CLEVELAND, Ohio - A pair of Northeast Ohio natives and animators will have their creativity on display on the big screen theater throughout Halloween weekend.

Solon natives Michael Goroff, 39, and Michael Grepp, 40, who run Loserville Animation Studios in Los Angeles, will have their animated short film, ”Doodlepops," featured in the Spike & Mike Animation Extravaganza, the revived version of the Spike & Mike Festival of Animation that ran under various names from the 1970s through the 2010s.

The festival screens locally beginning today at The Regal Crocker Park ( 30147 Detroit Rd.) and The Regal Cobblestone Square ( 5500 Cobblestone Rd.) and runs through Sunday, Nov. 2. Tickets are available at regmovies.com .

Older cartoon nerds may recall that the Spike & Mike festival, found

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