Claude J. Pelletier
| Claude J. Pelletier | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 💼 Occupation | Writer |
Claude J. Pelletier is the editor and publisher of Protoculture Addicts, and a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career[edit]
Claude J. Pelletier founded the Montreal-based company Ianus Publications, to publish first historical papers and later a science-fiction fanzine called Samizdat (1986).[1]:271 When Pelletier was introduced to the Robotech TV show in 1987, he decided to publish a Robotech fanzine as well, Protoculture Addicts (1987).[1]:271[2] The first test release of Protoculture Addicts, Issue #0, was published by Pelletier in the fall of 1987.[3] By issue #10 Ianus dropped their Robotech license and Protoculture Addicts now covered the entire anime scene, and as part of this expansion Pelletier brought in a new partner, graphic designer Pierre Ouellette.[1]:271 Ianus began publishing role-playing games, and in December 1995 the company split in two: a new company called Protoculture retained Protoculture Addicts and two of the former Ianus staff, Pelletier and Martin Ouellette, while the now fully independent Dream Pod 9 kept the majority of Ianus' dozen employees and also kept the roleplaying titles.[1]:272
Awards and honors[edit]
Pelletier has paneled at multiple conventions because of Protoculture Addicts, even winning awards in the industry.[4][5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7. Search this book on
- ↑ http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=efa334d1-3946-4251-9e97-67b6d05076f7
- ↑ Anne Cooper-Chen (2010). Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media. Peter Lang. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-4331-0368-1. Retrieved November 13, 2015. Search this book on
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