Back in April we posted an episode of Rudolf, a new Flash-animated series created and directed by Rudi Mertens. I spotted another episode online, and figured you might wanna watch. This episode is titled Pick Pocket, and the production was handled at the German studio JEP Animation.

This spring we learned that MTV is set to bring Teen Wolf back, this time in a less comedic form. It’s not surprising, what with wolves and vampires back in fashion again. Disney (Channel International?) is apparently getting into the action, with a new series titled Scary Larry. There’s no word on whether or not this was picked up for series, but here’s a short sequence Timoon Animation and Mercury Filmworks co-produced using Toon Boom.

In related news, Toon Boom has also announced their Myouterspace Contest hosted by none other than…. Shatner!

Hayk Manukyan’s latest Flash animated short brings back Karo and Abo in a new alcohol-fueled adventure. To help urge it into Youtube popularity, he also mixed in a shot of Twilight and a half a cup of Justin Bieber. This is titled Chocolate Vodka.

The latest episode of Brothers McLeod’s Sticks has a little fun with jargon. If you follow what’s going on this episode, you’re probably ready to join the police squad. Animation on this episode, titled Detective Inspector Plank, was handled by Tom Evans.

Newgrounds.com has been accepting user submissions since 1999, but here in 2010, reaching over 100 million users a month, they’ve been accepted into the mainstream. The site was listed in Time Magazine’s 50 Best Websites of 2010, along with Vimeo, Etsy and TheOnion.com. You’ll notice that the Time folks kinda botched their review, describing the site purely as a gaming depot. Doh! Flash-animated shorts are what put the site on the map, but it does seem like gaming is what elevated the site into the mainstream.

I uploaded my first short back in 2001, and ever since I’ve seen extremely insightful feedback poured into the comments section. Of course, I’ve also seen useless nonsense, but on the whole the site’s user-base is fairly respectful, especially compared to the mobs at sites like YouTube.com. What I’m most impressed about, however, is the collaboration, or collabs as they’re called at Newgrounds. Artists, voice actors and musicians team up virtually to create something new. The site even allows the teams to divvy up the ad revenue using a sophisticated profit-sharing system.

By the way, if you squint your eyes, you’ll see that my little show Larkmart squeezed into the bottom part of screenngrab on the Time.com site.