Powerlines: From the Artists at Powerhouse Animation

Powerhouse Animation is now in the book business! Many of our talented Powerhouse artists have teamed up to create Powerlines, a book of original art including digital, oil on canvas, quilting, and even graphic novel.

Thanks to our very own Chris Beaver for heading up this effort and putting everything together. We are really excited by how it turned out!

Here is a sneak preview of some of the art included in Powerlines:

Kellan Stover

Stephanie McCrea

 Sam Deats

Come by our booth at the Austin Wizard Con this weekend to check it out. Books will be on sale at the convention, as well as on our website coming soon. We only printed a limited quantity so grab yours before they're all gone. Thanks again to Chris and AusTex Printing for all the hard work in bringing this idea to life!

We're Making a TV Pilot!

The Powerhouse crew is very excited to announce that we will be working on an animated pilot for the beloved Irish comedy Mrs. Brown's Boys! This project has been in the works for a while and this week we finally met with the MBB team to kick it off.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Mrs. Brown's Boys-- it is a wildly popular BBC sitcom featuring acclaimed Irish comedian and radio host Brendan O'Carroll. The show, which just completed its second season and is in production on a third, has won an impressive array of awards including the 2012 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award for best comedy series, as well as best actor for Brendan.

The show also won the award for Best Comedy Show at this year's UK TV Choice Awards and has been growing in popularity ever since it debuted on the air in 2011.

Back in March, Brendan and his team announced that they would be taking their quirky cross-dressing comedy to the next level with an animated series: "Brendan O'Carroll's Mrs Brown creation goes global in comic cartoon caper." I think it goes without saying that Powerhouse is thrilled to be brought on board as the studio to bring their vision to life!

We can't wait to get started on this project and are really grateful to be included in what we are sure will be a tremendous success.

For more information on Mrs Brown's Boys, check out the website as well as the number of hilarious clips that are available online... and then order your copy of Season 1 and the soon-to-be-released Season 2 on DVD!

Thanks to Stephen and Leo for taking the time to come visit us this week and get things rolling. We are so happy to be a part of the Mrs Brown's team!

270: White House Defense 2012!

With a major Presidential election coming up in less than 40 days the Powerhouse gang thought it was a good time to team up with some folks over at DC London to help keep people engaged in the political process! What better way to do that than with a White House tower defense game?

The 2012 version of 270 is now live on the interweb, and you can join the fight today! Play as either Republicans or Democrats and try to prevent those pesky donkeys/elephants (respectively) from getting into the White House. Keep the opposing party from winning 270 electoral votes and you win! 

Check out the updated towers for this election season including the 99%ers, Tea Partiers, Paul Ryan, John Boehner, and of course Mitt Romney.

Let your voice be heard! Go vote... err, play this online tower defense game and share it with your friends! Do your civic duty!

PLAY NOW!

The Banner Saga at Fantastic Arcade

Our friends at Stoic have been working tirelessly to prepare The Banner Saga for its debut at Fantastic Arcade this week and they are finally ready to show it off! The Powerhouse gang took a trip down to the Highball this afternoon to hear the Stoic team speak about the game, show some behind-the-scenes development secrets, and, of course, present some of our in-game and cinematic animation. 

Check out some more information about the game here: http://fantasticfest.com/games/the-banner-saga

If you missed them today, don't worry! Fantastic Arcade runs through the weekend at the Highball on South Lamar and it's completely free! Stop on by, say hi to the Stoic guys, and check out The Banner Saga as well as a number of other games!

We promise to keep you posted on its release and any other updates as we get closer to an official launch. Congrats to Alex, Arnie, and John at Stoic!!

Powerhouse Animates Bill Simmons!

If you are a sports fan (like me) then you probably know a thing or two about Bill Simmons. Since joining ESPN as a sports writer in 2001, Simmons' resume has included a regular sports column, two best-selling books, his own ESPN podcast (The B.S. Report) and a number of other achievements. Last summer, Bill and several of his talented friends and fellow writers launched Grantland.com, a website dedicated to sports and pop culture news, both insightful and hilarious.

Luckily for Powerhouse, the Grantland gang seems pretty fond of us, and invited us to create a series of short animated segments from the B.S. Report for their newest endeavor, The Grantland Channel. Our first episode of Grantland's Animated Archives premiered last Thursday-- check it out below if you haven't already!

We are extremely thrilled to have had the opportunity to work with David Jacoby and the rest of the team at Grantland/ESPN, and we are looking forward to partnering with them on more projects in the future. Keep your eye on The Grantland Channel for upcoming episodes of the Animated Archives from Powerhouse Animation!