A Thousand Cuts #1

A Thousand Cuts #1 is a 24 page, full color, 4 issue mini-series with Story & Art by Gerald von Stoddard, Written by Frank Martin.

24 hours to Kill or be killed…

An ancient sentient samurai sword that hungers for blood, a recovering addict with a sordid past, thrown into a world of sadistic crime lords, crooked cops and supernatural evil. 

Anyone unfortunate enough who is cut by the sword has no choice but become its vessel of carnage. Those cursed by the sword have no out, they have 24 hours to kill or be killed. A Thousand Cuts #1introduces us to the Sword and our anti hero, Chiyo. 

After her father’s funeral, Chiyo and her sister Akai begin clearing out his home, only for Chiyo to slice her finger on the sword, hidden in their father's basement. In that moment, her life as she knew it, is over—because the blade is far from ordinary. It is alive, cursed with an insatiable thirst for blood, and now, so is she.

This is not a hero’s journey. A Thousand Cuts is a descent—a battle of wills between a young woman trying to escape her past and a cursed, sentient sword that won’t let her! Every kill twisting the blade deeper, warping her morality, until the line between survival and slaughter will blur beyond recognition.