CGC Announces In-House Private Signing Event with Comic Book Creators Daniel Warren Johnson, Tradd Moore, Ian Bertram, Matias Bergara, Nick Dragotta and Sanford Greene

CGC in association with Felix Comic Art is thrilled to announce that the Signature Series team will be hosting an exclusive Private Signing with comic book creators Daniel Warren Johnson, Tradd Moore, Ian Bertram, Matias Bergara, Nick Dragota and Sanford Greene! These creators have done phenomenal work for a myriad of publishers in the industry including Marvel, DC, Image, BOOM! Studios. In addition to signatures, they will be offering a limited amount of Remarques available for purchase. See pricing and details below.

Daniel Warren Johnson

Daniel Warren Johnson is an Eisner Award winning artist and writer best known for series like Murder Falcon, Do a Powerbomb, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star and The Jurassic League. His first comic work was on a web-comic titled Space Mullet, which was later printed by Dark Horse Comics after his work on the series The Ghost Fleet. Other popular series Johnson has worked on include BRZRKR, Deadly Class, Firefly, The Flash, Hulk, and Kick-Ass. He is currently working on the hit series Transformers for Image Comics.

Daniel Warren Johnson Signature fee: $85
Daniel Warren Johnson Remarque fee: $170 (Limited to the first 100 submitters)

Tradd Moore

Tradd Moore is the co-creator/artist of The Luther Strode Trilogy and The New World, Silver Surfer: Black. He has also worked on series such as Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise, All-New Ghost Rider, The Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, BRZRKR, Deadpool, The Department of Truth, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harley Quinn, The Mighty Thor, Ms. Marvel, Young Avengers and many others!

Tradd Moore Signature fee: $85
Tradd Moore Remarque fee: $220 (Limited to the first 20 submitters, Silver Surfer Black or Doctor Strange ONLY)

Ian Bertram

Ian Bertram is a comic book artist whose work can be found in Marvel, DC and Image comics like Batman and Robin, Batman Eternal, Black Panther, Detective Comics, Something is Killing the Children and Transformers. He is currently working on Precious Metal, published by Image Comics.

Ian Bertram Signature fee: $85
Ian Bertram Remarque fee: $170 (Limited to the first 20 submitters)

Matias Bergara

Born and still living in the curious little country of Uruguay, Matias Bergara has been illustrating comics, book covers and doing videogame art after leaving a college career in literature. Most of his published work was created for Latin America and Europe, so he is a recent arrival on US titles like Sons of Anarchy (BOOM! Studios) and Cannibal (Image Comics). His work on Coda (BOOM! Studios) earned him his first Eisner nomination as Best Artist in 2019.

Matias Bergara Signature fee: $85
Matias Bergara Remarque: $170 (Limited to the first 20 submitters)

Nick Dragotta

Nick Dragotta is the creator of the new limited series from Image Comics, Ghost Cage. Prior to that, he was the artist/co-creator (with writer Jonathan Hickman) on the acclaimed series, East of West. Early in his career, he was a longtime Marvel artist on such titles as Fantastic Four, Vengeance, X-Statix, and more. Most notably, Dragotta co-created the character America Chavez, who was brought to life in the MCU’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in 2022.

Nick Dragotta Signature fee: $85
Nick Dragotta Remarque fee: $170 (Limited to the first 20 submitters)

Sanford Greene

Sanford Greene is the co-creator of the Eisner and Ringo Award winning Image Comics series, Bitter Root, soon to be adapted into a major motion picture by producer Ryan Coogler and director Regina King. He has been a part of multiple projects for DC, including Justice League Annual with writer Brian Michael Bendis and was also tapped as lead concept designer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Sanford Greene Signature fee: $85
Sanford Greene Remarque fee: $170 (Limited to the first 20 submitters)

Each artist’s Signature fee includes the following:

• Artist’s signature
• PLEASE NOTE: Requesting specific signature ink color is not guaranteed and it lies completely within the signer's discretion
• Expedited turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Expedited turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)
• Encapsulation with CGC’s iconic yellow Signature Series label

Each artist’s Remarque fee includes:

• Illustrated Remarque (submitter can request image drawn but artist's reserve the right to choose a different character)
• Artist’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Expedited turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CGC pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CGC pressing)
• Encapsulation with CGC’s iconic yellow Signature Series label
• If it is noted next to the fee price that there are limited Remarques available, Remarques are offered on a first-come-first-serve basis; when the option is gone, all spots have been taken.

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, July 12, 2024.

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.

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:
  [ARTIST’S NAME], SIGNATURE (i.e. DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, SIGNATURE); [ARTIST’S NAME], REMARQUE (i.e. DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, 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 [ARTIST’S NAME] 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.
• 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.
• IMPORTANT: Please write [ARTIST’S INITIALS] on all sides of the outside of the box (i.e. for Daniel Warren Johnson you would write DWJ on the outside of your shipping 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, July 12, 2024, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, July 12, 2024.

*Cannot be combined with other CGC Private Signing events.

**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.

***Paid membership discounts do not apply to In-House Private Signings.

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