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My Cynical Valentine 2022-02-14

In the spirit of disclosure, happy Valentine’s :)⁣

Connie on Ko-fi ⁣ [3-panel comic of a girl with a braid, being cynical to hide her idealism. In panel 1, Elephant says, "Happy Valentine's Day." Girl, not stopping her stride, scoffs, "BAH! Love means nothing to me!" Panel 2 is a beat, girl walks away. In panel 3, still poker faced, the girl's unspoken thought bubble reads, "Love means everything to me." Original webcomic strip by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2022.]⁣ ⁣

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Small Reminders 2022-02-11

Small reminders can be huge. Better today, after talking to a good friend. ⁣

Thanks for reading ❤️Connie on Ko-fi⁣

[Single-panel comic of a girl with a braid at home, seated on a yoga mat, connecting with a friend on the phone. This is represented by a hand reaching out from a phone screen, index finger extended. The girl meets the hand halfway, fingertips about connect. Elephant looks on in the background. Caption reads, "Small reminders that you are not alone can be huge." Original cartoon illustration by Connie Sun, 2022]⁣

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Accidental Loneliness 2022-02-10

Oops! I probably need to get out more! Been testing the limits of social isolation lately. ⁣

Hope you're managing okay and have what you need to keep moving forward.

Thanks for reading. Connie on Ko-fi

[4-panel borderless comic of a girl with a braid, going too long without social interaction. In panel 1, she is looking out the window at a cityscape on a dreary day. Panel 2 is a bubble of a dream of being among friendly faces, which blends into panel 3, where she wakes up from the dream, alone in a bed. Captions read: "I got absorbed in work and accidentally didn't leave my apartment or talk to a single person for days. I was so isolated that I had a dream about being around people that I miss and felt a momentary sense of relief inside my head...Waking up was a bit sad. Loneliness often catches me off guard because I'm usually very good at being by myself."]

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Yellow Jacket 2022-02-08

If you see someone wearing a very vintage yellow jacket walking around, it might be me! ⁣The story of how my Dad got this for me when I moved to NYC 15 years ago. ⁣ My brain wants to tell longer stories these days, but I don't have a great way to share them yet. Many ideas are too long for short comics and take more time to develop. I'm still working on a book. This is an awkward comic strip that is more a window into my creative process than a finished product.⁣ ⁣ Thanks for patiently reading along and not giving up on me.⁣ Connie on Ko-fi ⁣ [3-page comic. Page 1, 2 panels: flashback to Los Angeles, 2007. A father proudly holds up a large yellow jacket on a hanger to a younger version of the girl. The girl tries it on and looks ridiculous. Text reads, "15 years ago, my dad got me a large, second-hand, butter-yellow, puffy jacket to wear when I moved to New York City. He says, matter-of-factly, "It's so you can survive winters and not get hit by cars." Page 2: illustration of an yellow armchair, walking passed a fire hydrant on the sidewalk. Text reads, "For years, I was too embarrassed to wear it because it made me look like a piece of yellow upholstered furniture." Page 3: girl with a bun, wearing an overwhelming, butter-yellow jacket because it was given to her by her father and is a reminder of where she comes from. Text reads, "I recently took it out of storage and started wearing it again because, if my dad taught me anything, it's "WHO CARES what anybody else thinks?!"]⁣

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Perfect Hair Day 2022-02-04

Hope you're having a good hair day! 

Thanks for reading and supporting

[3-panel comic of a girl at home alone, having a perfect hair day. She looks into a handheld mirror, then down dejectedly. In the last frame, a fan is creating a wind effect, as she takes glamour shots on her phone in bunny slippers, with the best hair of her life. Caption reads: "If you have a perfect hair day and nobody is around to see it, how many selfies...is too much??" Original webcomic by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie 2022]

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Winter in New York 2022-02-03

New autobio comic about winter months. Not today, but a persistent feeling in winter months. 

By now, the snow has melted and I'm fine. Thanks for reading through the ups and downs.

Connie on Ko-fi

[Two-panel comic of a girl wearing a winter coat, walking alone against a winter cityscape, snow covering the ground and trees bare. In panel 2, she stops to observe a frozen pond in Central Park with a family of geese on the ice surface of it, foraging. Caption reads, "I feel very alone today, but maybe this is my jam." Titled "Winter in New York."]

