Muse (children's magazine)

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Muse Magazine
May 2007 Muse cover.jpg
The cover of the May/June 2007 issue of Muse.
EditorJoseph Taylor
Contributing EditorKathryn Hulick
Contributing EditorTracy Vonder Brink
Assistant EditorHayley Kim
CompanyCricket Media
Based in Chicago
Websitecricketmedia.com
ISSN 1090-0381

Muse is a children's magazine published by Cricket Media, the publishers of Cricket (magazine) . [1] Launched in January 1997, it is published in Chicago, Illinois, and has readers throughout the United States and around the world. From 1997 to today, [2] Muse has been published by Carus Publishing, Cricket Media and been sponsored by Smithsonian . Recommended for ages nine and above, [3] it features articles about science, technology, and the arts. It is edited by Joseph Taylor. [4] In years past, nine cartoon characters, known as the Muses, appeared in the margins throughout the magazine as well as in the Kokopelli & Company comic strip. After merging with its sister magazine Odyssey in September 2015, Muse added new content, changed its layout, and replaced the Muses with a comic titled "Parallel U" featuring different characters. [5]

Contents

Magazine contents

Muse is a science and arts magazine intended for kids 9 to 14 and up. It's 48 pages with no advertising and is published nine times each year. [6] Issues regularly contain a comic strip ("Parallel U"), letters from readers (Muse Mail), news items (Muse News), a contest, a question-and-answer page featuring experts, a page about technology, a page about math, a hands-on activity, as well as feature articles on various topics. [7] Issues are themed. In 2023, issue subjects included space exploration, tree secrets, and brainpower. [8] Past issues have included articles about vegetarianism, pie throwing, extraterrestrial life, naked mole-rats, the origin of the Moon, pirates, urban legends, insects, mummies, tenrecs, New Zealand's exploding trousers, Rube Goldberg inventions, The Lord of the Rings , and blind cavefish.

Muses

The Muses were drawn by cartoonist Larry Gonick. Among them, only Urania was one of the original Greek muses; Kokopelli, a trickster, is a god in many Native American tribes.

In addition, Devil, Kokopelli's dog, and Angel, Mimi's cat, were occasionally featured, more so in older issues.

As of September 2015, the Muses have been removed from the magazine, replaced with a new comic called "Parallel U" drawn by Caanan Grall.

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