The Walt Disney Family Museum regularly hosts both virtual and in-person events. These events are educational, entertaining, and inspiring. They often have people that currently work or have worked with The Walt Disney Company. They always carry on the legacy of Walt Disney. One of the upcoming virtual talks is with Pixar’s Bobby Podesta. The event is on November 8th and gives the chance to learn about Podesta’s three decade career at Pixar and also about his new graphic novel North for the Winter. This is a free event but registration is required. The official details about North for the Winter: A Journey from Animated Movies to Graphic Novels with Pixar’s Bobby Podesta can be found here:
Virtual Talk | North for the Winter: A Journey from Animated Movies to Graphic Novels with Pixar’s Bobby Podesta
COST
FREE | Registration Required
DATE
Sat, Nov 8 | 1pm
YEAR
2025
LOCATION
Zoom Webinar
Supervising Animator and Graphic Novelist Bobby Podesta has worked at Pixar Animation Studios for nearly three decades. In addition to serving as Supervising Animator on Toy Story 3 (2010), Cars 3 (2017), and Soul (2020), he worked as a story artist on several films and directed episodes of the Disney+ series Cars on the Road (2022). Join us for an in-depth look at how Podesta’s lifelong love of drawing cartoons led him to Pixar and then to his debut graphic novel North for the Winter.
Additional Program Details
Questions can be submitted during the webinar through Zoom’s Q&A function. Due to anticipated demand and limited Q&A time, not all submitted questions will be answered.
All participants must sign up here by 5pm PT on Tuesday, December 16. Participants must have a Zoom account to attend the webinar. A link to the webinar and instructions for joining will be sent via email prior to the event.
On-Sale Information
Tickets for North for the Winter: A Journey from Animated Movies to Graphic Novels with Pixar’s Bobby Podesta are available as follows:
Walt’s Circle Donors: Purchase tickets beginning Wednesday, September 3 at noon PT by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
Founding, Supporter, and Friend-level members: Purchase tickets beginning Thursday, September 4 at noon PT by emailing membership@wdfmuseum.org.
All member levels: Purchase tickets online beginning Friday, September 5 at noon PT via the Member Portal.
Public (non-members): Remaining tickets available online beginning Saturday, September 6 at noon PT.
Upgrade your membership to receive priority access to purchase tickets. For more information, please email the Membership Department at membership@wdfmuseum.org.
About the Speaker
Bobby Podesta
Bobby Podesta has been drawing cartoons for as long as he can remember and published his first newspaper comic strip while still in high school. After studying character animation at CalArts, he joined Pixar Animation Studios, where he has contributed as an Animator, Story Artist, Supervising Animator, and Director on many of their beloved films and series. North for the Winter is Podesta’s graphic novel debut and will be published by First Second Books in Fall 2025. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife, daughter, son, some chickens, a spoiled cat, and a very cute dog. He still draws cartoons every day.
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