As readers everywhere look back at Popeye’s first appearance, a shocking discovery about his romance with his beloved Olive ...

For generations, Popeye has been synonymous with spinach, but in his initial appearance, he powered up in a very different, ...

Public Domain Day, meaning artworks from 1929 (or 1924 in the case of sound recordings) are now free for all creators to use ...

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Filmmakers working in the ever-expanding genre of public domain horror will soon have even more Mickey Mouse to play with.

It’s a new year, and that means more works are headed to the public domain. This year, thousands of copyrighted works created ...

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Popeye horror thriller Popeye’s Revenge , which sees the iconic spinach-eating sailorman as a brutal cold-blooded killer. The film is described as a “raunchy and ...

A new year means a new start and for some pieces of media, it also means entering the public domain. In 2024, one of the most ...

We've been hearing about this one for a while, and ITN Studios has now released the first trailer for its "raunchy and gory" Popeye horror ...

Last year, it was Mickey Mouse. This year, Popeye the Sailor joins Mickey as a new entrant to the public domain — that is, ...

There’s also some complexity when it comes to music. Sound recordings from 1924 are now in the public domain, while 1929 ...

Some of the most iconic works that will be free to use this year include Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” and the original Popeye, but these are just the beginning. Here is a list of ...