CGC Announces First-ever Private Signing with Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick
Posted on 5/1/2026
CGC Signature Series is pleased to announce the first-ever exclusive comics and cards Private Signing event with a comic book power couple: Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick!
Matt Fraction co-created the New York Times bestselling books Sex Criminals and Hawkeye. He also co-created and worked as a writer and executive producer on AppleTV's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. He currently writes Adventureman at Image Comics and Batman for DC Comics. He lives with his wife, the writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, and their children and their dogs in Portland, Oregon.
Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for reinventing Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers, and her current series, FML (Dark Horse Comics), debuted in 2024 and will release its first collected edition this year. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel and 2023’s The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developing television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment, Amazon Studios, and HBO Max. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle Awakening, which opened at the Wynn Las Vegas in November 2022.
Options are available for signatures and inscription, as well as duo signature options for both Fraction and DeConnick. Also, for this special event, you can add a duo option for Fraction and Jorge Jiménez. The deadline to submit for this duo option is June 5, 2026. You can find out more about the Jorge Jiménez signing here!
CGC must receive all submissions for this event by July 17, 2026. The deadline for international submissions is two weeks earlier than the US deadline to allow time for delivery. 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 for comics is also requested, the turnaround time is estimated at eight weeks. After grading and encapsulation, the collectibles will be shipped back to their owners.
Pricing for Comic Submissions
The CGC Private Signing fee for Matt Fraction is $95 per item and includes:
- Matt Fraction’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 Private Signing fee for a Matt Fraction inscription is $110 per item and includes:
- Matt Fraction’s signature
- Matt Fraction’s inscription. Limited to 10 words.
- 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 Private Signing fee for Kelly Sue DeConnick is $95 per item and includes:
- Kelly Sue DeConnick’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 Private Signing fee for a Kelly Sue DeConnick inscription is $110 per item and includes:
- Kelly Sue DeConnick’s signature
- Kelly Sue DeConnick’s inscription. Limited to 10 words.
- 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 Private Signing fee for Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick is $130 per item and includes:
- Matt Fraction’s signature
- Kelly Sue DeConnick'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 Private Signing fee for Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez is $125 per item and includes:
- Matt Fraction’s signature
- Jorge Jiménez'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
Pricing for Card Submissions
The CGC Signing fee for Matt Fraction is $75 per item and includes:
- Matt Fraction’s signature
- Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
- Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label
The CGC Signing fee for Kelly Sue DeConnick is $75 per item and includes:
- Kelly Sue DeConnick'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 / 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:
Matt Fraction, Signature; Matt Fraction, Inscription; Kelly Sue DeConnick, Signature; Kelly Sue DeConnick, Inscription; Fraction/DeConnick, Signature or Fraction/Jimenez, Signature. 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 Matt Fraction/Kelly Sue DeConnick 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 MF/KD 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 Matt Fraction, Signature or Kelly Sue DeConnick, 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 MF/KD 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 July 17, 2026, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after July 17, 2026. The deadline for international submissions is two weeks earlier than the US deadline to allow time for delivery. Membership credits and paid membership discounts cannot be applied to CGC Private Signing fees, and submissions 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. Marker color requests are welcome but not guaranteed. Marker color choice and signature placement are at the final discretion of the signer.
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