CGC Announces In-House Private Signing with Comic Book Artist Mirka Andolfo

CGC is excited to announce that we will be hosting an exclusive In-House Private Signing event with the extremely talented comic book artist Mirka Andolfo! Andolfo has penciled and done cover work for DC Comics, Marvel, Image and BOOM! Studios, among others. In addition to signing, Andolfo will be offering Remarques and Sketches for purchase. See pricing and details below.

Click images to enlarge.

Andolfo lives abroad and has had multiple successful creator-owned series released by Image Comics including Unnatural and Mercy. She has also worked on huge titles for DC Comics such as Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Bombshells, Teen Titans and Green Arrow. Andolfo has illustrated for the award-winning Ms. Marvel series for Marvel Comics and has also worked on The Amazing World of Gumball series for BOOM! Studios. She is currently working on another creator-owned series for Image Comics titled Sweet Paprika.

“The CGC Signature Series team and I are so excited to welcome Mirka Andolfo for this In-House Private Signing event,” said Brittany McManus, CGC Signature Series Director. “Her art is absolutely breathtaking. We can’t wait to see the fabulous Remarques and Sketches she 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, June 3, 2022.

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 Andolfo 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 Mirka Andolfo is $75 per item and includes:

• Mirka Andolfo’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 Mirka Andolfo Remarque is $125 per item and includes:

• Mirka Andolfo’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.
• Mirka Andolfo’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 Mirka Andolfo Head/Bust Sketch is $525 per item and includes:

• Mirka Andolfo’s Head/Bust Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank Sketch cover.
• Mirka Andolfo’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 Mirka Andolfo Full Figure Sketch is $1,125 per item and includes:

• Mirka Andolfo’s Full Figure Sketch. Important: The final design and subject matter of the Sketch is at the artist’s discretion. CGC cannot guarantee Sketch requests. Submissions must be a blank Sketch cover. Limited to the first 5 submitters.
• Mirka Andolfo’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 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:
  MIRKA ANDOLFO, PRIVATE SIGNING; MIRKA ANDOLFO, REMARQUE; MIRKA ANDOLFO, HEAD/BUST SKETCH; MIRKA ANDOLFO, FULL FIGURE 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 MIRKA ANDOLFO 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 purchased HERE.
• IMPORTANT: Please write MA 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, June 3, 2022, to qualify for this private signing event. No change requests will be accepted after Friday, June 3, 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.