Betty Boop and 'Blondie' enter the public domain in 2026, accompanied by a trio of detectives
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FILE - Betty Boop collapses on Broadway near 49th Street as handlers work to raise the deflated helium balloon during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)FILE - Dean Young shows off one a Dagwood sandwich at his New Orleans test kitchen Tuesday, May 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber, File)FILE - Irving Berlin, at the piano, and friends celebrate his 25th year since he wrote "Alexander's Rag Time Band" at a banquet in his honor in Hollywood, Ca., Jan. 20, 1936. Standing behind Berlin, at right, is Joseph Schenck, film producer. In front row singing together are two of the Marx Brothers, Chico and Harpo. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Dean Young, writer of the"Blondie" comic strip, draws in his studio in Clearwater, Fla., July 12, 2005. (AP Photo/Robert Azmitia, File)FILE - Mae Questel, who provided the loopy, child-like voice of cartoon characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, poses in this 1978 file photo with a poster of Betty Boop. . (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - Betty Boop collapses on Broadway near 49th Street as handlers work to raise the deflated helium balloon during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)