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 can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who ... the 1983 death of his creator. The books becoming public this year read ...

and the spinach-chomping comic strip hero is the latest beloved character to be turned into a bloodthirsty killer for an upcoming indie project. This will be the first of two (so far) Popeye ...

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books ... figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist ...