Pixar and Simpsons creator leaves illustration at Tulsa’s Buck Atoms

TULSA, Okla. — Buck Atoms Cosmic Curios, on Route 66 near Peoria, was visited by an animator and creative director for several popular Pixar movies Thursday.

Matthew Luhn has been a story guy on movies such as Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Cars, Up and more. The store was actually closing when he came up, however the owner posted she propped the door back open and welcomed him in, not realizing who he was.

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In return, Luhn left behind this Woody sketch with a warm “Hey Howdy” to the owner and Buck Atoms himself.

This wasn’t Luhn’s first time in Tulsa, he was here in 2002 as the story team for Cars toured Route 66.