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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The comic also first appeared in the U.S. in 1929. Its signature bright colors — including Tintin’s red hair — didn’t appear until years later, and could, like Popeye’s spinach, be the ...