Owen McCarron was a Canadian comics artist and publisher.
10 Facts About Owen McCarron
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Owen McCarron produced work for American comic book publishers, including Charlton Comics, DC Comics and Marvel.
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Owen McCarron created Louie the Lightning Bug for the Alabama Power Company in 1983.
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For thirty-two years McCarron worked for the Hallifax Herald Limited, publishers of The Chronicle-Herald and The Mail Star, which are distributed throughout the province of Nova Scotia.
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Owen McCarron pitched the same concept behind his original puzzles to his friend Marvel Comics publisher Stan Lee, who quickly approved the long-running strip, Marvel Fun And Games, and gave puzzlemaster Owen McCarron free rein on the comic book series of the same name.
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Owen McCarron self-published many comic books at his own expense, most were giveaways intended to entertain children during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Owen McCarron was very easy-going, family-oriented, friendly, and was always ready to share his jokes and good-natured sense of humour.
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Owen McCarron drew, inked and coloured many war and western-themed stories for Charlton Comics, and later working for DC, before settling at Marvel Comics working on Ghost Rider, Spidey Super Stories, and other titles, including Marvel Fun and Games.
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The walls of Owen McCarron's home were festooned with countless gifts he'd received of signed original artwork, including some by Charles Schulz, Alex Raymond, and many others.
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Owen McCarron died June 27,2005, and was survived by his wife, Dorothy, four sons and a stepdaughter.