CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Creators Chris Claremont and Terry Austin

CGC Signature Series is excited to announce another exclusive In-House Private Signing with influential comic book creators Chris Claremont and Terry Austin. For this event, Claremont will also be offering Inscription and Remarque options. Austin will be offering Remarques as well. See pricing and details below.

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Claremont has had a celebrated career in comics thanks to his time at Marvel where he wrote issues of Uncanny X-Men from 1975-1991. Credited with developing strong female characters and interweaving literary themes into comics, Claremont is a legend in the comic world. He has been inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the Harvey Lifetime Achievement Award, the Yellow Kid Award, the Angouleme Grand Prix Award and many more. He also holds the record for best-selling comic book of all time for his work on X-Men #1.

Claremont began his career in comics at Marvel Comics as an editorial assistant. His first assignment was on Daredevil. Since then, he has gone on to write extremely important X-Men stories including, The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past. Claremont is also the co-creator of fan favorite characters such as Rogue, Gambit, Shadowcat, Mystique, Sabertooth and many more. He has also been published by Dark Horse, Image and DC Comics. Most recently, Claremont delved back into the X-Men universe by writing a five issue Gambit miniseries and is currently slated to write the upcoming series, Wolverine: Madripoor Knights. Fans of Claremont's work will have plenty of options to submit when it comes to Madripoor Knights and his recent run on Gambit as both will be out in time for his 2024 signing.

Austin began his career as an inker for a series of Batman stories for DC’s Detective Comics, along with inking Martian Manhunter, featured in Adventure Comics. His work then appeared in the X-Men series The Dark Phoenix Saga, which became one of the top-selling American comic books of its time. For The Dark Phoenix Saga, he received several Eagle Awards for best inker and an Inkpot Award. In addition, Austin has worked as a writer, primarily for Dark Horse Comics’ Splinter of the Mind’s Eye and Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger.

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, March 1, 2024. 

CGC will also be offering a limited edition Chris Claremont custom label for an additional cost for customers interested in adding some extra flair to their graded books submitted for this signing!

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 they sign 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 Private Signing fee for Chris Claremont is $90 per item and includes: 

• Chris Claremont’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 Private Signing fee for a Chris Claremont “SNIKT!” Inscription is $120 per item and includes: 

• Chris Claremont’s “SNIKT!” Inscription 
• Chris Claremont’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 Private Signing fee for a Chris Claremont “SNIKT!” with Claws Remarque is $220 per item and includes:

• Chris Claremont’s illustrated “SNKIT!” with Claws Remarque. Limited to the first 20 submitters.
• Chris Claremont’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 Private Signing fee for Terry Austin is $85 per item and includes:

• Terry Austin’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 Private Signing fee for a Terry Austin Remarque is $125 per item and includes:

• Terry Austin’s illustrated Remarque. Submitters may request the desired Remarque. Important: No real people/likenesses. The final design and subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Remarque requests.
• Terry Austin’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 Duo Private Signing fee for Chris Claremont & Terry Austin is $120 per item and includes:

• Chris Claremont & Terry Austin’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:
  CHRIS CLAREMONT, SIGNATURE; CHRIS CLAREMONT, “SNIKT!” INSCRIPTION; CHRIS CLAREMONT, “SNIKT!” WITH CLAWS REMARQUE; TERRY AUSTIN, SIGNATURE; TERRY AUSTIN, 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 CHRIS CLAREMONT/TERRY AUSTIN 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 CC/TA 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, March 1, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, March 1, 2024.

*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.