CGC Announces a Private Signing with Comic Book Creators Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Inhyuk Lee and Bjorn Barends

CGC is excited to announce that we will be hosting an exclusive Private Signing with comic book creators Inhyuk Lee, Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Bjorn Barends! Lee and Barends have worked for both DC and Marvel, and Johnson has worked for DC, Marvel, BOOM! Studios, IDW and Aftershock. In addition to signing, Lee and Barends will be offering Remarques for purchase. See pricing and details below.

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Johnson is an Eisner Award-nominated comics book writer who has written for several important publishers. Some of his biggest works include Action Comics, Superman, Alien, Captain America, The Last God, Marvel Zombies and Adventure Time Comics.

Lee is an international comic book artist who has worked on series such as Silk, Savage Spider-Man, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Captain Marvel and Death of Doctor Strange among others for Marvel Comics. His work for DC includes Batman, The Flash, Superman, The Joker and Punchline.

Barends is best known for his captivating covers, Barends has done many for the cult classic series Spawn, for Image Comics. He has worked for Marvel on series like Venom, Hulk and the new series Strange. Barends has also done cover work for DC on Batman and Harley Quinn. 

For this exclusive event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, can submit books directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. CGC must receive all submissions for this event by Friday, September, 2023.

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

After they sign the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CGC 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 Private Signing fee for Phillip Kennedy Johnson is $75 per item and includes: 

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

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for Inhyuk Lee is $80 per item and includes:

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

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for Bjorn Barends is $80 per item and includes:

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

The CGC Private Signing fee for Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Inhyuk Lee is $95 per item and includes: 

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

The CGC Private Signing fee for Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Bjorn Barends is $95 per item and includes: 

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

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Inhyuk Lee Remarque is $145 per item and includes:

• Inhyuk Lee’s illustrated 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 40 submitters. 
• Inhyuk Lee’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Bjorn Barends Remarque is $130 per item and includes:

• Bjorn Barends’ illustrated 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. 
• Bjorn Barends’ signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC 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:
  PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, SIGNATURE; INHYUK LEE, SIGNATURE; BJORN BARENDS, SIGNATURE; PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON AND INHYUK LEE, SIGNATURE; PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON AND BJORN BARENDS, SIGNATURE; INHYUK LEE, REMARQUE; BJORN BARENDS, REMARQUE.
• 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 PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON/ INHYUK LEE/ BJORN BARENDS 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 PKJ/IL/BB 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, September 22, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, September 22, 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.