CGC Announces Private Signing with TMNT Co-Creator and Living Legend Kevin Eastman

CGC Signature Series is excited to announce a Private Signing with the acclaimed comic creator Kevin Eastman! Eastman is a comic book artist, writer and creator who is widely known for co-creating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles along with Peter Laird in 1984.

Alongside the announcement of this signing, CGC is excited to have been entrusted with the responsibility of authenticating and grading select comics, prints, home video collectibles and video games from the Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Collection. These CGC-graded collectibles are available for sale on their website. You can check out some of these pieces and learn more about Eastman's legendary career in the recent CGC Signature Series Spotlight Podcast with Kevin Eastman!

TMNT began as a self-published, black-and-white, oversized comic, and morphed (much like the turtles themselves) into a phenomenon. Its huge success led to many Eastman co-created merchandising and multimedia deals that included games, toys, live-action films and a hit television series.

After stepping away from TMNT to focus on other adventures, like founding Tundra Publishing, Eastman made his way back to the TMNT team in 2011 as IDW Publishing began to reboot the hit TMNT comic series. In addition to TMNT, Eastman has also co-created (with filmmaker and comic book writer David Avallone) the intense comic series Drawing Blood, which shares the dark and twisted stories of a professional cartoonist. Eastman was also the publisher and editor of Heavy Metal magazine.

For this exclusive event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, can submit comics and cards directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. CGC members can also drop off comics and cards directly to CGC at any show that CGC is attending before the submission cutoff. CGC must receive all submissions for this event by April 17, 2026.

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

After the submitted comics and cards 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 Private Signing fee for Kevin Eastman is $100 per item and includes:

• Kevin Eastman’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 fee applies for CGC pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Comics Private Signing fee for a Kevin Eastman remarque is $140 per item and includes:

• Kevin Eastman’s remarque. Important: The submitter may request the desired remarque. The final subject matter of the remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
• Kevin Eastman’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 fee applies for CGC pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Cards Signing fee for Kevin Eastman is $80 per item and includes:

• Kevin Eastman’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• 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:
  Kevin Eastman, Signature or Kevin Eastman, Remarque.
• 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 Kevin Eastman, under Private Signing Details.
• On the next screen, you can add one of CGC’s custom 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 KE 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.

To submit cards for the signing:

• Log onto your account or sign up for an account HERE.
• Click Submit in the CGC Cards website navigation and select Submission Form.
• Click on the link to the CGC Cards Online Form.
• Select "Mail-In or Show Drop-Off" under Select Submission Method.
• Select "Grading" under Select Primary Service.
• Choose Kevin Eastman, Signature under Select Tier.
• Enter the information requested for your card.
• Select Add to Cart, and then repeat if there are additional cards in your submission. If there are no additional cards in your submission, click on the cart icon and proceed to checkout.
• Carefully package cards in a box for shipment.
• IMPORTANT: Please write KE 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.
• Cards will be received into the CGC Cards system when they arrive and will be safely stored by CGC Cards until the event. (Please note: Payments are processed as they normally are at the time of the collectibles' arrival at CGC.)
• Once cards are signed, they will start an expedited CGC Cards grading process.

Please Note:

All submissions must be received by CGC no later than April 17, 2026, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after April 17, 2026. Membership credits cannot be applied to CGC Private Signings. 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 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 Cards, CGC 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.

CGC is part of the Certified Collectibles Group, a global provider of expert and impartial authentication and grading services for collectibles. Since 1987, the Certified Collectibles Group companies have certified more than 100 million collectibles, including coins, banknotes, comic books, cards, autographs and stamps.