CGC Announces a Private Signing with Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner

CGC is very excited to announce an especially fun Private Signing with Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner, the team behind Stray Dogs! In addition to signatures, Fleecs and Forstner are offering their very special Remarques based on their work on the Stray Dogs book. For their duo Remarque, they will be sketching your favorite characters from any of their books OR personalized images of fans' pets! See pricing and more details below for this extra special event!

Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner Remarque Example

Customers interested in the pet Remarques will need to send their book and submission form along with a photo of their pet. Fans can purchase a Stray Dogs blank via this website if interested in a Remarque. Important: Please send in a full body photo for the sketch. This photo will then be sent to Tony and Trish to draw the Remarque.

Fleecs is a prolific and critically acclaimed comic book creator. His licensed comic book work has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and has been translated and reprinted all over the world. Tony's creator owned work includes the smash hit Stray Dogs (2021), In My Lifetime (2006), Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth (2016), and the forthcoming, Time Shopper (2021). You've seen Tony's art on some of your favorite titles like Star Wars, Avengers, Batman, TMNT, Transformers and just a literal TON of My Little Pony.

Forstner, co-creator of Stray Dogs, has worked on the My Little Pony comic series and Play My Little Pony trading cards. She was also the art director for BronyCon, a premier MLP Fandom Convention. In addition to illustrating, Trish also designs plush toys, enamel pins and produces art sculptures and costumes. Her original characters are featured in animated videos such as Children of the Night and in games such as Jungle Kartz.

“The Signature Series team can’t wait to host this very special event,” said Brittany McManus, CGC Signature Series Director. “We have never done a signing like this before, and we are so excited to see your pet photos and the one-of-a-kind Remarques they become!”

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 Thursday, September 30, 2021.

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 Fleecs and Forstner sign the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CCS 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 Tony Fleecs is $60 per item and includes:

• Tony Fleecs’ signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Private Signing fee for Trish Forstner is $60 per item and includes:

• Trish Forstner’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC Private Signing fee for Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner is $70 per item and includes:

• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s signatures
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The fee for a Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner Duo Remarque or Pet Sketch is $200 per item and includes:

• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s illustrated Remarque or pet sketch. Important: Only Stray Dogs blanks from Image Comics may be submitted for a pet sketch Remarque. Submissions must include a pet photo.
• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s signatures
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The fee for a Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner Duo 2 Pet Sketch is $275 per item and includes:

• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s illustrated Remarque or pet sketch. Important: Only Stray Dogs blanks from Image Comics may be submitted for a pet sketch Remarque. Submissions must include a pet photo.
• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s signatures
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The fee for a Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner Duo 3 Pet Sketch is $350 per item and includes:

• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s illustrated Remarque or pet sketch. Important: Only Stray Dogs blanks from Image Comics may be submitted for a pet sketch Remarque. Submissions must include a pet photo.
• Tony Fleecs’ and Trish Forstner’s signatures
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS 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:
  TONY FLEECS, PRIVATE SIGNING; TRISH FORSTNER, PRIVATE SIGNING; FLEECS & FORSTNER, DUAL SIGNING; FLEECS & FORSTNER, 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 FLEECS & FORSTNER 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. You can purchase window bags HERE.
• 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. If you need a CGC shipping kit, they can be purchased HERE.
• IMPORTANT: Please write TF/ TF 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 Thursday, September 30, 2021, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Thursday, September 30, 2021.

Membership credits cannot be applied to CGC Private Signings.

*No Multi-Sigs included with other signings.

**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.