Claude J. Pelletier

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Claude J. Pelletier
NationalityCanadian
OccupationWriter

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Janelle, Claude (2011). "Pelletier, Claude J.". Le Daliaf: Dictionnaire des auteurs des littératures de l'imaginaire en Amérique française [The Daliaf: Dictionary of authors of imaginative literature in French America] (in French). Quebec: Alire. p. 370. ISBN 978-2-89615-074-8. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Chronological Bibliography: Claude J. Pelletier".
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b c Côté, Denis; Janelle, Claude; Pettigrew, Jean, eds. (1990). L'Année de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois: 1989 [The Year of Science Fiction and Quebecois Fantasy: 1989] (in French). Quebec: Le Passeur. p. 153. ISBN 2-9801068-5-2. ISSN 0828-7945. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ a b c d e Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  6. ^ a b Swallow, Jim (August–September 1993). "Canadian Club: Jim Swallow talks to Canada's Ianvs Publications". Anime UK. Vol. 2, no. 4. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "Special Guests - Otakuthon 2009". www.otakuthon.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. ^ http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=efa334d1-3946-4251-9e97-67b6d05076f7
  9. ^ Kratina, Al (28 March 2008). "Anime fans have lots to choose from". The Montreal. ProQuest 434601923. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b c d Cooper-Chen, Anne M. (2010). Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media. New York: Peter Lang. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-4331-0367-4. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Anne Cooper-Chen (2010). Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media. Peter Lang. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-4331-0368-1. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  12. ^ Trudel, Jean-Louis (July 1990). "Sous des soleils éntrangers edited by Yves Meynard and Claude J. Pelletier". The New York Review of Science Fiction. Vol. 2, no. 11 #23. pp. 21–23. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Hartwell, David G.; Grant, Glenn, eds. (2017). Northern Stars: The Anthology of Canadian Science Fiction. New York: Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-7653-9332-6. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Congratulations, Claude Pelletier". 20 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Anime North Honors Protoculture's Claude Pelletier with Momiji Award". 20 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Special Guests - Otakuthon 2009".
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