CGC Announces Special Drop-off Signing with Jim Lee at San Diego Comic-Con!

CGC is excited to announce that we will be hosting a signing with the incredible Jim Lee at SDCC 2023. All submissions must be dropped off at the CGC Booth #901 or the Signature Series Booth #4315 at the convention by the end of the day on Saturday, July 22. In addition to signing, Lee will be offering Remarques for purchase. See pricing details below.

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One of the most respected artists in the industry, Lee is a Harvey and Inkpot Award-winning artist known for his incredibly detailed and dynamic artistic style. He started his comic book career at Marvel Comics, where his work on X-Men continues to be one of his lifelong legacies. He was also the artist for many of DC Comics’ bestselling books and graphic novels, including All-Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder, Batman: Hush and Superman: For Tomorrow. Later, he started his own production company, WildStorm Productions, and co-founded Image Comics, an independent comics company that quickly grew to become one of the industry’s largest publishers. He is the current President of DC Comics.

For this event, ALL CGC members, including free CGC members, must submit books in-person at the CGC booth #901 or the Signature Series Booth #4315 at SDCC 2023 by the end of the day on Saturday, July 22. Please do not mail in any collectibles for this signing. 

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for Jim Lee is $120 per item and includes:

• Jim Lee’s 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 Jim Lee Remarque is $570 per item and includes:

• Jim Lee’s 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. 
• Jim Lee’s 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 Jim Lee Side Profile Inked Remarque is $1070 per item and includes:

• Jim Lee’s Side Profile Inked 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. Submissions must be a blank Sketch cover. 
• Jim Lee’s 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

After Lee 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.

Submission Instructions

For this CGC SDCC 2023 Special Signing event, you MUST submit books in-person at the CGC Booth #901 or the Signature Series Booth #4315 at SDCC 2023 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 select the artist.
• 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 JIM 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.
• 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 at the CGC Booth #901 or the Signature Series Booth #4315 at SDCC 2023 by the end of the show Saturday, July 22, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Saturday, July 22, 2023. Please do not mail in any collectibles for this signing. 

**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.