The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

Alix — France/Belgium. Not only did Hergé single-handedly create the 23 Tintin books, but he also founded a comics journal in 1946 — Le Journal Tintin — where friends and collaborators ...

A French court ruled against an artist who claimed parody rights to recontextualize the beloved comic book character Tintin. Xavier Marabout initially triumphed in a regional court in 2021, but ...

Tintin’s last official comic appearance was in 1986’s Tintin and Alph-Art. Now, French-born comic book writer Fabrice Sapolsky is bringing the iconic hero back to life with his newly announced ...

The comic also first appeared in the U.S. in 1929. ... Tintin won’t become public property until 70 years after the 1983 death of his creator. Books show American literature at its height.

One in four books sold in France is a comic book, according to the market research company GfK, and a growing number of those are nonfiction works by journalists and historians.In the past year ...

Albertine, in a Fifth Avenue mansion, is a portal to both Gilded Age New York and the Francophone world. By Reggie Nadelson The 212 column revisits New York institutions that have helped define ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public do… ...