Claude J. Pelletier

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Claude J. Pelletier
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Claude J. Pelletier is the editor and publisher of magazine Protoculture Addicts , and has also worked as a game designer primarily on role-playing games.

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Early life and education

Claude J. Pelletier was born on 23 May, 1962, in Laval, Quebec. [1] [2] Pelletier studied human sciences and completed his studies at the Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne in 1981. [1] He continued studying history at the Université de Montréal where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1984 and a master's degree in 1987. [3] [4] [1] He began work on a doctorate but did not complete this. [1]

Career

Claude J. Pelletier founded the Montreal-based company Ianus Publications with Yves Meynard, initially to publish historical papers. [5] : 271  [4] [6] Pelletier later used Ianus to produce the science-fiction fanzine Samizdat (1986), [5] : 271  [7] which he founded with Philippe Gauthier and Yves Meynard, and Pelletier continued to produce Samizdat until 1994. [1] The 1987 edition of L'Année de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois complimented Pelletier's writing in Samizdat saying that the writings of others could be dropped from the publication in favor of his. [3]

Pelletier first saw the Robotech television series in 1987, which inspired him to publish a Robotech fanzine called Protoculture Addicts (1987). [5] : 271  [8] [9] [6] [10] The first test release of Protoculture Addicts, Issue #0, was published by Pelletier in the fall of 1987. [11] By issue #10, Ianus no longer used their Robotech license and Protoculture Addicts now covered all anime generally, and with this expansion Pelletier brought in graphic designer Pierre Ouellette as a new partner. [5] : 271  He has worked at various positions on Protoculture Addicts since 1991, including editor-in-chief, administrative director and production director. [1] Pelletier had considered closing down Protoculture Addicts in 2004, but connected with the Anime News Network in 2005 and renamed it Anime News Network's Protoculture Addicts. [10]

Pelletier translated anime books from Italian, and wrote a guidebook for anime fans. [10] Pelletier and Yves Meynard edited the 1989 anthology Sous des soleils étrangers , which featured eight short stories and one poem from Francophone Canadian science-fiction writers. [4] [12] [13]

Ianus began publishing role-playing games, and in December 1995 the company split into two companies: a new company called Protoculture continued to publish Protoculture Addicts and kept Pelletier and Martin Ouellette of the former Ianus staff, while Dream Pod 9 was now a fully independent company and retained the majority of the dozen employees left from Ianus and also retained the role-playing game titles. [5] : 272 

Awards and honors

Pelletier has appeared on panels at multiple conventions because of his association with Protoculture Addicts, and he has won awards in the anime industry. [14] [15] [16]

Personal life

Pelletier met his wife Miyako Matsuda at the 1991 Anime Expo in Los Angeles; she was raised on a farm in Japan, and later worked as a freelance translator and as a contributing editor. [10]

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  2. ↑ "Chronological Bibliography: Claude J. Pelletier".
  3. 1 2 Beaulieu, René; Côté, Denis; Janelle, Claude; Pettigrew, Jean, eds. (1988). L'Année de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois: 1987 [The Year of Science Fiction and Quebecois Fantasy: 1987] (in French). Quebec: Le Passeur. pp. 135–136. ISBN   2-9801068-36. ISSN   0828-7945 . Retrieved 10 January 2024– via Internet Archive.
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  15. ↑ "Anime North Honors Protoculture's Claude Pelletier with Momiji Award". 20 March 2024.
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