CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Artist Tim Levins

CGC Signature Series is pleased to announce an exclusive In-House Private Signing with comic book artist Tim Levins! Levins has worked for DC, Marvel, Archie Comics and IDW Publishing during his career in the industry. In addition to signing, he will be offering Remarques and Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below. 

Click images to enlarge.

Levins is best known for his work on the Eisner Award-winning DC Comics series Batman: Gotham Adventures. Over the years, he has illustrated other titles for DC such as Justice League Adventures and Scooby-Doo!. His work for Marvel includes runs on Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Amazing Spider-Man Family. Levins also worked on the series Archie: The Married Life for Archie Comics. He has drawn several children’s books, including the Scooby-Doo! Encyclopedia, How to Draw Batman, How to Draw Superman and Other DC super heroes and villains for Capstone Publishing. More recently, Tim has provided covers for IDW’s Saturday Morning Adventures series Dungeons & Dragons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as a Spider-Man: The Animated Series tribute cover for Marvel's BEYOND AMAZING event, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man.

For this exclusive signing, 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, September 29, 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 Levins signs the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CGC 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 Tim Levins is $70 per item and includes: 

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

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Tim Levins Remarque is $110 per item and includes:

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

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Tim Levins Head Sketch is $245 per item and includes:

• Tim Levins’ 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. 
• Tim Levins’ signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC 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:
  TIM LEVINS, SIGNATURE; TIM LEVINS, REMARQUE; TIM LEVINS, 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 TIM LEVINS 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 TL 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, September 29, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, September 29, 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.

***Marker color requests are welcome, but not guaranteed. Marker color choice and signature placement is at the final discretion of the signer.