We Need to Talk About Kevin

Those of you who know us here at Powerhouse know that we have quite a history with the incomparable Kevin Smith. Back in 2002 Powerhouse worked with Kevin to create a custom arcade game--and cabinet-- called "Jen Saves Ben" as a "Jersey Girl" wrap present for then "it-couple" Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. The next year, we worked with Kevin and crew to do a test for a potential Clerks feature film, and in 2004 we animated the 8-minute Lost Scene for the Clerks X DVD set.

Now, 10 years later, we are finally revitalizing our relationship with Kevin and the View Askew family with a few exciting new projects! This week, Kevin launched his new Hulu series. The series, called Spoilers, will run for 5 episodes with each one featuring an animated clip from his popular podcast-- Smodcast. The first of these "Smodimations" is available to watch now! Check it out:

You can also watch the full episode, "Girls Just Wanna Have Guns" featuring Carrie Fisher, here:

As if that wasn't enough, we are also working with Kevin Smith on developing a few mobile games for his upcoming "Smarcade" which are slated to release next month at Comic-Con. While we can't say much about these yet, here's a little shout out from Kevin himself about the project:

We promise to post all Kevin Smith-related news as it develops. Keep watching Hulu for new episodes of Spoilers and check out our upcoming Smodimations! If you're attending Comic-Con keep your eyes peeled for the Powerhouse/ViewAskew mobile games!

Powerhouse Takes Manhattan

The Powerhouse sales triumvirate recently returned from a trip to NYC where they spent several days meeting with various ad agencies and game studios-- evangelizing the good word of capitalistic American animation and mesmerizing the city folk with their Texan charm.

While in town we also had a chance to check out some sites, including the massive Toys R Us in Times Square (which is totally a reasonable place for adults to go, I might add).

We also had a chance to take a stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge.

 And, as always, there was beer and french fries.

We had a great time and met lots of amazingly creative people, but we're glad to be back home! Thanks to the big apple for having us!

Jasper the Mule Comes to an End

After more than two years of work, Powerhouse Animation has wrapped production on Jasper The Mule!!

The Jasper project consisted of 4 direct to DVD episodes based on the Jasper illustrated children's books written by Meredith Hodges. Powerhouse was lucky enough to work with Meredith and her production crew over at Upright Pictures to help bring these stories and characters to life! Check out some photos of the Powerhouse team celebrating the completion of a great project!

If you want to find out more about Jasper The Mule visit the website at  http://www.jasperthemule.com/  where you can purchase DVDs, books, and other great merchandise. Or check out some of our designs and animation at http://powerhouseanimation.com/featured_jasper.php

Congratulations to Doug Beck and the rest of the Powerhouse Jasper team!!! Great work, everyone!

We're on TV!

Powerhouse Animation recently teamed up with New York production company Meetinghouse to create some animated segments... for television! We've created several short pieces for this season's new episodes of "World's Dumbest" on truTV. Check them out on our featured page, or watch the videos below! Enjoy!

Keep your head on a swivel for upcoming episodes of the show and more animated segments from Powerhouse!!

Darksiders II Story Trailer

If you're anything like us then you are getting excited for the release of THQ's Darksiders II later this year. Well, you're in luck. The good folks over at Vigil just created a brand new trailer for the game and it's up on IGN.

Watch closely and look for glimpses of the illustrated Powerhouse Animation cinematics! Darksiders is slated to release this fall, so stay tuned for more news from Vigil and yours truly...