Our Teachers
The Muse's instructors are all working writers and published authors who have taught courses at colleges, universities, and other community organizations. Read our teachers’ biographies and see what classes they are currently teaching.
Kris Mehaffey
Kristin Mehaffey has been teaching how to write comics at the Muse since 2016. Her students range in all ages and experience levels, whether they are adults taking the 101 course or children engaging in workshops. She got her start making comics in middle school for the school newspaper, and since then, she has been published in Whurk Magazine, employed at a comic shop, and can be found tabling her comics at conventions. She currently freelances for sequential artwork and character design, with clients such as The Virginia Zoo, Studio Center, and The Governor's School for the Arts.
Previous Classes Taught
- Armed Services Arts Partnership - Comic Book Writing Workshop
- (Summer 2021)
- ASAP Comic Book Workshop
- Comic Book Writing
- (Winter/Spring 2020)
- Comics for Teens
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- Comics For Young Writers
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- How to Write Comics & Graphic Novels
- (Summer 2020)
- How to Write Comics & Graphic Novels (for Artists)
- (Fall 2021)
- How to Write Comics & Graphic Novels (Now Online)
- (Winter/Spring 2020)
- Introduction to Comics & Graphic Novel Writing
- (Summer 2021)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Summer 2021)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Fall 2022)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Summer 2022)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Fall 2021)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Winter/Spring 2021)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Fall 2020)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop
- (Summer 2020)
- The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop (Now Online)
- (Winter/Spring 2020)
- Young Writers (ages 9-11) Workshop (Now Online)
- (Winter/Spring 2020)
- Young Writers Workshop
- (Summer 2020)