CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Artist Ken Lashley

CGC is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing event with Ken Lashley! He is a world-class illustrator who has worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands and companies, including Marvel, DC, Lucas Film, Mattel, and Hasbro. In addition to signing, he will be offering a limited amount of Remarques, Head Sketches and Full Body Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below.

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For more than 25 years, Lashley has illustrated some of the biggest books and characters in the comic book industry for DC, Marvel, Valliant and Image Comics. He has worked on titles such as Excalibur, X-Caliber, Age of Apocalypse, Black Panther, X-Men, The Flash, JLA, Superman, Superman: Doomed,  Spawn, Spider-Man and Venom. Lashley is also one of the comic book industry’s go-to cover artists, having illustrated covers for Batwing, Ravagers, He-Man, Superboy, Earth 2, Superman-Wonderwoman, Batman, Suicide Squad, X-Men, Star Wars, The Mandolorian, Venom and many others.  

In addition to illustrating comics, Lashley has also worked as an illustrator for companies like Mattel, Lucasfilm, and Hasbro where he created toy designs and package illustrations for iconic toy lines like Marvel Legends, G.I Joe, Transformers, Spiderman, Avengers, and Star Wars. 

For this exclusive event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, can submit books directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. To purchase an 11x14 Sketch, customers must email privatesignings@cgccomics.com and a submission form will be sent to them. CGC must receive all submissions for this event by Friday, August 4, 2023.

If the In-House Private Signing needs to be rescheduled, CGC will securely store all submissions in its vault until the event can be rescheduled.

After Lashley signs the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CCS pressing is also requested, the turnaround time is estimated at eight weeks. After grading and encapsulation, the collectibles will be shipped back to their owners.

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for Ken Lashley is $85 per item and includes:

• Ken Lashley’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Ken Lashley Black and White Remarque is $150 per item and includes:

• Ken Lashley’s illustrated Black and White Remarque. Submitters may request the desired Remarque. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Remarque requests. Limited to the first 20 submitters.
• Ken Lashley’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Ken Lashley Colored Remarque is $220 per item and includes:

• Ken Lashley’s illustrated Colored Remarque. Submitters may request the desired Remarque. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Remarque requests. Limited to the first 15 submitters.
• Ken Lashley’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Ken Lashley Head Sketch is $335 per item and includes:

• Ken Lashley’s illustrated Head Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank sketch cover. Limited to the first 10 submitters.
• Ken Lashley’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Ken Lashley Full Body Sketch is $585 per item and includes:

• Ken Lashley’s illustrated Full Body Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank sketch cover. Limited to the first 3 submitters.
• Ken Lashley’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Private Signing fee for a Ken Lashley 11x14 Full Body Sketch is $1085 per item and includes:

• Ken Lashley’s illustrated 11x14 Full Body Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Sketch will be completed on an 11x14 Bristol sheet. Limited to the first 2 submitters.
• Ken Lashley’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

Submission Instructions

For this CGC Private Signing event, you can ship submissions directly to CGC with a FREE membership. Paid memberships are also available and include additional benefits. For more information and to join, visit CGCcomics.com/join.

To submit books for the signing:

• Log onto your account or sign up for an account HERE.
• Click Submit in the CGC website navigation and select Submission Forms.
• Next to Comics / Magazines, select Online Form.
• Select Comic or Magazine from the drop-down menu, then select Private Signing and one of the following from the dropdown menu section:
  KEN LASHLEY, SIGNATURE; KEN LASHLEY, BLACK AND WHITE REMARQUE; KEN LASHLEY, COLORED REMARQUE; KEN LASHLEY, HEAD SKETCH; KEN LASHLEY, FULL BODY SKETCH.
• Under Services, select Grading and, if you would like it, Pressing. Then hit Next in the top right section of the form.
• Enter the information requested for your comic, and make sure to check the box next to KEN LASHLEY under Private Signing Details.
• On the next screen, you can add one of CGC’s custom Marvel labels to your submission for qualifying books.
• Select Add to Cart, and then repeat if there are additional books in your submission. If there are no additional books in your submission, click on the cart icon and proceed to checkout.
• Note: If you want to submit magazines, please group them together on their own private signing form separate from comic submissions. The same rule applies for any custom labels. Please group them together on their own private signing form separate from non-custom labels. To see the available labels, click HERE.
• Put ALL ungraded books in window bags or they will not be accepted. You can purchase window bags HERE.
• Books that are already certified by CGC, including CGC Signature Series books, can be submitted for this event. CGC will remove a CGC-certified book from its holder for an additional $5 fee.
• Carefully package books in a box for shipment. If you need a CGC shipping kit, they can be purchased HERE.
• IMPORTANT: Please write KL on all sides of the outside of the box. You must initial outside of the box or we will not be able to honor the submission for this signing.
• Books will be received into the CGC system when they arrive and will be safely stored by CGC until the event. (Please note: Payments are processed as they normally are at the time of the collectibles’ arrival at CGC.)
• Once books are signed, they will start an expedited CGC grading process.

PLEASE NOTE:

All submissions must be received by CGC no later than Friday, August 4, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, August 4, 2023.

*No Multi-Sigs included with other signings.

**If you submit a CGC-graded collectible that needs to be removed from its original holder by CGC, the collectible will need to go through the certification and encapsulation process again, and there is no guarantee that it will receive the same grade.

***Marker color requests are welcome, but not guaranteed. Marker color choice and signature placement is at the final discretion of the signer.