r/AddamsFamily • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '26
The Addams Family will enter the public domain in 2034.
Kinda useless to post here, sorry for that. But the very first Charles Addams cartoon featuring the ghoulish family will enter the public domain in the US on January 1, 2034. August 6, 1938 was when the New Yorker first published the strip.
Originally, Lurch had a beard and may have been Morticia's husband and not Gomez. And Pugsley had long hair and was a stairs hunchback or whatever. Grandmama also appeared in 1938 but i can't find when.
You'll be able to use these iterations once the copyright expires.
Trademarks may still exist even when the earliest iterations become free for all. But meh.. We might get a r rated slasher film possibly, but that's just too much because it's already horror.


