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 ...

A new year means a new start, and for some pieces of media, it means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most famous additions to the public domain was the first iteration of Mickey Mouse, ...

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 ...

it's important to note the version of the sailor entering the public domain is the version that appeared in the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip, first appearing as a minor character in the 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Other notable Disney works in the public domain in 2025 are Disney’s first “Silly Symphony” short, titled “The Skeleton Dance,” directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks.

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 ...

The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on ... and made his first appearance in the newspaper ...