Comic strips like Peanuts, The Adventures of Tintin, and Garfield haven't just changed readers' lives; many of them have gone ...

The early version of the cartoon sailor is now in public domain, and he's already the star of a slasher movie.

Curiously, the Polish word ‘Figiel’ means ‘joke’ or ‘prank’, a rather fitting surname for the protoplast of a comic strip hero… But whether Rocky himself knew that he became the inspiration for Popeye ...

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 ...

The original Popeye, introduced in a comic strip in 1929, is the star of this year's class of newly unprotected characters, books, movies and music. With freedom, it seems, comes homicide ...