Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.

Both Popeye and Tintin will walk the path of Steamboat Willie in 2025 − free for use in their original versions. Olive Oyl, Popeye's spunky side-kick and sweetheart is already unbound from ...

As a child, I freaking adored Tintin, the Belgian comic strip about a boy detective and his little white dog, Snowy. There ...

Big size print of the cover of "The Adventures of Tintin: Explorers on the Moon" comic book by Herge, Dec. 11, 2023. From 2025, the classic comic character, will be among the intellectual ...

Why do the comic-strip Adventures of Tintin, about an intrepid boy reporter, continue to fascinate us decades after their publication? "Tintin and I" highlights the potent social and political ...

This year, thousands of copyrighted works created in 1929, including the earliest versions of Popeye and the Belgian comic book character Tintin, are now free to reuse and repurpose in the US.

Popeye and Tintin Enter the Public Domain in 2025 Along With Novels From Faulkner and Hemingway Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic ...

This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist ...

The Belgian national soccer team has adopted away uniforms that resemble the outfit worn by the famous Belgian comic figure Tintin. The Royal Belgian Football Association has unveiled the new ...

In December 1954, the boy reporter Tintin embarked on an adventure that had all the hallmarks of a classic spy thriller: The Calculus Affair. It would take him into the heart of the Cold War ...

It’s pretty surprising that it’s been over a decade since the iconic comic series, The Adventures of Tintin, has appeared in games – the goofy characters, larger-than-life adventures ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public ...