Comics "Public Domain" explores comic books exploitative past through family drama Thom Dunn

public domain Grandville's early surrealist French illustrations Natalie Dressed

public domain 1896 photo featuring woman with long mane of hair growing from her back Popkin

History Before alarm clocks, you could hire a knocker-upper to wake you in the morning Popkin

books Agnes Catlow's Drops of Water is an 1851 book filled with beautiful illustrations of the author's interpretations of microscopic organisms Popkin

art Getty Museum posts nearly 88,000 scans of artwork with Creative Commons Zero license Rob Beschizza

photos Two off-brand Mickey Mouse characters on the street in Paris in the 1930's Popkin

public domain Vintage optical illusion skull postcards Popkin

books A cute and silly book of punctuation marks brought to life in 1824 Popkin

Disney Less than three days after Mickey Mouse enters public domain, a terrible horror movie is already being made Grant St. Clair

photos This enormous snowman froze so that Burning Man could burn Popkin

law Bill Willingham's plan to put his comic book series "Fables" in the public domain gets murky Ruben Bolling

law Bill Willingham puts his entire Fables comic book property into public domain Ruben Bolling

public domain Listen to this creepy "Laughing Song" from 1904 Jennifer Sandlin

DC Comics Public domain or not, Warner Bros. may sue if your Superman flies Mark Frauenfelder

public domain Stock photo sites' abuse of public domain images countered with better copies and a $0 price tag Rob Beschizza

movies The 1954 Liz Taylor movie, "The Last Time I Saw Paris" entered the public domain 10 years early because the copyright notice had an error Mark Frauenfelder

History Works that entered the public domain in 2023 Rob Beschizza

books A search engine for weird old books Gareth Branwyn

superheroes Listen to NPR's new public domain superhero musical, Micro-Face Thom Dunn