Matthew Waite is a Chicago-based comic book artist and graphic designer with over 20 years in comics and graphic design — and one of the most recognizable variant cover specialists working in the industry today. Best known for his signature 8-bit variant covers, Matthew has carved out a genuinely unique niche in the collector market, translating iconic comic characters and pop culture figures into a pixel-art aesthetic that blends retro video game nostalgia with contemporary comics collecting culture.

His Marvel credits span cover work on Edge of Spider-Verse, Avengers A.I., What If...? Venom, and Cable: Love and Chrome, while his Image Comics work includes retailer variant covers for G.I. Joe and Exquisite Corpses — the James Tynion IV series that sold over 400,000 copies. His extensive work with TidalWave Productions includes multiple covers across their Fame biography series, including Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, Keanu Reeves, Steven Spielberg, and Naoto Ohshima, Creator of Sonic — covers that have become highly sought-after collector items at major conventions including Fan Expo Dallas and NYCC.

His Bowdiggity retailer exclusive variant cover for NiFe WARS Issue #1 brings that same collector-market sensibility to the franchise — a perfect fit for a series built around the culture of limited editions, variants, and premium collectibles.