“Steamboat Willie,” finally entered the public domain last year), and two of the most beloved and well-known comic-book and comic-strip characters in the history of the medium. Here are ten of ...

Or maybe some not-so-recent funnies. Liô, where we grabbed our feature image from, is in reruns this week but the Friday ...

The copyright-free status of that 1931 strip, however, doesn’t unlock the whole Popeye character until Public Domain Day.

Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art ...

The properties entering the public domain in 2025 were first released in 1929—or, in the case of sound recordings, 1924. Here’s an incomplete list: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (Book) ...

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 ...

But Tintin and his little dog Snowy aren’t the only comic strip characters whose earliest ... last year when their earliest shorts hit public domain, enabling gleefully emotionally transgressive ...

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 first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain ... appeared in the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip "Gobs of Work"The character ...

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of ...

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 ...