In 1974, Catron and Groth put on a Washington, DC-area rock and roll convention that ended in financial failure.
During this period, Catron also worked as a public relations assistant for Mike Gold, at the time employed by DC Comics.
[5] Catron acted as Fantagraphics' co-publisher until 1985, also handling advertising and circulation for The Comics Journal from 1982 to 1985, when he left the company.
[4] In 1986, Catron established Apple Comics, which began as a packager for Wendy & Richard Pini's WaRP Graphics but with its own financing structure.
[8] In early 2012, Catron relocated to Seattle and returned to Fantagraphics as editor with the publishing company he co-founded 36 years earlier.