CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with the Talented Mark Spears

CGC is excited to announce that the Signature Series team will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing with award-winning artist, Mark Spears! Spears is a spectacular talent who has worked for major publishers like Marvel, DC Comics and Dynamite. In addition to signing, Spears will be offering Remarques and Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below. 

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Mark Spears is an acclaimed artist whose work has appeared on covers for Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn, King Spawn, Scorched, Vampirella and Red Sonja.  His artwork made an appearance in the 2022 "Spirit Halloween" movie. Spears also did the movie's poster and DVD box art.  His work has been featured on multiple trading card series from Marvel and DC Comics and his concept art was used to design a line of Marvel statues. Spears’ also did Batman art for statues and figurines for DC Comics. He is the creator of Mark Spears Monsters and has released two trading card series under this brand. Spears won the Rondo Hatton Horror Awards "Artist of the Year" in 2020 and was runner up the following year. His artwork has also been nominated three years in a row for "Best Magazine Cover".

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 Friday, May 26, 2023.

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 Spears 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 Mark Spears is $70 per item and includes: 

• Mark Spears’ 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 Mark Spears Remarque is $120 per item and includes:

• Mark Spears’ 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. 
• Mark Spears’ 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 Mark Spears Sketch is $220 per item and includes:

• Mark Spears’  Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank Sketch cover. 
• Mark Spears’ 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 In-House Private Signing, 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:
  MARK SPEARS, PRIVATE SIGNING; MARK SPEARS, REMARQUE; MARK SPEARS, SKETCH.
• 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 MARK SPEARS 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 MS 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, May 26, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, May 26, 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.