Popeye and Tintin have entered the public domain, so I'll just go ahead and start the countdown clock for our first Sailor Man soulslike
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Any spinach-fueled super strength might have to wait a couple more years, though.

Different laws may apply world wide. Ie: in Europe is not about the publication date, but author life-span (author’s works get in public domain 70 years it’s death: TinTin gets in PD in EU in the 2054)

  • *Tagger*@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    To be fair a Popeye beat em up could be a lot of fun. Quite good mobile phone fodder, if have thought.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Ugly Popeye and ugly Tintin. In the US specifically. A lot of these public domain announcements tend to be a bit too vague.

    • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yeah I’m guessing you can retell “in the land of the soviets” if you wanted and use Tintin’s design from those first strips, but every other story is likely still off-limits. Would have to be a completely original story using the character.

      And some of the favorites like Captain Haddock, etc, weren’t in Soviets.