Friends tell me that they don't see my cartoons in their feeds anymore. It's hard to compete with monster social media algorithms. But I'm still here, still cartooning...
🎈 One way to read my comics is to find me here
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2-panel comic illustration of algorithms in 2010 compared to today (2024), depicted as a cute baby reptile that grows into a fire-breathing Godzilla that destroys big cities. Panel 1 illustration of a cartoon girl with a bun cooing at an adorable, newly-hatched, innocent-looking, baby lizard. The year is 2010. She crouches to pet it and exclaims, "A baby algorithm! OMG so cute!" Drawing by Connie Sun, 2024
6-panel comic about the new normal of A.I. and technology in modern life. A cartoon girl with a bun starts out in a state of information and sensory overload and proceeds to list the ways she stays in control of her time and attention. Titled "New Normal," original art by Connie Sun, 2026.
Comic illustration of a girl in a bun in front of screens. Preview of 6-panel comic about the new normal of A.I. and technology in modern life. Titled "New Normal," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2026. Published on blog.cartoonconnie.com
Are we the ones in control? Sometimes, I’m not so sure 😅
Page 1 of a 2-page comic strip about resilience fatigue and coping with feelings of overwhelm. Color panels illustrate a cartoon girl with a bun talking to an elephant and an analogy of trying to manage an unrelenting flood of stressors and challenges. She tells the elephant that she's trying her best. Titled "Resilience Fatigue," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
Page 2 of a 2-page comic strip about resilience fatigue and coping with feelings of overwhelm. Color panels illustrate a cartoon girl with a bun talking to an elephant and an analogy of trying to manage an unrelenting flood of stressors and challenges. She tells the elephant that she's trying her best. Titled "Resilience Fatigue," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
I hope you enjoy this elephant comic that brought me some comfort to draw #art #comics
Thanks! Sorry for the delay. Still figuring out this space 🙈
Preview of a 2-page comic strip about resilience fatigue and coping with feelings of overwhelm. Titled "Resilience Fatigue," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025. Published on blog.cartoonconnie.com
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Page 1 of a 2-page comic strip about resilience fatigue and coping with feelings of overwhelm. Color panels illustrate a cartoon girl with a bun talking to an elephant and an analogy of trying to manage an unrelenting flood of stressors and challenges. She tells the elephant that she's trying her best. Titled "Resilience Fatigue," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
Page 2 of a 2-page comic strip about resilience fatigue and coping with feelings of overwhelm. Color panels illustrate a cartoon girl with a bun talking to an elephant and an analogy of trying to manage an unrelenting flood of stressors and challenges. She tells the elephant that she's trying her best. Titled "Resilience Fatigue," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
I hope you enjoy this elephant comic that brought me some comfort to draw #art #comics
Preview of 6-panel comic strip about recovering from depression over time. The panels illustrate a wilted plant in darkness, getting water and light, little by little, everyday. Titled "How I Got Better," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025, published on blog.cartoonconnie.com
6-panel comic strip about recovering from depression over time. The panels illustrate a wilted plant in darkness, getting water and light, little by little, everyday. The last panel, a cartoon girl with a bun sits under a tree with leaves changing colors and she is drawing. Titled "How I Got Better," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
A new comic strip about healing over time. #art #comics
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Hope it gets a laugh, even if I'm being super serious
Art description: Humorous 6-panel comic strip about a cartoon girl with a bun, vowing to not use social media for getting news, for companionship, or as a measure of self-worth. Each panel contains an illustration of why it's a bad idea to over-rely on social media for certain use cases. The catch is that social media is ubiquitous and alternatives are few. The character in the comic strip opts to check out instead, "at least until humanity comes to its senses." Titled "A Social Media Vow," original artwork by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
I cartooned about putting some guardrails on my social media use 😅
#art #comics
Preview of a 4-panel comic strip about spending too much time worrying. Titled "Worrywart Life," ink, watercolor and color pencil on paper. Original artwork by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
A humorous 4-panel comic about spending too much time worrying. A cartoon girl with a bun opines about not having enough time and an elephant offers commentary on how she spends the time she has, thinking that she'd be better served to worry less. Titled "Worrywart Life," ink, watercolor and color pencil on paper. Original artwork by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.
Excerpt of cartoonconnie newsletter titled "Worrywart life" published on blog.cartoonconnie.com
A humorous single-panel comic about overcoming reasonable fears. A woman is hanging off a cliff in deep contemplation, while an elephant looks over the the edge and notes that her "fear of gravity is pretty on point." Ink and color pencil on paper with digital rendering. Original artwork by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2016.
This one's for the worriers among us :)
#art #comicstrip #drawing
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I'm new to Bluesky, so thanks for your patience while I learn my way around
Though I was offline for longer than expected, I never stopped writing and cartooning, and I'm excited to share what I've been working on with you.
I've resumed sharing artwork on my blog, newly relaunched on Substack
I've been a long time away, but I'm back!
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Ink and watercolor illustration of a girl belaying a climber in an indoor gym, excerpted from a comic strip titled "Never Stop Learning," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025
Ink and watercolor illustration of a girl belaying a climber in an indoor gym, excerpted from a comic strip titled "Never Stop Learning," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025
Ink and watercolor illustration of a girl sport lead climbing in an indoor gym, excerpted from a comic strip titled "Never Stop Learning," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025
Ink and watercolor illustration of a girl belaying a climber in an indoor gym, excerpted from a comic strip titled "Never Stop Learning," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025
This is how I learned to climb, to swim, and how I taught myself how to draw comics strips as an adult - one skill at a time.
A new 2-page comic about my relationship to climbing and making comics, free to read on my Substack
I hope you are fine, but if you are not right now, I wish you comfort and relief soon.
In trying times, it takes uncommon strength to get out of bed, much less through the week. If you're here, you're almost there. Do not despair. We are practically miracles in ourselves.
A humorous 4-panel comic strip about disaster and calamity befalling a cartoon girl with a bun, who stoically flashes a thumbs up sign in each panel. Each panel resembles a postcard from a series of disasters, from fire to flooding to storms to melting ice caps. Titled "Everything Is Fine And So Am I," ink and watercolor on paper. Original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025
Preview of a comic strip titled "Everything Is Fine And So Am I," ink and watercolor on paper, by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025. Illustrations show a cartoon girl with a bun facing a series of disasters and calamities with a stoic thumbs up. Published on blog.cartoonconnie.com
"Everything Is Fine And So Am I," 2025. Ink and watercolor on paper.
