The original versions of Popeye and Tintin have now entered the public domain, leaving potential adaptation possibilities ...

Popeye is nearly 100 years old, and his debut appearance is still just as funny today as it was in the 1920s, and shows why ...

According to the Duke University School of Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, that list includes a number of iconic characters. The very first appearance of Popeye the Sailor ...

It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created ...

Tintin and more iterations of Mickey Mouse are also free to use and adapt. Watch the Spinach: Popeye Sails His Way Into ...

Popeye the Sailor Man entered the public domain this month, and so just as we saw with Mickey Mouse last year, we’re braced for an influx of horror movies featuring the now-free-to-use children’s ...

Thousands of 1929 works, including the original Popeye and Tintin are now free to reuse and adapt in the United States.

Popeye can punch without ... The spinach that gave the sailor his super-strength was not there from the start, and is the kind of character element that could spawn legal disputes.