Cartoons are a big part of a college student's life with shows like Family Guy, The Simpsons and basically anything that airs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Cartoons are also a big part of Penn State graduate Regis Brown's life.

Brown, who graduated with a degree in business logistics, is currently the vice president of Taffy Entertainment and the co-production executive on the newest cartoon to hit the airwaves, Pet Alien.

"After I graduated in '87, I hitchhiked to California where I got a job in Hollywood," Brown said. "I got jobs in action, movies, TV, music videos, and for the last ten years I've specialized in animation."

As Brown, himself, has done a lot with animation and television shows, his roster includes such shows as Butt-Ugly Martians and King of the Hill.

"We take a show in its early development, a few sketches and a plot line, and then we shop it around to different networks," Brown said. "One network picking up a show isn't enough to fund it. We need a few networks to pick up a show before we have enough money to get the show up and running."

How does Brown know where to shop these shows? Well, the world of television has their version of the Cannes Film Festival called MIPTV.

This is where Brown and others shop around television shows in their early development stages, and where they hope networks will pick up their show.

"Regis also distributes [Pet Alien] across the globe," said Jill Swartz, publicist for Brown's public relations company, CurrentPR. Pet Alien, which is about a 12-year-old boy that befriends five aliens, has been picked up by all Cartoon Network affiliates around the globe.

"Pet Alien is going to be in the United Kingdom, Germany and many other countries that get Cartoon Network," Brown said. "Currently, we're in the dubbing process. We're dubbing Pet Alien in 10 languages."

Brown knows a lot about cartoons, but he prides himself on sticking to his major while at Penn State.

"I was really interested in film [while at Penn State] and was told that I had to leave the business school if I wanted to switch to the film major," Brown said.

Brown did not leave his major -- he stayed in the business school but filed his electives with film classes and couldn't be happier about his decision.

"The business end of the film and TV world is what I wanted to do," Brown said. "You see so many people who major in film that fall by the wayside, but it was my business background that helped me to succeed...now I produce a show that Cartoon Network bought."

Cartoon Network picked up 26 episodes of Pet Alien.

"I watch a lot of Adult Swim, so I haven't seen Pet Alien yet," said Dan Sweet (junior-computer science).

Maybe one day Pet Alien will make it's way to the late night slot that has done so well for so many cartoons before it, but Brown isn't worried about the success of the show or his career.

"What people need to know is the business side of what ever they do, that's just my two cents," Brown said.