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June 29, 2005


Owen McCarron, -2005

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The Canadian cartoonist and publisher Owen McCarron passed away Monday in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His "Fun and Games" newspaper concept was adopted by Marvel for a series of publicatons on which McCarron worked. He self-published under the company name Comic Book World, and appeared in Canadian newspapers as both a syndicated cartoonist and as a full-time employee. Mark Evanier's summation of McCarron's career can be found here, while the cartoonist's Lambiek entry can be found here. He was 76 years old.
 
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