E. C. Segar

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed without permission or payment to copyright holders.

Torbalı, one of Turkey’s spinach capitals, produces spinach that even ‘Popeye the Sailorman’ would approve, especially the spinach produced in the aptly named town Sağlık, Turkish for ‘health’ I think everybody has watched the stories of “Popeye the Sailorman” at least once in their life. I always loved this character that, after eating spinach, changed into a superman.