A Not One Right Way holiday spectacular! Marve and Melissa share their favorite holiday tv/movie specials and traditions. They also reminiscence about the guests of the past year. Thanks to all our listeners for a great year!

Marve and Melissa welcome Painter, Art Director, and Concept Artist Christophe Vacher @chvacher)! We discuss Christophe's journey starting as a comics artist in France to becoming a background painter for Disney. Christophe shares his career in both animation and gallery painting and the importance of finding connections and community while making art. Then we have a quick fire discussing his time on many memorable project that he has contributed on!

Marve and Melissa welcome LA-based-Indian-American-Cartoon-Maker. Creator and EP of BOONS AND CURSES. Co-Founder of SAVA. (@jaydeephasrajani)! We discuss his journey of studying art at San José State University to putting in a lot of hard work to trying to work at Pixar and submitting tests everywhere before working on Powerpuff Girls. We learn about the magical time of working on Boons and Curses at the same time Ghee Happy was being made and so much more!

Marve and Melissa welcome Writer, Creator, and Artist Manager: Jessie Juwono (@jessiejuwono)! We discuss her journey into the animation industry through community and art galleries, finding inspiration for her writing, and her three pillars for staying hopeful: community, history, and future!

Marve and Melissa welcome Character Designer Vanya Calderón (@lemonlimer.o)! We discuss our biases for K-Pop Demon Hunters, Vanya's early love for art, making your portfolio uniquely yours, and leading her local WIA chapter at school. Check out more of Vanya's work on her website!

Marve and Melissa welcome Producer, Creator, & Showrunner Allissoon Lockhart (@celtictampon)! We discuss Allissoon's favorite instruments to play 🥁🎷, how her first job was being a PA on Interstellar, learning that production was their path, and so much more! Learn about her time working at Bento Box on Central Park, how she began pitching Deathwish Tour, and what Pokémon represents Allissoon.

Marve and Melissa welcome writer, producer, DE&I specialist Alayna Cole! We discuss her journey from being an educator to working in games. How her passion for DE&I and education led to her career as a DE&I specialist in games. We also talk about her exciting new projects since leaving games such as Beacon & Briar!

Marve and Melissa welcome writer and performer Elyse Willems (@elysewillems)! We discuss Elyse's favorite Halloween candy, her journey from being a PA on Spike TV, to how her time at Funhaus wasn't always easy but always special and rewarding, and how she writes in between her many projects.

Marve and Melissa welcome New York Times Bestselling Author Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnsonbooks)! We discuss the soup of it all (soup recipes included), how being an angry indoor kid is excellent fuel for becoming a writer, making racist statues into piñatas, and all about Maureen's beautiful new solve it yourself murder mystery casefile book.

Marve and Melissa welcome Claire Rosenthal (@claire_therose)! We discuss Claire's amazing skills of connecting with folks in the animation industry, the importance of being respectful and kind, and how to not stalk people at the Costco in Burbank.

Marve and Melissa welcome Associate Producer Stephanie Refuerzo (@stephref247)! We discuss Stephanie's time in QA, she shares the ins and outs of being a QA tester and analyst (it's not just playing games all day!). We learn about the pains of a layoff and how it lead to her joining Sledgehammer and becoming a producer! Listen to this giggle filled fest and let us know your TTP in the comments.

Marve and Melissa welcome Partner Operations Release Manager David Olson! We discuss David's many many jobs before working in games. From gas attendant, to Indian restaurant waiter, barista, and more! David shares his early love of games from his mother to how his many jobs helped prepare him for his current role. He also shares all about the importance of networking and all about his current role as a member of PORM at Epic!

Marve and Melissa welcome Producer Mabelin L Calcano (@humanmabs)! We discuss Mabs' journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and her love of all things music and visual art. She shares how she got her first internship at DreamWorks, to working at Netflix, and more.

Marve and Melissa welcome writer Ellie Guzman (@elliemariaguzman)! We discuss Ellie's journey from being an ER nurse to becoming a PA at DreamWorks, how her blog helped her writing career, the importance of taking a leap of faith, burnout, representation in animation, and more!

Marve and Melissa welcome Media Personality Jakejames Lugo(@jakejameslugo)! We discuss Jakejames' initial dreams of being a game dev, to realizing writing about games was more his passion. We also talk about the importance and complexities of reviews in media, writing game guides, and more!

Marve and Melissa welcome Director of Photography at Pixar Animation Studios, Patrick Lin! We discuss Patrick's early start in stop-motion animation working on James and the Giant Peach, to helping work on the cinematics for theme park rides. Then we learn how he got his first job as a layout artist at Pixar in 1997 on A Bug's Life. Patrick then gives an amazing explanation on the importance and artistry of what Layout Artists do! #JusticeForLayout

Marve and Melissa welcome Character Designer & Art Director Kal Athannassov (@dr_kal_drungus)! We discuss how Kal's student thesis film from Ringling The Wishgranter opened so many doors for work, becoming an AD at Baobab Studios, to working at Netflix during the pandemic, and the development work he did for Jentry! Along with lots of fun Kit and Chang creation lore, major spoiler warning if you haven't watch Jentry Chau yet!

Marve and Melissa welcome Associate Producer Monisha Selvaraj (@monishaselva)! We discuss finding going to school in India, learning not really wanting to be an animator, but rather production work is real, the importance of empathy in all roles, experiencing a layoff and learning to get back in touch with your health, and becoming an Insta Influencer to cope with it all!

Marve and Melissa welcome Storyboard Artist Miguel Baltazar(@miguelbaltazar_art)! We discuss what it means to be a storyboard artist, the importance of emotion in storytelling, how our teachers inspire us, and once again the value of luck, timing, and preparation.