Paul Rivoche

Paul Rivoche is a fanartist active in the Star Trek TOS fandom during the 1970s. He is now a professional comics and animation artist, living in Toronto, Canada, and has worked in a number of areas as a professional illustrator and commercial artist. 
==From His Biography==
Rivoche is best known for his Star Trek art portfolio "Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche", which was published in 1976, two years before he graduated high school"A conversation with Canadian illustrator, animation designer and comic book artist/writer Paul Rivoche" by Jeffery Klaehn - Image Text Journal V. 8, Issue #3 (2021) (Via Wayback Mar 14/24). Around this time he also had sold a comic based on Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction short story ‘Exile of the Aeons’ (in collaboration with bpNichol) to science fiction magazine Andromeda and Gamescience Corp's Star Fleet Battle Manual game in 1977comment from Coast Con Fan in "Artifacts from Known Space" thread at Propnomicon blog, Jan 5/14 (via Wayback May 3/24). In November 1978 he moved to Toronto from Ottawa and eventually began working for Nelvana Animation, before going freelance in 1979. In the early 1980s he was brought in by Andromeda editor Dean Mott to illustrate his comic Mister X (Vortex Comics), and while he ultimately quit before the comic was released, his work appeared on the covers of issues 1-3. 
==Gallery==
File:Rivochefront.jpg|Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche front cover (1976)
File:Rivocheinside.jpg|Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche Table of Contents (1976)
File:Rivoche-1.jpg|"Stratos City" Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:Rivoche-2.jpg|"Amok Time" Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:Rivoche-3.jpg|"First Contact", Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:Rivoche-4.jpg|"Tholian Web", Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:Rivoche-5.jpg|"Doomsday Machine" Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:Rivoche-6.jpg|"Where No Man Has Gone Before" Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:STU portfolio 7.jpg|Kirk, Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:STU portfolio 8.jpg|Untitled, Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche (1976)
File:Captainuhuraart7.jpg|From Captain Uhura (1979) 
==Conventions==
* Fan Expo Canada - 2013
==As Inspiration for a Zine==
Winston Howlett cited art by Rivoche as inspiration for his 1979 novel, Captain Uhura, a zine that Rivoche later contributed art to: 
==Interviews==
* "A conversation with Canadian illustrator, animation designer and comic book artist/writer Paul Rivoche" by Jeffery Klaehn, Image Text Journal Vol 8, Issue 3 (2021) (Via Wayback Mar 14/24)
==Archives/Zines/Collections/Communities==
===Zines===
====As Editor====
*Star Trek Universe: A Portfolio by Rivoche
====As Contributor====
*Andromeda (1977-1979) - while not strictly a fanzine, this science fiction comic magazine frequently included comics based on established works as well as original pieces.
**Issue #1 (1977) - back cover
**Issue #2 (1978) - interior art
**Issue #3 (1978) - front cover and interior art; "Exile of the Aeons": Arthur C. Clarke (Original); b.p. nichol (Adaptation); Paul Rivoche (Artist)
**Issue #4 (1978) - interior art
**Issue #5 (1979) - interior art
**Issue #6 (1979) - "Where Do You Get Those Ideas?" article
*Captain Uhura (1979)
==References==
Category:Fanartists
Category:Professional Artists