Ah-h, She Sails Like an Angel 1921

This comic strip, likely made with ink on paper, is by George Herriman. The lines are so lively, aren't they? You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page. I can imagine Herriman at his desk, maybe late at night, chuckling to himself as he draws these characters and their crazy contraptions. I love the way he uses simple lines to create such depth and movement. Look at the airship; it seems to float right off the page, even though it’s just lines. It's like he's inventing a whole new way of seeing, a world where anything is possible. He probably wasn’t thinking about high art. He was just making something funny and strange and personal. But you can see how other artists, like Philip Guston, were inspired by comics. It all makes you wonder: What will people make of our work in a hundred years? Will they see the same things we do? Or will they find something entirely new?