Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara Return to CGC for an Exclusive In-House Private Signing Event
Posted on 11/6/2024
CGC will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing event with comic book creators Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara! This creative team is famous for their incredible work on X-Men and X-Force for Marvel Comics, but have also worked for other publishers like DC Comics and Titan Books. In addition to signing, they will be offering Inscriptions, Remarques and a variety of Sketch options for purchase. See pricing and details below.
Percy is a critically acclaimed comics book writer and novelist who has published work with DC and Marvel comics. At Marvel he worked on fan favorite series such as X-Force, Wolverine: The Long Night and Wolverine. His work for DC includes series like Batman, Nightwing, Green Arrow and Teen Titans. Percy has also been a writer for Marvel podcasts and has worked on Wolverine: The Long Night, Wolverine: The Lost Trail and Wastelanders: Old Man Starlord. He currently writes fictional novels as well as short stories, articles and essays.
Cassara is a comics book artist who has an impressive catalog of works published by Marvel Comics and Titan Books. He has worked on many huge titles for Marvel including The Avengers, Black Panther, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Fantastic Four, Moon Knight and X-Force among others! Cassara has also illustrated various books for Titan Books including Doctor Who, Dark Souls: The Breath of Andolus, Mycroft and Shades of Magic. Cassara has upcoming covers on Fantastic Four and Venom War published by Marvel Comics.
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, December 20, 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 Private Signing fee for Ben Percy is $80 per item and includes:
- Ben Percy’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 a Ben Percy Inscription is $90 per item and includes:
- Ben Percy’s Inscription
- 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 Joshua Cassara is $80 per item and includes:
- Josh Cassara’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 Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara is $100 per item and includes:
- Ben Percy’s Signature
- Josh Cassara’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 Joshua Cassara Remarque is $170 per item and includes:
- Joshua Cassara’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.
- Josh Cassara’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 Joshua Cassara Head Sketch is $385 per item and includes:
- Joshua Cassara’s 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.
- Joshua Cassara’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 Joshua Cassara Bust Sketch is $735 per item and includes:
- Joshua Cassara’s Bust 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.
- Joshua Cassara’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 Joshua Cassara Full Figure Sketch is $1335 per item and includes:
- Joshua Cassara’s Full Figure 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.
- Joshua Cassara’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 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:
BEN PERCY, SIGNATURE; BEN PERCY, INSCRIPTION; JOSHUA CASSARA, SIGNATURE; BEN PERCY AND JOSHUA CASSARA, SIGNATURE; JOSHUA CASSARA, REMARQUE; JOSHUA CASSARA, HEAD SKETCH; JOSHUA CASSARA, BUST SKETCH; JOSHUA CASSARA, FULL FIGURE 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 BEN PERCY/JOSHUA CASSARA 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 BP/JC 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, December 20, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, December 20, 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.
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