Earlier this month, a new Flash-animated series premiered on The Hub. Dan Vs. is the creation of Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson. The premise goes like this: “Dan thinks the whole world is against him. Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t — not even his laid-back friend Chris is totally sure. Maybe Dan’s just imagining it all.” My good friend Matt Danner, in the Supervising Producer role, is leading the Flash-animation charge with his stateside crew, and the team at Big Star in South Korea is animating as well. The show airs on Saturdays at 9pm. Here’s the trailer:

Episode 2 of Toon Wolf has been delivered to Channel 101, and it features references to Teen Wolf, Back to the Future and Paula Abdul’s Opposites Attract music video. You’ll also see cameos by Bill Kopp (Schnookums and Meat), Matt Danner (The Drinky Crow Show director), Eric Bauza (voice actor from El Tigre) and John Kricfalusi (Ren & Stimpy). The episode was written and directed by Abed Gheth, and animated by MC Griffin.

The NFL season heads into the playoffs this weekend, and Andy Feinstein’s (Girls & Sports) Flash-animated series The King and Us sacks a few lame ducks in this week 17 episode. Jay Cutler, the interception-prone QB gets drilled in the earhole and Tony Romo is spotted in Vegas. I believe these are still animated by Matt Wilson, Bryan Young and Adam Rosette. Voicework by Eric Bauza and Matt Danner.

When I worked at Warner Bros. Animation, I could count on one hand the number of people who followed sports. I was one of the few, and a producer I worked with, Andy Feinstein, was another. Well, Andy is more than a sports fan – he’s the co-creator of a syndicated comic strip called Girls & Sports. And recently, he and Justin Borus have been co-writing and producing an animated series for Fox Sports. The King and Us, which is sponsored by Burger King, is animated by Matt Wilson, Bryan Young and Adam Rosette, and the voice work is supplied by Eric Bauza and Matt Danner. In this episode, my Detroit Lions are dragged through the mud.

Back in 2003, I produced a pilot at Warner Bros. titled Circus Peanut. It was Andy Suriano’s original concept, aimed at Cartoon Network. Matt Danner directed, Eric Pringle was Animation Director, while animation was handled by Brendan Burch, Greg Franklin, Dave Vamos and a number of other folks who soon after launched Six Point Harness. Suriano hand painted (it was actually sort of a marker wash process) each and every one of the 40 backgrounds, which were then scanned into Flash. On his blog, Andy recounts my reaction to his decision to go it alone.

As with so many pilots, testing success and a quality project don’t always equate to a season order. Politics, timing and just pure luck play huge roles in the outcome, and in this case the show never saw the light of day. You may recognize Dave Foley as the voice of Circus Peanut and if I remember correctly Tom Kenny handled the Rollo. Kim Olds, the lead development executive on the project, played the Sweet Tooth. Thanks again, Andy, for teaming up with us to bring your vision to life. Here’s the pilot episode Lunchtime For Leo.

Suriano remains a sought-after series creator, storyboard artist and character designer, but he also designed a popular comic book and recently found time to hang some art on the walls.

Note to the team at WB Animation – who else was on the crew? Help me fill this out….