Popeye, Public Domain

Yes, Popeye can eat spinach: Everything you need to know about Public Domain Day 2025
Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use and abuse to their hearts' content. The works of art, music, literature, and film now entering the public domain will be yours,
What becomes public domain in 2025? Popeye, 'A Farewell to Arms' among the most famous
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, which lost copyright protection.
Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain
It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. 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 have entered the public domain, so I'll just go ahead and start the countdown clock for our first Sailor Man soulslike
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2025 Public Domain Day: Popeye, Tintin, more legendary artwork up for grabs
In 2025, the works unbound from copyright cap off the 1920s with literature, characters and more from 1929 entering the public domain.
Watch the Spinach: Popeye Sails His Way Into Public Domain
Tintin and more iterations of Mickey Mouse are also free to use and adapt. Watch the Spinach: Popeye Sails His Way Into Public Domain Eddie Fu
Popeye, Disney’s Skeleton Dance, and More Hit Public Domain in 2025
Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.
Popeye the Sailor Enters Public Domain
Popeye the Sailor, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, is now public domain. Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, as well as 1924 sound recordings, that entered the public domain on January 1,
Public Domain Day makes Popeye and ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ free for all to enjoy
There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 marks the new public domain window for musical compositions. George Gershwin’s 1924 recording of his “ Rhapsody in Blue ” is now in the public domain, as is 1929’s “ An American in Paris, ” also written by Gershwin.
POPEYE, More MICKEY MOUSE, THE SKELETON DANCE and More Enter the Public Domain in 2025
The new year brings additions to the public domain, allowing creators and fans alike to freely use iconic works that were once locked behind copyright protections. Many of these will most likely be turned into cheap and stupid low-budget horror films.
Popeye, Tintin, and 8 Other Iconic Works Entering the Public Domain in 2025
As we welcome 2025, everyone can also welcome these iconic works as they entered the public domain in the U.S.
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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 comic characters who first ...
Making the Public Domain Even More Horrifying: Modest Proposals for Turning 1920s Classics Into Slasher Fare, From Mickey to Hemingway (Column)
A satirical look at how this year's new public domain entries could be turned into horror, from Mickey Mouse and Popeye to ...