There are three for-sure things all people love in life: comic covers, cover bands, and MS Paint. Some warned us to never combine this holy trinity. We here at Multiveristy Comics said no, threw caution to the wind, and combined mankind’s three favorite things into our new weekly feature: MS Masterpaint Theater! Each week, we will highlight some of the best comic cover art by recreating those masterpieces in the artist’s ultimate tool, MS Paint.
Welcome to this week of MS Master Paint Theater. Before we enjoy this week’s masterpieces, let’s run over the rules again real quick.
Rules:
- Must use MS Paint.
- Must use mouse and keyboard.
- No tips, tricks, or hints.
- 1 hour per piece.
- Each piece will be rated on a scale of 1 to 10.
Simple enough! Let’s open the curtain on this week’s covers! Enjoy
Masterpaint Theater
Afterlife With Archie #10
By Francesco Francavilla

By Francesco Francavilla
So at some point I had to attempt a Francesco Francavilla cover. I mean he is a master in the art of, well of cover art. He also does amazing interiors, his issues of Snyder’s Detective Comics run are still some of my favorite Batman issues ever. An expert in the dark pulp style art his Afterlife With Archie cover’s balance the disturbing and wholesomeness of the series. I am always impressed when an artist can take a limited palate and silhouettes and create distinct expressive images. All this Josie image is those bright cat eyes against that dark shape to take it from average to eerie. Will my masterpaint recreation instill the same horror or just horror?
Afterlife With Archie #10
By Kyle Welch after Francesco Francavilla

No horror, just sadness. Somehow Josie looks like she is wearing Adidas track pants. Josie and the Pussycats might be covering Limp Bizkit songs tonight. One of those blobs looks like a bat the rest look like the curve V seagulls little kids draw over ocean sunsets. I don’t know what the thing at the top is. A tent maybe? The moon is good. I nailed the moon. I was able to draw a circle with a few lines in it, all skill.
7 bat tents out of 10.
Thank you for checking out another installment of MS Masterpaint Theater. Look for more stunning recreations next week. As we have settled into a weekly groove I will look to get other Multiversity Staff into contributing and maybe even possible creator guests! If you are a reader and would like to contribute, we would love your submissions for your MS Paint masterpieces. Send them here: kwelch@multiversitycomics.com. Until next week, may your airbrush always be crappy.