1937: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor, the first two-reel Technicolor Popeye cartoon, is released. (Original Caption) The pipe-puffing sailor man, high-strung and swaying in a brisk ...

Popeye appears to be joining the pipeline from children’s cartoon protagonist to menacing villain. Jennifer Jenkins, the director of Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain ...

Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, as well as 1924 sound recordings, that entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. These include more Mickey Mouse cartoons and Disney’s ...

‘Oh, I’m Popeye the Sailor Man!’ Most people know Popeye as a tough, spinach-eating sailor, a cartoon character created by American cartoonist E. C. Segar. But did you know who the real-life ...