Popeye the Sailor, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, is now public domain. Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, as well as 1924 sound recordings, that entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. These include more Mickey Mouse cartoons and Disneys The Skeleton Dance. Popeye debuted in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Though Thimble Theatre...
