filmmakers from all over the world, and Decker said it\u2019s a bigger hit \u2014 and “more sophisticated \u2014 than “Sick & Twisted.” “I\u2019ve done this all my life and this is truly a masterpiece,” he said. “To see it at the museum with their big high-resolution projection and acoustics \u2014 it\u2019s just superb.” The first show begins at 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 16, and the first 100 guests through the door will get a free cupcake from Burger Lounge. The promotion, Decker said, is in observance of National Dessert Day. “A New Generation of Spike & Mike Animation”<\/b> Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect Street Tickets at (858) 459-8707 or spike@spikeandmike.com Oct. 16 and 23 \u2014 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. Oct. 30 \u2014 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 \u2014 4 and 6 p.m. Nov. 19, 26 and 27 \u2014 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.