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

‘Oh, I’m Popeye the Sailor Man!’ Most people know Popeye as a tough, spinach-eating sailor, a cartoon character created by American cartoonist E. C. Segar. But did you know who the real-life ...

The list includes classics ... But there's a catch: Popeye didn't start deriving his strength from spinach until 1932. As Jenkins explains, many cartoon characters develop over time and have ...

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

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 ...