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.

Trees # 9 by Jason Howard (@theJasonHoward):

This is probably my favorite cover for Trees from issues released so far.

Sources:
Preview of Usagi Yojimbo 145
Usagi Zone at Dark Horse Comics (@DarkHorseComics)
Trees # 9 page at Image (@ImageComics)