CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with TMNT Co-Creator Kevin Eastman

CGC is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting another exclusive In-House Private Signing with the wonderful Kevin Eastman! Eastman is a comic book artist, writer and creator who is widely known for co-creating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles along with Peter Laird in 1984. In addition to signing, Eastman will be offering his Turtle Head Remarque for purchase. See pricing details below. 

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TMNT began as a self-published, black and white, oversized comic, and morphed (much like the turtles themselves) into a phenomenon. Its huge success led to many Eastman co-created merchandising and multimedia deals that included games, toys, live action films and a hit television series.

After stepping away from TMNT to focus on other adventures, like founding Tundra Publishing, Eastman made his way back to the TMNT team in 2011 as IDW Publishing began to reboot the hit TMNT comic series. In addition to TMNT, Eastman has also co-created with filmmaker and comic book writer, David Avallone, the intense comic series Drawing Blood, which shares the dark and twisted stories of a professional cartoonist. Eastman is also the publisher and editor of Heavy Metal magazine.

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, November 10, 2023. 

If the Private Signing needs to be rescheduled, CGC will securely store all submissions in its vault until the event can be rescheduled. 

After Eastman 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 Kevin Eastman is $90 per item and includes:

• Kevin Eastman’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 Kevin Eastman Turtle Head Remarque is $130 per item and includes:

• Kevin Eastman’s Remarque. Submitters may request the desired Turtle Remarque. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Remarque requests. 
• Kevin Eastman’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

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:
  KEVIN EASTMAN, SIGNATURE; KEVIN EASTMAN, 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 KEVIN EASTMAN 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 KE 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, November 10, 2023, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, November 10, 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.