CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Artist Steve Epting

CGC Signature Series is thrilled to announce an exclusive In-House Private Signing with Eisner and Harvey Award nominated comic book artist Steve Epting! During his exceptional career in comics, Epting has worked for many publishing giants in the industry including Marvel, DC and Image Comics. In addition to signing, Epting will be offering a limited number of Remarques and Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below.

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Epting made his name with Marvel fans everywhere with an eminent fifty issue run drawing The Avengers in the 1990’s. During this time he also contributed art for series like X-Factor and the X-Men, as well as Superman and Aquaman at DC Comics. He then branched out on various Crossgen titles and in the process co-created the Eisner nominated pirate saga El Cazador. Epting later returned to Marvel to begin an award-winning collaboration with Ed Brubaker on Captain America and The Marvels and then teamed with Jonathan Hickman for a defining run on Fantastic Four, followed by New Avengers. Epting along with Ed Brubaker co-created the Winter Soldier, the main character from the smash hit movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The two creators also teamed up on the series Velvet for Image Comics. More recently, Epting provided art for the relaunch of Batwoman for DC Comics, which garnered him a GLAAD Media Award nomination in 2018.

For this exclusive event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, can submit books directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. To purchase a Steve Epting 11 x 17 Full Body 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 Sunday, July 28, 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 Epting 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 Steve Epting is $90 per item and includes: 

• Steve Epting’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 Steve Epting Remarque is $135 per item and includes:

• Steve Epting’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 25 submitters.
• Steve Epting’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 Steve Epting Torso Sketch is $590 per item and includes:

• Steve Epting’s illustrated Torso Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Limited to the first 5 submitters.
• Steve Epting’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 Steve Epting 11 x 17 Full Body Sketch is $1090 per item and includes:

• Please contact the Private Signings department if you would like to order one of these 11 x 17 Full Body Sketches: PrivateSignings@cgccomics.com
  
• Steve Epting’s Full Body Sketch on an 8.5 x 11 sheet. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Sketch requests. Limited to the first 10 submitters.
• Steve Epting’s signature
• 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:
  STEVE EPTING, SIGNATURE; STEVE EPTING, REMARQUE; STEVE EPTING, TORSO 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 STEVE EPTING 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 SE 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 Sunday, July 28, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Sunday, July 28, 2024.

*Cannot be combined with other CGC Private Signing events.

**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.