More Than Mickey: Hidden Gems In The Public Domain

I want to see a top production Spring-heel Jack movie

I just realized - Solomon Kane, pulp character created by Robert E Howard (creator of Conan) entered public domain this year. His first appearance was in 1928.

I think its really awesome that Tarzan and King Kong can legally crossover now

hey loved the video checked out the kickstarter hope your project gets funded good luck

Taking a childhood character and making it horror or Not For Kids is the first step in creativity evolution, right?

what do you think of james boyle? could be cool if you made a video on him. he is a professor of law at duke university and is a co-founder of the center for the study of the public domain and advocates for looser copyright policies in the us and worldwide.

I feel like the red bee is used in Naruto (Shino Aburame and the clan in general), but much more expanded and logical. Neat that ideas can converge like that across time

Dorothy x Ozma shall be real!

Hey Austin! You should check out "The amazing wizard of paws". Another strange B-Movie for you to digest 😅

Whoa! I didn't know you were Kickstarting some more Sensational Cat-Man cartoonage! I'm glad I watched this today (while I write this, only 10 days remain!) I saw you post this a few days ago, but haven't gotten to watching it until now because of work. I hope others see it before the campaign ends. I just pledged $25! Good luck!
Anyhoo, LOVE ALL OF THESE. A lot of legitimately cool works that SHOULD be explored more - I'd love to see more Oz-based stuff and Lost World (well, Arthur Conan Doyle works in general). But especially that bee guy.... ESPECIALLY how, if things get too dicey, "He has a gun." Modern filmmakers take notice: now that's a hero that's grounded and relatable 😂

Michael was the first Ant-thony

Another newly public domain character: Orlando, the genderfluid immortal creation of Virginia Woolfe!

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There is a great BBC mimiseries based on Doyle's The Lost World! It came out in 2001, it's basically a 2 hour movie. One of my favourites as a kid!

Amazing! I actually voiced Spring Heeled Jack for the audio version of Phillip Pullmans book. Didn't know it was public domain.

Oh wow, I just had a flashback to a series I used to watch as a kid based on "The Lost World" from the early 2000's. It was VERY cheesy and very much a "Xena: Warrior Princess" vibe.

Isn’t cat man in fairly odd parents??

Idk if thsi is your thing but I would love to see ypu talk about Asteroid City the new wes anderson movie.

I'm glad that Austin is taking the initiative to create his own engaging stories; Hollywood doesn't care about telling good stories anymore. 😢

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?

Tbh I can see myself doing something with red bee

Sigh. Not as interesting as I thought it was gonna be😒

Are spring heeled Jack and Catman the same person lol

I believe the 1925 film adaptation of The Lost World is in the public domain as well, which means any elements added in that version are also free to use! Honestly I've always been a fan of this book and it's many iterations and was surprised that it wasn't as well known as I thought. I guess I was so autistic about dinosaurs as a child I forgot other people weren't 😆.

I need to see an Isekai where Lord John Ruckston gets sent to another world with nothing but his rifle and his sense of justice

Should've been Goofy. "I'll fucking do it again".

Austin, have you ever watched the Disasterous Life of Saiki K dub? You sound EXACTLY like Saiki!!!

Austin, I am not sure that the Red Bee is actually in the public domain.
The Red Bee was created andpublished by Quality Comics. Quality had quite a long list of popular characters, like Blackhawk and Plastic Man.
As you see, those are characters found in DC comics. That is because when Quality Comics closed up shop in the 50s, DC Comics purchased them, and they did renew the copyrights when they had to. All of Quality Comics characters are owned by DC Comics today.

There's only one way to make a good Mickey Mause horror movie and is to adapt that creepypasta about the cancelled theme park left abandoned in Florida

I've often thought about how much better Winnie the Pooh and Mickey mouse would be as action/crime movies but I have no talent 😞 only dreams I mean just imagine steamboat Willie but Mickey is smuggling narcotics but he's literally a rat turning over to the feds and he has to balance this tenuous relationship with Pete. Or Winnie the Pooh akin to the raid redemption but instead of going up an apartment it's called the hundred acres were the most ruthless gangs congeal in a concrete jungle.

The Bee guy has been used...DR. BEES!

I love your videos man but can you at least have some variety in your sponsors? I'm sick of having the same sponsor shoved into our throats over and over and over again. You even made a video aknowledging the fact that squarespace sponsors every channel! Even you promoting Raid Shadow Legends would be a breath of fresh air for us at this point.

I feel like my previous comment in your previous video was directly answered, and even if it wasn't, I still madly appreciate it.

Yeah. But it's funny because Disney can't protect their brand.

I agree but the low budget, cash grab horror projects are a right of passage these public domain characters as they are fun and scratch that itch of sticking it to the Disney or whatever rights holder held onto that work way too long after the original creator’s death and also will motivate people to do something more original with the characters as they realize they can get away with anything they want now.

The day Austin talks about Octobriana and Jenny Everywhere can't come soon enough.

I remember the episode of Jackie Chan Adventures that had Spring-Heeled Jack.

I can't wait for the inevitable Popeye horror movie when he becomes public domain next year.

WE WAITIN FOR EPIC MICKEY REMAKE

aussie catman kind of looks like the catman from fairly oddparents. similar colors and everything.

Imagine if patent protections lasted as long as copyright protections. Innovation will be completely stifled.

Austin is like the Sherlock Holmes of the public domain

lost me at #1 because superheros are just plain boring

Michael B Jordan cast as Michael the Bee PLEASEEEE😂

That DC version of Red bee looks just like half the people in Portland. Perfect disguise for a superhero.

Can we all collectively agree that Austin McConnell is like... idk, the King of the Public Domain or something? Ever since he started doing his research for the first Superzeroes video, before it was even called the Superzeroes, he's regularly posted videos about the Public Domain, how it works, and some of the crazy stuff out there and freely available for people to just use. it's wild. I know making him King of the Public Domain sounds antithetical but I trust my king.

This has nothing to do with the video, but the first of a superhero was the phantom he was like a purple superhero or something, and he’s in the public domain wink wink

It's technically its "Steamboat Willie," the design prototype version for Michael Mouse. Its an important distinction that keeps getting erased for some odd reason.