Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of Public Domain has once again rounded ... who first appeared in E.C. Segar’s Thimble Theatre comic strip, with a story titled “Gobs of Work.” ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United ... in the newspaper strip “Thimble Theater” in 1929 ...

The strip was later renamed Popeye ... series has become one of the most popular European comics. While Tintin will enter the U.S. public domain in 2025, he will remain copyrighted in the EU ...

On January 1st, 2025, Tintin and his loyal dog Snowy entered public domain in the United States, paving the way for new adventures. For French born-US based comic book creator Fabrice Sapolsky ...

that entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. These include more Mickey Mouse cartoons and Disney’s “The Skeleton Dance.” Popeye debuted in the daily King Features comic strip ...

which publishes some 150 comic strips to newspapers worldwide.) Later this month, Popeye will receive its first horror-film public domain treatment with the release of Popeye the Slayer Man ...

1929: the year Popeye made his comic strip debut ... a wide range of 1929 artworks have officially entered the public domain, including motion pictures, books, newspapers and periodicals, lectures ...

books or video games can do so but must still adhere to how they appeared in those particular comic strips and not any later iterations, which are still protected by copyright law. Public domain ...

in the comic strip Thimble Theatre. That version alone — and not the Popeye who began appearing in animated shorts five years later — will enter the public domain in 2025. Still, the character ...

the character first appeared in a daily comic strip called Thimble Theatre in January 1929. Though that version of Popeye was missing his spinach powers, Jennifer Jenkins, the director of Duke’s ...

Themed after beloved comic strip characters ... Now, with Popeye officially entering the public domain on January 1, 2025, the landscape of Toon Lagoon could be set for a major shift.

It’s a particularly good year for new public domain films. The character of Popeye first appeared in a 1929 comic called “Gobs of Work” that was part of the Thimble Theatre strip. Though the character ...