Both Popeye and Tintin will walk the path of Steamboat Willie in 2025 − free for use in their original versions. Olive Oyl, Popeye's spunky side-kick and sweetheart is already unbound from ...

Popeye and Tintin enter public domain in 2025 along with Faulkner and Hemingway novels Works by authors Ernest Hemingway, left, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck will become public domain in 2025.

Popeye holds his fists in the air in a promotional image for the television series, “Popeye.” Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025.