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This is a love-hate relationship. 

Full comic is up on Tinyview + bonus panel!

https://tinyview.com/.../episode-38-love-hate-relationship

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Turnip Cake Fail 2022-01-31

Turnip cake fail, mushroom lasagna win ;)

New autobio comic! ⁣ I celebrated Lunar New Year by trying to learn how to make a dish I haven't had since childhood. It didn't exactly turn out how I wanted, but it's salvageable as its own thing.⁣ ⁣ The quintessential Asian American experience: things don't go as planned, but you make do 😂 ⁣

Happy Year of the Tiger! Thanks for reading.

[3-panel autobio comic of a girl with a bun attempting to make a traditional dish from her childhood for the first time. Panel 1 is full of the ingredients that make up the dish, like daikon radish, rice flour, and shiitake mushroom. She's wearing an apron and is "so excited" to make the dish for the first time, which is a "childhood food memory." An arrow pointing at the girl indicates that she "studied recipes online for a week." In panel 2, it's "hours later" and she is holding a knife, looking at a flipped casserole. Caption reads, "Classic mistake: too much liquid in the batter" and that it's "too soft to slice neatly and sear." In panel 3, she's fixed herself a plate and sits down to partake: "Oh well. Still tasty." Text reads: "Turnip rice cake FAIL; mushroom lasagna WIN."]

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Happy Year of the Tiger 2022-01-30

Happy Lunar New Year, if you celebrate!

Let it be known that I find tigers very difficult to draw. I studied several nature documentary clips to eke out this one sketch.

In my research, I learned that tigers are the largest of the big cats and that they have webbed paws, which make them strong swimmers.  This has nothing to do with the Chinese zodiac; I just think it's cool.

[Lunar New Year Illustration of a tiger sleeping and a girl with a braid in the background whispering, "Shhh...let us not anger the kitty." Chinese characters and English translation read "Happy year of the Tiger"]

Thanks for reading!

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Yet Is My Only Hope (Tinyview #36)

Are you following me on Tinyview? I draw a weekly webcomic strip there! It's best read on your phone.

https://tinyview.com/connie/

Here is episode 36.  Episode 37 ("No Faking It") is live on the app!

[6-panel webcomic episode by Connie Sun, from “Creative Notes” series on Tinyview. Panel 1 shows a girl with a bun looking into a bathroom mirror. Caption reads: “I’m not the ‘new me’ I wanted to be yet.” Panel 2 shows an idealized reflected version of what she wants to be: “Confident! Self-assured! Unstoppable!” In panel 3, she’s starting a self-care regimen. Caption reads: “Embracing change is harder than I thought.” In panel 4, a close-up of her plopping a sheet mask on her face. Panel 5 is a beat: she walks off with a dripping sheet mask. Panel 6, close-up of her profile: “‘Yet’ is my only hope.”]

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Elephant Experience 2022-01-27

That feeling when the prerequisite for the job you want is prior experience :')

Thanks for following! Connie on Ko-fi

[Two-panel borderless comic of a girl with a bun, lounging on a couch, as an elephant casually walks by. In panel 1, she wonders out loud, "How does anybody get good at dating?" Elephant answers matter-of-factly, "Same as everything...you need experience." In panel 2, she looks up at the ceiling in frustration and says, "Damn it all. Life is so unfair." Elephant is already halfway off-frame and says, "Take it or leave it."]

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Fantasy Versus Reality 2022-01-26

Reality is too real! Except I don't even have a couch.

Just for fun. Thanks for reading.

[Two-panel borderless comic, titled "Fantasy Vs. Reality," in which a girl with a braid imagines being in a relationship. Panel 1 shows a thought cloud of the girl snuggling on a couch with her arms around a hot guy. The thought bubble leads into the second panel, which shows the girl's reality, sprawled out on the couch, alone, with snacks and a creepy sheet mask on, probably watching k-dramas on her laptop. Caption reads, "I often wish I had someone I could feel comfortable around and be myself with...but the fantasy is getting more and more far-fetched with each passing day."]

