Books featuring a trio of iconic detectives — Nancy Drew, Sam Spade and Miss Marple — are also entering the public domain this year. By The Associated Press Betty Boop and Blondie are joining Mickey ...

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Betty Boop is one of the most iconic cartoons of the 20th century. A pinup drawn to look like a 1920s flapper, the character debuted nearly a century ago and quickly became a household name: In 1932, ...

Piet Mondrian, “Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow” (1930) (image via Wikimedia Commons; all images public domain) January 1 might ring in a new year, but it's also a day when copyright ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Boop and "Blondie" are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of ...

Works from 1930 can now be used widely for free LMPC via Getty; Rachel Wisniewski/For the Washington Post Cartoons like Betty Boop, books like the Nancy Drew series, movies like All Quiet on the ...

A children's book that serves as an apt metaphor for the progress of the public domain—a small, overworked, and underestimated locomotive straining to make its way up a mountain—is among the works ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The Greenville Museum of Art will host its annual Art Ball on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, introducing a new honor recognizing artistic excellence in North Carolina. The event ...

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