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

"I loves barbecues, too," says Popeye. "But you ain't invited." But soon, Wimpy shows up, calling out for hamburgers. Swee' Pea crawls out of his playpen, demanding to be pushed on his swing.

You may have noticed that Popeye the Sailor Man has been in the news now that the character, or at least his earliest comic ...

The official trailer for Shiver Me Timbers teases a new public domain horror flick starring Popeye the Sailor Man arriving in ...

Brutus swindles Olive Oyl out of her game show winnings with a worthless oil well. It's up to Popeye to grease the path towards a happy ending. Popeye and Olive stop by Brutus's Garage after ...

and Popeye, and fifty more, including hosting her own TV show, Faerie Tale Theatre. She retired from acting over twenty years ago and in recent years she has been in the news for her struggles ...

Following recent notable additions to the public domain that include Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from Disney’s 1928 short Steamboat Willie, and Winnie the Pooh, 2025 has ...

Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. The comic strip adaptation ... We’d be entertained all day long, getting a good free show that a lot of people would pay a lot ...