Previously, i said that today's aviatrix debuted a dozen years prior to
Flyin' Jenny.
That's one of those quantum declarations that exists simultaneously in a true and false state.
Connie did indeed premiere in 1927, but
Frank Godwin's strip was a very different creature than what emerged after a later metamorphosis. Orginally, Connie was a society girl, a flapper, living the life that Blondie might have led had she not settled down with Dagwood.
I don't know that she had a last name when the strip began as a Sunday feature. It wasn't until two years later that her daily strip launched, and that's where i believe she gained the last name of
Kurridge. A decidedly different Connie who fit that name appeared, and eventually the Sunday comic followed into adventure territory.
While Connie is indeed an aviator, she was an adventurer first and got around by whatever means were necessary to get where she needs to go - whether by flying...
...even flying the notoriously hard to handle Gee Bee racer, the fastest and most dangerous plane in the world at the time...
...or getting to the back country on horseback...
...travelling by boat...
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| I love those inks - a precursor to the Filipino style that developed 30 years later. |
...or even underwater diving with experimental gear...
I should point out that Connie was not above using her plane for more than transportation...
Connie was quite the adventurer, even before we talk about her traveling in time and space, flying rockets, fighting wars or baiting dragons. Seriously.
And all in her single most epic adventure - coming up next.
Connie by Frank Godwin (1920s, 1930s)
