CGC Announces an In-House Private Signing Event with Comic Book Artist Jae Lee

CGC is excited to welcome comic book artist Jae Lee for an In-House Private Signing Event. Lee is an Eisner Award winning talent who has worked for some of the industries largest publishers such as Marvel, DC and Image Comics. Fans, get ready because Lee is offering a number of extra options for this signing in addition to his signatures! Check out all the details below.

Full Body + Background Sketches and Team Shot + Background Sketches will be done on 11x17 Bristol sheets, and customers must reach out to privatesignings@cgccomics.com to request a submission form. See more info below. Click images to enlarge.

Lee is best known for his work for Marvel where he illustrated covers and interiors for titles like Namor the Sub-Mariner, Inhumans, X-Factor and Stephen King’s Dark Tower comic adaptations. Some of his other works include series such as Batman/Superman, Before Watchmen: Ozymandias, Hellshock, WildC.A.T.s and Youngblood. In 1999, Lee received an Eisner Award for Best New Series, for his work on Inhumans. He has illustrated books like The Illustrated Dracula by Bram Stoker and The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. He also created artwork that was included in the 2019 DC animated short, DC Showcase: Death.

“The CGC Signature Series team and I are stoked to have Jae Lee join us for this In-House Private Signing event,” said Brittany McManus, CGC Signature Series Director. “He has created a portfolio of captivating work during his time in the industry and we look forward to seeing all of the awesome submissions for this event!”

For this exclusive event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, can submit books directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. To purchase an 11x17 sketch, customers must email privatesignings@cgccomics.com and a submission form will be sent to them. CGC must receive all submissions for this event by Friday, October 21, 2022.

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 Lee signs 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 Jae Lee is $70 per item and includes: 

• Jae Lee’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 In-House Private Signing fee for a Jae Lee Remarque is $210 per item and includes:

• Jae Lee’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. 
• Jae Lee’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 a Jae Lee Half-Body Sketch is $475 per item and includes:

• Jae Lee’s illustrated Half-Body 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. 
• Jae Lee’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 a Jae Lee Full Figure Sketch is $775 per item and includes:

• Jae Lee’s illustrated 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. 
• Jae Lee’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 a Jae Lee Full Body Image and Background is $1575 per item and includes:

• Jae Lee’s illustrated Full Body Image and Background. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Sketch will be completed on an 11x17 Bristol sheet. 
• Jae Lee’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 a Jae Lee Team Shot and Background is $2575 per item and includes:

• Jae Lee’s illustrated Team Shot and Background. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Sketch will be completed on an 11x17 Bristol sheet. 
• Jae Lee’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

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:
  JAE LEE, PRIVATE SIGNING; JAE LEE, REMARQUE; JAE LEE, HALF-BODY SKETCH; JAE LEE, FULL FIGURE SKETCH; JAE LEE, FULL BODY IMAGE; JAE LEE, TEAM SHOT.
• 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 JAE LEE 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 JL 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, October 21, 2022, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, October 21, 2022.

*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.