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. His "Fun and Games" puzzles entertained and delighted readers for over thirty-two years. 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 McCarron free rein on the
comic book series of the same name. He also self-published many comic books at his own expense, most were giveaways intended to entertain children during the 1960s and 1970s. McCarron was very easy-going, family-oriented, friendly, and was always ready to share his jokes and good-natured sense of humour. One of his relatives is the
NHL hockey star,
Sidney Crosby. Despite living in
Nova Scotia, McCarron managed to establish himself in the American comics scene. He 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. McCarron's reputation for speed and reliability made him one of
Stan Lee’s go-to men for emergency work. In the early 1960s he had the opportunity to do a cover (never published) for a new Marvel comic called
Spider-Man. That alternate take on the cover to
The Amazing Spider-Man #10 remains with McCarron's family to this day. Owen McCarron died in 2005. A productive storyteller and historian, McCarron was spotted just days before his death at his local library, hard at work on his next project. On December 6, 2017, twelve years after his death, the
Halifax Herald published a cartoon he had drawn in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the
Halifax Explosion. ==Awards==