CGC Announces Second In-House Private Signing Event with Comic Book Artist Arthur Suydam

CGC is excited to announce our second exclusive In-House Private Signing event with Zombie King Arthur Suydam, in conjunction with Eva Ink Artist Group! During his career, Suydam has created characters and illustrations for Marvel, DC Comics, Dynamite Publishing and more. Renowned for his zombie work on Marvel Zombies as well as his work on Deadpool:Merc With a Mouth, DCeased, and Black Panther. In addition to signing, he will be offering Remarques and Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below.

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Suydam is best known for his work on the Marvel Zombies and Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth series, where he illustrated many covers that paid homage to famous covers from Marvel history. While at Marvel he also worked on covers for characters like Ghost Rider, Moon Knight and Wolverine. In the 1990s, he worked as an editor for Penthouse Comix where he was part of its inaugural issue. Suydam went on to work on Red Sonja for Dynamite Publishing and recently on Batman: Deceased for DC Comics.

“The CGC Signature Series team and I are thrilled that Arthur Suydam is joining us for another Private Signing event,” said Brittany McManus, CGC Signature Series Director. “He has created wonderful covers and illustrations throughout his career and we look forward to seeing the beautiful Remarques and Sketches he creates!”

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, March 18, 2022.

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

After Suydam signs the submitted books, CGC will grade and encapsulate them with an estimated turnaround time of six weeks. If CCS 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 Arthur Suydam is $75 per item and includes:

• Arthur Suydam’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Arthur Suydam Remarque is $135 per item and includes:

• Arthur Suydam’s illustrated 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.
• Arthur Suydam’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS pressing)
• Encapsulation with the iconic yellow CGC Signature Series label

The CGC In-House Private Signing fee for a Arthur Suydam Sketch is $325 per item and includes:

• Arthur Suydam’s Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the sketch is at the artists’ discretion. CGC cannot guarantee sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank sketch cover.
• Arthur Suydam’s signature
• Estimated turnaround time of six weeks for CGC grading
• Estimated turnaround time of eight weeks for CGC grading and CCS pressing (an additional $20 fee applies for CCS 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 accountHERE.
• 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:
  ARTHUR SUYDAM, PRIVATE SIGNING; ARTHUR SUYDAM, REMARQUE; ARTHUR SUYDAM, SKETCH.
• 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 ARTHUR SUYDAM 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, clickHERE.
• 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 purchasedHERE.
• IMPORTANT: Please write AS 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 18, 2022, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, March 18, 2022.

Membership credits cannot be applied to CGC Private Signings.

*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.