Connie is an American adventure comic strip created by illustrator Frank Godwin, widely recognized for featuring the first female adventure hero in U.S. comics. The strip follows Connie Kurridge, who evolves from a madcap 1920s flapper into a highly intelligent, independent, and resourceful heroine. Over the course of the strip, she works as an aviator, stunt pilot, reporter, charity worker, and detective. The daily strips began in March 1929 as grounded pulp dramas and globe-hopping adventures. By the mid-1930s, the series shifted heavily into science fiction, featuring time travel (including a trip to 2349 AD), mad scientists, lost worlds, interplanetary missions, and adventure. While Godwin’s plotting was occasionally criticized as weak, the strip is celebrated as a masterpiece of comic art. Godwin brought a sophisticated, magazine-style realism to the page, utilizing beautiful scratchy linework, chiaroscuro lighting, and precise technical draftsmanship.  Distributed by the Ledger Syndicate, the dailies ran until February 15, 1941, when the strip concluded due to dwindling newspaper circulation.