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Hello! Good morning! Happy New Year, for those who are celebrating!

It’s #publicdomainday. The following thread is a descriptive list of all the characters from the pulps who were created in 1927 and thus fall into the public domain starting today.

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Note that I’m using “pulp” in the Barthesian way, as a “metaphor without brakes:” anything that is pulp (by my definition) in character is included, regardless of whether or not it appeared in a pulp, a film, a novel, or whatever.
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Also, I’m taking these from my Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes, which you can find online at jessnevins.com/pulp/introduct…. You can find more information about all of these characters in the Encyclopedia.
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Hello! Good morning! Happy New Year, for those who are celebrating!

It’s #publicdomainday, and the following is a list of the best characters from the pulps who were created in 1926 and thus fall into the public domain starting today.

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Note that I’m using “pulp” in the Barthesian way, as a “metaphor without brakes:” anything that is pulp (by my definition) in character is included, regardless of whether or not it appeared in a pulp, a film, a novel, or whatever.

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Also, I’m taking these from my Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes, which you can find online at jessnevins.com/pulp/introduti…. You can find more information about all of these characters and thousands more in the Encyclopedia.

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It's #PublicDomainDay, and as requested by @doctorcomics I am providing a list of the best of the pulp heroes who are now in the public domain. * means the character or text they appear in are prime pulp.

Carlo Aldini: jessnevins.com/pulp/aldini.ht…

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Fresquinho: jessnevins.com/pulp/pulpf/fre…
Jerzy Hartman: jessnevins.com/pulp/pulph/har…

Valentin Katayev's Stanley Holmes, Sherlock Holmes' nephew (son of Mycroft), who goes to India to stop a revolutionary movement from using a Russian scientist's super-magnet to create world peace.

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Acara hari ini masih ada lanjutannya. Sebentar lagi, di lokasi yang sama, peringatan Hari Domain Publik 2020 akan berlangsung dalam …

… 1,5 jam lagi.
Diskusi mengenai domain publik sudah dimulai! Acara dibuka oleh Hardi & Fitri dengan memperkenalkan domain publik dan manfaat penggunaan karya domain publik. #publicdomainday
@wikimediaid Perayaan Hari Domain Publik 2020 di Medan tadi malam sangat seru! Terima kasih atas partisipasi dan keseruannya! #publicdomainday
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Kini saatnya kami mengucapkan Selamat Hari Domain Publik Sedunia! Kini, sejumlah karya para penulis/pengarang/pencipta asal Indonesia, yang meninggal dunia pada 1949, telah menjadi milik umum! Yeayy! 🎉 #publicdomainday
@wikimediaid @CC_ID @OpenGLAM – "Sebenarnya, kami masih belum tahu apa itu domain publik. Bisa dijelaskan?"
– "Bisa, dong."
– "Kalau begitu, bagaimana kami bisa mengetahui karya yang sudah masuk ke domain publik?"
– "Ini dia penjelasannya."
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