The 1980s were a time for adventure on-screen. In theaters, the Indiana Jones movies and The Goonies captured that pulpy sense of derring-do in very different treasure hunts, whether to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant or One-Eyed Willy's lost fortune. On the small screen, meanwhile, the show for viewers of all ages to watch for similarly exciting exploits was Disney's DuckTales. Premiering in 1987 with an earworm of a theme song, the series followed Scrooge McDuck, alongside his grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie and other friends, on expeditions to thwart the dastardly plans of villains and acquire legendary loot. A new comic is now looking to embrace a similar brand of adventure, albeit with a bit of the spooky appeal of the Hellboy comics.
Goats Flying Press is working on a Kickstarter campaign for a new anthology graphic novel titled Sir Reginald and the Clockwork Heart that follows a new intrepid explorer and gentleman "from scorching deserts to fathomless oceans, from sacred temples to ancient graveyards." Unlike Scrooge or Indy, Sir Reginald is a skeleton, and an eccentric one at that, joined by his ever-loyal ghost butler, Mr. Spittle, on globe-trotting expeditions ...