“Steamboat Willie,” finally entered the public domain last year), and two of the most beloved and well-known comic-book and comic-strip characters in the history of the medium. Here are ten of ...

Following recent notable additions to the public domain that include Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from Disney’s 1928 short Steamboat Willie, and Winnie the Pooh, 2025 has ...

As of next year, only the character as he appeared in a 1929 Thimble Theatre comic strip is public ... Frank Baum’s Oz books weren’t in the public domain, Gregory Maguire’s reimagining ...