Over the course of the past few years, several popular characters from television and movies have entered the public domain.

You may have noticed that Popeye the Sailor Man has been in the news now that the character, or at least his earliest comic strip appearances, has entered the public domain. What this means is that ...

Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. The comic strip adaptation Popeye hit theaters in December 1980. Directed by Robert Altman, it starred Robin Williams as the iconic ...