Claude J. Pelletier

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. Pelletier studied human sciences and completed his studies at the Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne in 1981. Pelletier later used Ianus to produce the science-fiction fanzine Samizdat (1986), which he founded with Philippe Gauthier and Yves Meynard, and Pelletier continued to produce Samizdat until 1994.

Pelletier first saw the Robotech television series in 1987, which inspired him to publish a Robotech fanzine called Protoculture Addicts (1987). 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. 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.

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.

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.