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The character of Buck Rogers, a man from the present who travels to the far future, first appeared in the novel Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Phillip Nowlan, published in 1928 in the anthology magazine Amazing Stories, which saw the character under a different name, wnter the US public domain last year However, the more familiar use of the[...]

The comic book series Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky, launched on Substack and published in print by Image Comics tells the story of one Syd Dallas and his famuly at Dallas Comics recreating a classic character for the modern age, known as The Domain Well, in July 2024, as seen in the just-released Image Comics[...]

Mark Millar has just tweeted "I'd been thinking about writing a Superman story late summer, but Superman goes public domain in 9 years so I can write my stories in 5 years time & pay the best artists in the industry to draw them so it's all banked and ready for me to publish myself[...]

Shipping is free for US retailers, and will arrive at the end of May. But are DC Comics a little later with this? After al, the news that the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse has gone into public domain along with Winnie The Poh, Big Brother and next year Popeye brought into sharp relief that[...]

Mickey Mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie in 1928, and that version is now in the public domain What does that mean? It means that DC has a decade left of Superman and eleven years of Batman before they fall into the public domain – or at least those versions It will take longer for[...]

It was the day Disney did their best to put off for the longest time, allowing their signature character Mickey Mouse to enter the public domain with other original works created in 1928 Come January 1, 2024, fans will be able to do what they want with the character – but only the earliest incarnation[...]

I have to confess that Bill Willingham, choosing to state that his comic book series Fables was to be considered public domain, when it is using almost entirely public domain characters anyway, was chutzpah of the highest order From Snow White to Jack Frost to Red Riding Hood, albeit given a noir filter, that was[...]

Public Domain discussion was all the rage in Bleeding Cool's top ten yesterday… No matter what the world throws at you, at Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead[...]

Shepherd from The House At Pooh Corner have just gone into public domain in the USA And that means anyone from Aardvark Vanaheim to Zenescope Comics can put out new Winnie-The-Pooh comics based on that original – though not the Disney movies Or characters such as Tigger who turned up in the books a few[...]

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This means on the 1st of January 2021, his written work goes into the USA's public domain, which means that the big studios will mass to create movies, TV shows, comic books, games, and action figure lines for The Road to Wigan Pier Okay, maybe not that one (though I see a BBC docudrama any[...]

On January the 1st, the character of James Bond entered public domain in Canada Which mean, if anyone so wishes, they could create James Bond comic books, legally, ahead of Dynamite's licensed James Bond comic books later this year. You wouldn't be able to distribute them for sale overseas, to the US or the UK for[...]