CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Sean Gordon Murphy

Posted on 8/6/2025

Sean Gordon Murphy, the creative force behind Batman: White Knight and other bold, genre-defining works, is signing with CGC Signature Series! Now’s your chance to get a signature and remarque from one of comics’ most distinctive creators.

CGC is excited to announce that we will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing with Sean Gordon Murphy!

After breaking into the industry at a young age, Murphy made a name for himself in the world of indie comics, writing and illustrating Punk Rock Jesus. While he is widely known for his work with some of the industry’s top writers on titles like Joe the Barbarian, American Vampire, The Wake, Chrononauts and Tokyo Ghost, Sean enjoys writing for himself.

His Batman: White Knight, Curse of the White Knight and Beyond the White Knight story arcs have garnered critical and popular acclaim. Most recently, Sean wrote and illustrated Zorro: Man of the Dead.

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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 September 19, 2025.

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

After the submitted books are signed, 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 Comics Private Signing fee for Sean Gordon Murphy is $90 per item and includes:

  • Sean Gordon Murphy’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

Sean Gordon Murphy Remarque Examples.
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The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Sean Gordon Murphy Remarque is $270 per item and includes:

  • Sean Gordon Murphy’s Remarque. Important: Remaques are limited to Batman, Mr. Freeze, Nightwing, Zorro, Joker or the Batmobile. The submitter may request the desired Remarque. The final subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests. Limited to the first 60 requests!
  • Sean Gordon Murphy’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

Sean Gordon Murphy Convention Sketch Examples.
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The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Sean Gordon Murphy Convention Sketch is $1,085 per item and includes:

  • Sean Gordon Murphy’s Sketch. Important: Artist will not accept vehicle requests for sketches. The submitter may request the desired Sketch. The final subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.  Limited to the first 10 requests!
  • Sean Gordon Murphy’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

Sean Gordon Murphy Convention Sketch Examples.
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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 / Pulps, select Online Form.
  • Click Start New Order.
  • Select Comic or Magazine, then select CGC Signature Series, then select In-House Private Signing and one of the following from the dropdown menu section:
    SEAN GORDON MURPHY, SIGNATURE; SEAN GORDON MURPHY, REMARQUE or SEAN GORDON MURPHY; SKETCH. Under Primary Services, select Authentication & Grading and, if you would like it, Pressing. Then click Add Comic.
  • Enter the information requested for your comic, and make sure to check the box next to Sean Gordon Murphy under Private Signing Details.
  • If a qualifying custom label is available, you will have the option to click the Custom Label box and make a selection to add one of CGC’s custom labels to your submission for qualifying books.
  • Select Add Comic, and then repeat if there are additional books in your submission. If there are no additional books in your submission, click on Review Cart 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 SGM on all sides of the outside of the box. You must initial the 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 September 19, 2025, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after September 19, 2025.

*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 are at the final discretion of the signer.

About CGC

Since revolutionizing comic book grading in 2000, CGC has grown to include certification services for a vast variety of pop culture collectibles. These divisions include CGC CardsCGC Video Games and CGC Home Video. CGC Cards provides expert card grading for sports cards, TCGs and non-sports cards. CGC Video Games is dedicated to video game grading for the most popular consoles, including Nintendo, Sega, Atari, PlayStation and more. CGC Home Video provides expert VHS grading in addition to other types of videocassettes, DVD, Blu-ray and more. CGC also offers seamless solutions for autograph collectors with CGC Signature Series and JSA Authentic Autograph services.


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