The Boogieman is a supernatural creature with a preference for cannibalism: especially for the tender flesh of children, although adults are not out of the question.
It seems that the Boogieman is allowed to prey on the immoral, which suggests some divine connection, which is unclear, to its existence. Like the Bigfoot and other such mythic creatures descriptions of the Boogieman remain vague particularly due to its habit of sticking to the shadows and hunting for its victims at dusk and during the night. Yet what has been said about the Boogieman is that it is roughly manlike in appearance, muddy in complexion with deep-set eyes, clawed hands, and rows of razor sharp teeth. Most strikingly though is that it has peculiar proportions as if its body where possibly assembled from a host of different persons.
Although of average size and not particularly strong the Boogieman is crafty often using tricks, traps, surprise and what can only be described as supernatural powers to capture its victims. The extent of the Boogieman’s powers are unclear, but seem to include mimicry (especially of small animal sounds; such as frogs), a limited ability to shape shift for short periods of time; often appearing on the open road as a stray or wounded dog, and also the ability to momentarily shift out of phase with our dimension giving it the ability to quickly travel extraordinary distances and sometimes even to penetrate secure locations.
Typical “Tales of the Boogieman” stories are intended to follow the following prescription. 1) They are short, being 6-8 pages in length, which allows them to be completed relatively quickly, long enough to comprise a submission for publishers, and short enough to appear as an entry in a comic book anthology. 2) The protagonist is unrepentant about a moral failing of some kind thus fulfilling some condition that allows the Boogieman to hunt them. The Boogieman is successful, or nearly successful, in making a meal of the protagonist, and the reader in the aftermath is left with some moral lesson to ponder.