CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with the Legendary John Carpenter and Sandy King

CGC Signature Series is ecstatic to announce an exclusive In-House Private Signing with the incredible John Carpenter and Sandy King! All signature options for this Private Signing Event are limited, so be sure to submit before they are gone! See pricing and details below. 

Few filmmakers have had as galvanizing and enduring an impact on cinema as John Carpenter. As director, writer, producer and composer, Carpenter has brought to the screen some of the most popular and influential films in history, beginning with his 1978 breakthrough: a low-budget horror film called Halloween, which shook both moviegoers and the film industry with a force that continues to be felt nearly 50 years later.

Carpenter’s horror films—including The Thing (1982), The Fog (1980), Christine (1983) and In the Mouth of Madness (1994)—have made him into the modern master of the genre, though his flair for action, suspense, mystery and comedy have been on considerable display in a remarkable range of now-classic films. They include the Oscar®-nominated Starman (1984); the hard-driving action of Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996); horror-hybrids Vampires (1998) and Ghosts of Mars (2001); science-fiction thriller Village of the Damned (1995); and the cult-classic action-comedies Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and They Live (1988).

On television, Carpenter has been equally influential, directing the suspense film Someone’s Watching Me and the Emmy®-winning Elvis, starring Kurt Russell. Carpenter won the Cable ACE Award for writing the HBO Film El Diablo (1990) and also created and co-directed with Tobe Hooper the fan-favorite Showtime anthology film Body Bags. Most recently, Carpenter collaborated with his wife, producer Sandy King to create and produce the Peacock docu-horror series Suburban Screams, for which he directed an episode, returning to the director’s chair for the first time in more than a decade.

Carpenter’s iconic 1978 score for Halloween not only frightened audiences and influenced an entire generation of composers, it also began his career as a composer, which has included Lost Themes, three widely acclaimed albums of non-soundtrack music, as well as two albums called Anthology that include his inimitable film music.

Through Storm King Productions, Carpenter and King have also created Storm King Comics, an acclaimed line of comics and graphic novels that feature horror, science-fiction, adventure and suspense stories for all ages, including the “John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids” imprint.

Returning to his indelible 1978 creation, Carpenter served as executive producer of new Halloween films beginning in 2018. He composed the scores for the films, along with his son, Cody Carpenter, and godson, Daniel Davies.

Carpenter is the recipient of dozens of awards and honors, including the Le Carrosse D’Or (Golden Coach) from the French Directors Guild during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival; lifetime achievement honors from the Bram Stoker Awards, the Online Film Critics Society, and the Saturn Awards (George Pal Memorial Award).

Born in Carthage, New York, and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University, Carpenter moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinema, where he directed his first theatrically released feature film, the 1975 science-fiction comedy Dark Star. In 2007, Western Kentucky University bestowed an honorary doctorate on Carpenter, who lives in Hollywood, California with his wife and frequent collaborator, Sandy King.

During her 40-year career in entertainment, Sandy King has worked with some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers, produced indelible classics of horror cinema and has created a fast-growing publishing company devoted to comics and graphic novels.

As a producer and filmmaker, Sandy has worked with directors as varied — and as legendary—as John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann, Walter Hill, John Hughes, and John Carpenter. The films she has produced range from box-office hits including They Live and John Carpenter’s Vampires, to the critically lauded CNN documentary Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars, to public-service announcements for Hunger Awareness. She has directed and produced the John Carpenter Live Retrospective, focusing the horror icon’s accomplished musical career, and produced The Manor for Blumhouse Productions and Amazon Studios.

Her career has taken her into shark-infested waters in the Bahamas and to the red planet of Mars, which she helped create from 55 acres of New Mexico desert. But in one of her biggest adventures, Sandy has become the first female founder of a comics publishing house: Storm King Comics.

At Storm King Comics, Sandy has created and written the award-winning Asylum series; and overseen multiple award-winning Tales for a HalloweeNight, the monthly John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction, and the graphic novel line Night Terrors. Under Sandy’s leadership, Storm King Comics has also launched a comics line, John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids, which offers comics and graphic novels for readers 4 to 18 years; Stanley’s Ghost from Storm Kids was nominated for an Eisner Award for best single issue. In 2023, Storm King Comics celebrated its 10th anniversary by introducing a new imprint, Dark & Twisted.

Sandy also produced the Peacock series Suburban Screams, described as a “bloody fine hybrid” of horror and documentary and deemed “perfect for true crime buffs and horror fans alike.” Sandy is also developing multiple series and recently launched a horror podcast, John Carpenter Presents Roanoke Falls, which won multiple Signal Awards, including Listeners’ Choice and Best Scripted Fiction. Sandy is married to director John Carpenter and lives in Hollywood.

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, November 1st, 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 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 In-House Private Signing fee for John Carpenter is $160 per item and includes: 

• Limited to the first 250 submitters
  
• John Carpenter’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 Sandy King is $110 per item and includes: 

• Limited to the first 50 submitters
  
• Sandy King’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 Sandy King Dedication and Signature is $135 per item and includes: 

• Limited to the first 50 submitters
  
• Sandy King’s dedication
• Sandy King’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 John Carpenter and Sandy King is $210 per item and includes: 

• Limited to the first 50 submitters
  
• John Carpenter’s signature 
• Sandy King’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   

Submission Instructions 

For this CGC In-House Private Signing, 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:
  JOHN CARPENTER, SIGNATURE; SANDY KING, SIGNATURE; SANDY KING, DEDICATION AND SIGNATURE; JOHN CARPENTER AND SANDY KING, 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 JOHN CARPENTER/SANDY KING 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.
• 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.
• IMPORTANT: Please write JC/SK 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, November 1, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, November 1, 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.