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"Very Asian" Food Therapy 2022-01-20

When society breaks my heart, I subconsciously crave the comfort foods that connect me to my history and heritage. The older I get, the more the foods my grandparents fed me as a child mean to me.

It's a rough time in the world. Hope you are finding ways to cope and comfort where you can. 

Thanks for reading.

[4-panel comic of a frayed-looking woman with a braid, remembering foods she ate as a child. Panel 2 is a flashback of a young girl with bowl-cut hair, peeking at a table full of Chinese foods, like dumplings, turnip cake, rice bowls, and steamed bao. In panel 3, she opens wide for a dumpling being fed to her with chopsticks. Back to present day in panel 4. Woman with a braid sits in front of a laptop. The text of the comic reads, "When society breaks my heart, I subconsciously crave comfort foods...that my family made for me as a kid...and it soothes a part of me...to watch the hell out of Asian cooking channels on YouTube."]

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Everything Is A Lot 2022-01-19

I imagine I'm not the only one who's feeling it these days. I don't have any better ideas, but I hope you have what you need and are finding ways to cope the best you can.

Thanks for reading.

[Single-panel comic of a girl with a bun, wearing a full astronaut outfit, next to an elephant. Caption reads: "I don't want to feel numb and desensitized, but everything altogether is a lot right now." Elephant in the room comments on new outfit: "Ooh this is new..." Girl responds, holding a cup of hot tea, "It was either this or pay somebody to hold me."]

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Favorite Pre-Pandemic Pastime 2022-01-14

Drawing on New York City subways used to be my favorite pre-pandemic pastime. It used to calm me and make me pay more attention to life around me. I haven't done it in a while and gave it a try again recently. It feels different, but I like how it makes me feel a little bit closer to other people in a city of strangers.

Thanks for reading

[3-panel comic of a girl with braid, remembering her favorite pre-pandemic pastime. Panel 1, black and white frame of a girl sketching in a subway car: "My favorite pre-pandemic pastime used to be drawing on the subway." Panel two, full color, girl wearing a mask, standing stiffly on the subway, not touching anything. Text reads: "I haven't felt at ease enough to do it in a couple of years. Recently, I pulled out a sketchbook again on a long subway ride." Panel 3, full color, wide angle frame of a subway car of people, mostly wearing masks. Girl sits in the subway car with a sketchbook on her lap. Text reads: "Of course, nothing is the same anymore, but it did remind me of how much I miss -- [she crinkles eyes] -- creepily watching other people." Although the scene implies that the pandemic is ongoing, there is also a coziness in the subway car of people just living their lives. Two masked young people share a "shimmy of laughter."]

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Pink Bear Head Hoodie 2022-01-05

I don't know if this is disrespectful to bears in general, but it was a cool winter look. Kid looked happy.

Hope you're keeping warm and cozy through the season. I think it's been a hard start to the year for a lot of parents with young kids. I see folks trying hard and doing their best to keep their families safe and happy. A lot of unsung heroics. May the worst of the latest covid surge pass soon. 

Connie on Ko-fi

[3-panel autobio comic of a girl with a braid walking in Central Park in winter. She passes a kid who is holding hands with an adult and wearing a pink bear head hoodie with a bear nose and ears, which make it look like the kid's head is in the bear's mouth. Caption reads, "Yesterday, I saw a kid wearing what looked like a fuzzy, pink bear head hoodie." In panel 2, the girl with the braid walks on. In panel 3, girl turns to look back at them. Text reads, "My first thought was -", followed by a thought bubble that says, "I wonder if they have that in my size."]

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Hope and Optimism on Twitter 2022-01-03

Happy new year! The moral of this comic is to stay off of Twitter on the Monday after a holiday.

Wishing you an easy transition into 2022 and the strength to face anything. 

Connie on Ko-fi

[2-panel comic of a grave stone, inscribed with the text "RIP Hope & Optimism on Twitter, Dec. 31, 2021 to Jan. 3, 2022." In panel 2, Elephant and girl with a braid walk across an exposed, overcast landscape. Elephant remarks, "Wow, that was quick."]

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