Another iconic comic strip character is joining Popeye in the public domain: Tintin, the swoopy-haired hero of Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin, who also made his debut in 1929. We're closer than ...

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting ... 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they ...