What do the Power Puff Girls, Bevis and Butthead, and the boys from South Park all have in common? These are the types of characters you can expect to see at Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Sacramento State’s Unique Programs has booked the event for Thursday September 24th at 7:30 pm in the ballroom.

Director of Unique Programs, Zenia Diokno LaPorte booked the festival because, “It is a different kind of event and usually has a really good energy with a lot of crowd participation.” The festival used to show at the Crest Theater annually, but this year Unique Programs was able to premier the show. Unique has booked the University Ballroom in hopes of attracting around 800 people to enjoy the animation festival.
Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation is a collection of 20 animated short films. The festival has encouraged people to shout and yell in horror or amazement ever since it began in 1977. The festival features a different collection of animation every year and has been featured at film festivals such as Sundance and Cannes. Rachel, an English major in her senior year attends Unique Programs events on a regular basis. Although she has never heard of Spike and Mike’s Festival she feels that, “People familiar with those kinds of short films would be interested in attending due the advertisements posted around school.”
Another Sacramento State graduating senior, Fabiola works with students living at the Upper East Side Lofts and regularly recommends Unique events for them to attend. She stated, “ We are paying for these events with our tuition, so I always remind the students to attend.” She is very familiar with Unique since she started volunteering for the program her freshman year at Sacramento State University. Fabiola has heard of Spike and Mike and is a big fan of what they do in bringing together short animated films, as she is a graphics design major.
Unique Programs brings entertaining events to the campus all year long with various speakers, comedians, musicians, and movies. Be sure to check out the next event: Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation.