CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Creator Barry Grossman

CGC is excited to announce that the Signature Series team will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing event with veteran comic book creator, Barry Grossman! Grossman began his career at Archie Comics and went on to work for other major companies like Marvel, Disney and Warner Bros. In addition to signing, Grossman will be offering 8.5 x 11 Full Figure Character Prints with Watercolors for purchase. See pricing and details below.

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During his time at Archie Comics, Grossman worked as a writer, editor and main colorist. He then went on to work for Marvel Comics where he spent decades working on popular series like Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, Ironman, Avengers, Hulk and Fantastic Four alongsidelegends such as John Byrne, Steve Ditko, John Romita, John Buscema, Carmine Infantino, Rich Buckler, George Perez, Keith Pollard and Gene Colon.

In 1996, Grossman won the top 5th colorist award in Comics Buyer’s Guide. During the later years in his career, he colored for Disney and Warner Bros, and worked on series like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog. Throughout his career, Grossman has used different pen names. While at Marvel, he used the name “Ben Sean.” For Disney, he is credited as “Barry Englin.” And for his work on Archie, Sonic the Hedgehog and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he used his full name, “Barry Grossman.” 

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, May 31, 2024. 

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 Grossman signs 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 In-House Private Signing fee for Barry Grossman is $80 per item and includes: 

• Barry Grossman’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 Barry Grossman 8.5 x 11 Full Figure Character Print with Watercolors is $195 per item and includes:

• Barry Grossman’s 8.5 x 11 Full Figure Character Print with Watercolors. Important: The final design and subject matter of the print is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee print requests. Character prints available: Spider-Man, Iron-Man, Hulk, Power Man/Iron Fist and Punisher. Limited to the first 150 submitters.
• Barry Grossman’s signature
• Encapsulation with CGC’s iconic yellow Signature Series label  

Please contact the Signature Series department if you would like to order one of these 8.5 x 11 Full Figure Character Prints with Watercolor for the Barry Grossman Signing: SignatureSeries@cgccomics.com

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:
  BARRY GROSSMAN, SIGNATURE.
• 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 BARRY GROSSMAN 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 BG 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, May 31, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, May 31, 2024.

*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.

***Paid membership discounts do not apply to In-House Private Signings.

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