CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Artist Bob McLeod
Posted on 11/18/2022
CGC is thrilled to announce that comic book artist Bob McLeod will be joining us for an exclusive In-House Private Signing event! McLeod has worked in the industry for decades and is best known for co-creating and illustrating The New Mutants for Marvel Comics. In addition to signing, he will be offering Remarques for purchase. See pricing and details below.
Bob McLeod Remarque Examples |
McLeod began his career with Marvel's Crazy magazine, penciling and inking movie and TV satires and the Teen Hulk strip. He has penciled or inked all of the major characters for Marvel and DC, including Spider-Man (most notably Kraven's Last Hunt), The X-Men, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, GI Joe, Star Wars, The Hulk, Conan and many more. McLeod wrote and illustrated the children's alphabet book, Superhero ABC, published by HarperCollins, which received starred reviews. He has edited and written articles for Twomorrows' Rough Stuff magazine and taught art at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design for many years. Currently, he does occasional variant covers for Marvel and commissions for his fans, along with occasional freelance jobs and personal projects. His web site is www.bobmcleod.com.
“The Signature Series team and I are looking forward to having Bob McLeod join us for this Private Signing event,” said Brittany McManus, CGC Signature Series Director. “He’s worked on books for so many characters! Fans will have many options to choose from and as always, we look forward to seeing all the amazing submissions!”
For this exclusive In-House Private Signing, ALL CGC members — that includes free CGC members — can submit books directly to CGC headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. CGC must receive all submissions for this event by Friday, January 27, 2023.
If the CGC In-House Private Signing needs to be rescheduled, CGC will securely store all submissions in its vault until the event can be rescheduled.
After McLeod 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 In-House Private Signing fee for Bob McLeod is $70 per item and includes:
- Bob McLeod’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 CGC’s iconic yellow Signature Series label
The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Bob McLeod Remarque is $100 per item and includes:
- Bob McLeod’s Remarque. The submitter 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. Limited to the first 15 submitters.
- Bob McLeod’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 CGC’s iconic yellow 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 into 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 drop-down menu in that section:
BOB MCLEOD, PRIVATE SIGNING; BOB MCLEOD, 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 BOB MCLEOD 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 BM on all sides of the box.
- Books will be received into CGC’s 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:
To qualify for this private signing event, all submissions must be received by CGC no later than Friday, January 27, 2023. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, January 27, 2023.
*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.
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