CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Denys Cowan!
Posted on 4/2/2025
CGC is thrilled to offer collectors an opportunity to have their comics signed by Denys Cowan — an accomplished and celebrated comic and animation creator and illustrator! Among comic book readers and collaborators, Cowan is the stuff of legend. His comics have sold into the millions, and he remains a prolific creator, illustrator and producer. He is the recipient of the Humanitas Award, and he has been nominated for a number of Eisner awards throughout his illustrious career.
Founder of Milestone Media, which sold more than 10 million copies of groundbreaking comic books, Cowan has numerous credits to his name, including: Black Racer, Deathstroke, Black Lightning & Hong Kong Phooey, Batman: Lovers & Madmen, Blind Justice, Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers, The Question, Hardware and Static.
Static became one of the most beloved characters in the Milestone Universe, spawning a hugely successful animated series, Static Shock. During its run, the series was the only animated show not produced by Nickelodeon to dominate ratings. Cowan directed and produced the series, which was nominated for an Emmy.
As Senior Vice President of Animation at BET, Cowan was responsible for the creation, development and production of animated programming for the network. This included the development and production of the Black Panther animated series. Prior to his time at BET, Cowan was instrumental in developing and producing the first season of the prime-time animated series, The Boondocks. Serving as Senior Vice President of Motown Animation and Filmworks, he created and developed a number of shows with Fox, ABC, Disney and Nickelodeon. Cowan also co-created the character of Henri Ducard, as played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins.
Cowan drew the cover art of the platinum selling hip-hop album Liquid Swords from GZA/Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan. Cowan illustrated the successful run of You Can’t Handle the Truth, a monthly full-page comic strip for Ebony magazine. More recently, Cowan illustrated the Django Unchained graphic novel, which was inspired by the Oscar-winning film by Quentin Tarantino. Cowan also created illustrated posters for Marvel’s Black Panther and John Wick 2.
Cowan is also featured in Robert Kirkman’s “Secret History of Comics” in the episode titled “The Color of Comics” focusing on the history of Milestone Media.
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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, June 6, 2025.
If the CGC Private Signing needs to be rescheduled, CGC will securely store all submissions in its vault until the event can be rescheduled.
After the submitted books are signed, 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 Comics Private Signing fee for Denys Cowan is $80 per item and includes:
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- Denys Cowan’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 Comics Private Signing fee for a Denys Cowan Remarque is $130 per item and includes:
- Denys Cowan’s Remarque. Important: The submitter may request the desired Remarque. The final subject matter of the Remarque is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee requests.
- Denys Cowan’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 / Pulps, select Online Form.
- Click Start New Order.
- Select Comic or Magazine, then select
CGC Signature Series, then select In-House Private
Signing and one of the following from the dropdown menu
section:
DENYS COWAN, SIGNATURE; DENYS COWAN, REMARQUE. Under Primary Services, select Authentication & Grading and, if you would like it, Pressing. Then click Add Comic. - Enter the information requested for your comic, and make sure to check the box next to Denys Cowan under Private Signing Details.
- If a qualifying custom label is available, you will have the option to click the Custom Label box and make a selection to add one of CGC’s custom labels to your submission for qualifying books.
- Select Add Comic, and then repeat if there are additional books in your submission. If there are no additional books in your submission, click on Review Cart 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.
- Carefully package books in a box for shipment.
- IMPORTANT: Please write DC on all sides of the outside of the box. You must initial the 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, June 6, 2025, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, June 6, 2025.
*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.
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