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.
Adam Meuse
Adam Meuse has been producing independent comics for 20 years. Two self-published books, Social Insect and Taking Up Space, were recognized in Best American Comics 2010 and 2019. His self-published mini-comic Sad Animals sold over 10,000 copies and became a bestseller in stores across the country. You're Garbage Fired, a collection of post-2016 presidential election sketchbook pages was published by Birdcage Bottom Books in 2018. His illustrations have appeared in the 2017 Philip K. Dick award-winning novel The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper. He has also worked in the printing industry for 20 years and currently manages a printing company, Barefoot Press, in Raleigh, NC.