Returning Series Covers Expected This Week

Two series are expected to return from breaks with covers by Stan Sakai and Jason Howard this week. Four months between issues for Trees, but the regular Usagi Yojimbo series has been on hiatus since early 2012. Will be hard for me to resist picking these up.

Usagi Yojimbo # 145 by Stan Sakai ():

Not sure how I feel about covering up any Stan Sakai cover art, even just empty space, but this design looks good. And high praise for continuing the numbering where it left off.

Celestial Covers Expected This Week

Pair of gorgeous celestial covers by Stephanie Hans and Joe Corroney are expected this week.

Angela: Asgard's Assassin # 6 by Stephanie Hans (@HansStephanie):

This one more on the angelic end.

Covers Expected This Week

Some covers to look at that are expected to appear this week.

Convergence # 5 (of 8) by Andy Kubert:

Sorcery + barbarian + dinosaur = action packed cover moment.

Convergence Mini-Series: Regular vs Variant Covers

I haven't been reading any of these Convergence stories by DC Comics so far, but I noticed the covers. When I first saw previews of the variants for the first month, designed by Chip Kidd (@chipkidd), I figured the colored over portion would have something else that would be revealed when the comics were released. So when I saw them on the stands as previewed, I was disappointed. I did not think people would prefer the variants over the regular ones. But people do seem to like them from what I've read in spots. Thought I'd throw up a few for comparison. Chose a few that I'd have to think twice over which one to get.

Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle # 1 (of 2):

Regular cover by Jill Thompson. Fighting with Hawkman.

Variant (designed by Chip Kidd, as are all the others below). Nightwing close-up.