Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, as well as 1924 sound recordings, that entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. These include more Mickey Mouse cartoons and Disney’s ...

Popeye, Tintin and other classic comic characters will enter the public domain in 2025. New stories with twists on the characters are already in development. NPR reports that Jan. 1 will be the ...

(Olive Oyl, incidentally, preceded Popeye into the public domain by 10 years ... who become victims of his homicidal impulses. Some meet their bloody end via his accomplice, the crossbred bull ...

Since copyrights tend to be airtight, public domain only applies to a specific version of a character portrayed during the expiring year − everything after that is still unavailable. Both Popeye and ...