The Comic Muse

Home
Podcast
THE GOOD DEATH OF KATE MONTCL…
Short Fiction & Poetry
Starving Artists 101 Workshop
Archive
About
OUR LIVES AMONG THE DEATHWORKS
Today's art as a battle for the heart of culture
 • 
Daniel McInerny
AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA
On the new possibilities awaiting the artist
 • 
Daniel McInerny
8
RECLAIMING IMITATION
There's so much more to imitation than bad "mimetic desire."
 • 
Daniel McInerny
2
THE ART OF THE MEANINGFUL
The Central Problem for the Modern Artist Seeking to Work Deeply
 • 
Daniel McInerny
SUMMONED BEFORE BEAUTY
A Brief Meditation on Degas' "The Ballet Class" (1871-74)
 • 
Daniel McInerny
3
Most Popular
View all
On Keeping Yourself Unfit for the Modern World
 • Daniel McInerny
10
Miss Austen's Examen
 • Daniel McInerny
2
Oppenheimer is a Dramatic Failure
 • Daniel McInerny
16
THE TRANSCENDENT MR. DARCY
 • Daniel McInerny
THE TRANSCENDENT MR. DARCY
Why does the highly eroticized present-day self delight in the unerotic?
 • 
Daniel McInerny
BABY YODA & THE MONEYCHANGERS
Why the human spirit languishes when art becomes product
 • 
Daniel McInerny
2
LOVING ART TO DISTRACTION
On Captivating Your Audience in a Post-Entertainment Culture
 • 
Daniel McInerny
1
TAKE THE QUIZ!
A Rapid Fire Assessment of Your Metaphysical Profile
 • 
Daniel McInerny
2
STARVING ARTISTS 101
A Workshop for Ontologically Impoverished Creatives
 • 
Daniel McInerny
7
Cats Have No Myths
Wherein Corduroy & Velvet Have a Secret Pow-Wow
 • 
Daniel McInerny
1
"Pursuit Among the Ruins"
This short story is a prequel of sorts to my novel, The Good Death of Kate Montclair.
 • 
Daniel McInerny
10
The Comic Muse
The Comic Muse
Reimagining the arts and beauty in an age of anti-culture, by novelist and philosopher Daniel McInerny.
Recommendations
View all 8
Archedelia
Archedelia
Matthew B. Crawford
The Calm Creative
The Calm Creative
Louise Stigell
100 Movies Every Catholic Should See
100 Movies Every Catholic Should See
Joe Wilson
The Honest Broker
The Honest Broker
Ted Gioia
The Hollow
The Hollow
Dixie Dillon Lane
Books
The Good Death of Kate Montclair
Stout Hearts & Whizzing Biscuits
Kingdom of Patria Series Book 1
Stoop of Mastodon Meadow
Kingdom of Patria Series Book 2
The Quest for Clodnus's Collectibles, A Patria Christmas Story
Kingdom of Patria Series Book 3

The Comic Muse

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2024 Daniel McInerny
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture