Fred goes to college.
Whenever a school asks me to come and speak I go out of my way to try and make it. Next Monday I’ll be in Denver, Colorado, though it’s rare I’m asked outside of our home territories of Los Angeles or New York. It’s my honor to be at the Rocky Mountain School of Art + Design and AIGA Colorado. Then on Wednesday it’s on to CalArts in Valencia, California. 
As some of you might remember I got a boatload of negative comments when I dared to have what I termed an “open source logo competition” for Random! Cartoons last March. One of the private emails I received was from RMCAD. We agreed to disagree but I was thrilled to accept their gracious invitation to meet some of their animation students.
I vividly remember what it was like in college to be a hopeful media student and meeting working professionals from publishing, television, and news. It gave me confidence that it was possible for a son of pharmacists to go into show biz. I hope I can inspire the same optimism to some of the students I’m lucky enough to meet.
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On November 15th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I’m with you Fred, when it comes to speaking at schools.
I sit on panels here at Nickelodeon when colleges come to see us or I go out to the metro LA area to speak.
There’s so much valuable information we can give college kids about real experience in our industry that they don’t teach in school.
There’s a tremendous feeling I get when I share my learned wisdom with students. I tell them, “I don’t know everything, but I share my experiences and what I’ve learned.”
It’s all positive and enlightening. I would have liked some of this when I wnt to Cal Arts.
Take care Fred and continued success!!!
Your Cartoon Pal…..Jeff