Bobby Rubio

Creator/Owner of Alcatraz High

Biography

Bobby Rubio was born and raised in San Diego, California, and has been drawing since he was a child. While attending Morse High School, Bobby won a cartoon contest with the San Diego Union newspaper (now known as the Union-Tribune.) For college, Bobby attended the California Institute of the Arts, which is an art school founded by Walt Disney. While in college, he freelanced as a comic book artist for Dark Horse Comics. After earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, Bobby entered an internship with Jim Lee at Homage Studios (Image Comics.) After completing his internship, he entered an animation internship with Walt Disney Feature Animation in Orlando, Florida. After completing that program, he was hired on to work for Walt Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, California, where, in the course of 9 years, he completed several films as a traditional animator and as a storyboard artist. Bobby then worked as an Assitant Director/Storyboard Artist for Nickelodeon on the series- "Avatar: The Last Airbender" for 2 1/2 years. Currently, Bobby is a Story Artist for Pixar Animation Studios.

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