Fungus the Bogeyman

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Fantastic Racism: Bogeys are prejudiced against humans, making dolls similar to golliwogs to caricature them and referring to them as "drycleaners". Smelly Feet: Bogeys' entire bodies stink but their feet are the worst - or the best, from their point of view. Experience a day in the life of a Bogeyman in this brilliantly gross picture book for older children. Most of the book is explaining how Bogey biology and society works, but the actual plot is about a Bogeyman named Fungus going to and from his job, which is scaring humans, all the while having an existential crisis about "what it's all for". Suddenly Shouting: By the end of the night, Fungus is so frustrated at the futility of Bogey life that he shouts "WHY?" at his wife. Bogeys never shout at each other.

Raymond Briggs is one of the foremost creators of illustrated books for adults and children, including the unforgettable The Snowman and Father Christmas. He was born in Wimbledon Park on the 18th of January 1934 and currently lives in Sussex. The dwine is doing very well. Fungus is proud of it. Everything is dying nicely. There is not a bloom to be seen. The air is full of the scent of decay. The acid soil smells, the rotting vegetation smells. It is a real Bogeydwine.” Fungus the Bogeyman is a 1977 children's picture book by British artist Raymond Briggs. It follows one day in the life of the title character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. The character and all related properties are now owned by Vivendi's Studiocanal. [1] Plot [ edit ]Theme Naming: The characters are all named after gross things (Fungus, Mildew, Mould, Fester, Mucus, Pus). Either Fungus's skunk or his cat is named Mucus. Probably his skunk, since "Pus" sounds like a play on "puss". Repulsive but none the less compulsive'. This classic Raymond Briggs book hasn't got a real storyline. It's more like an comic strip encyclopedia on the life of bogeymen (Fungus) and bogeywomen (wife Mildew) and their bogeychildren (son Mould). The book just charts a day in the life of a bogeyman, who it seems, exists merely to torment us 'Drycleaners'. This clever study of bogeydom revels in all things revolting, slimy, putrid, and lavatorial, and even raises deep questions on the meaning of Bogeydom life.

Bogeys love sleep and the outdoors is dotted with dreamholes, whey they will retire for a nap. When their problems appear insurmountable, they simply retreat form the world and may go to sleep for up to a year in specially created graveyard-like zones called "interests". Fungus the Bogeyman is a book that is somewhere between a comic book and a regular book written by Raymond Briggs.Toilet Humour: The whole book is a whole lot of gross-out jokes. Our protagonist drinks slime, wears dung-covered clothes, and sleeps in a bed of snails. It has been adapted twice as Mini Series, Fungus the Bogeyman (2004) and Fungus the Bogeyman (2016) using a live action/CGI mix. The series story differs from the book to give it more plot.

Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: Among other things, Bogeymen love filth, cold, and being lazy and hate cleanliness, warmth, and being industrious. Thermal Dissident: Bogeys as a species prefer colder temperatures, which is part of the reason they're nocturnal, and will complain if the weather is too warm. However, there's nothing to suggest they actually need it to be cold. It is about creatures called Bogeymen (i.e. "boogeymen" in US English; "bogeys" is also UK English for the US "boogers", as in lumps of snot): humanoid creatures with green skin and large ears that live underground. Notable characteristics of Bogey people is that they are lazy and like to be slow, like the cold (and conversely hate the heat), like to be dirty and hate to be clean, and like to be wet.

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Mind Screwdriver: The book asserts that the poem about the Man in the Moon makes sense if the man was a Bogeyman because he went south to avoid the heat and he burnt his mouth on cold plum porridge because Bogeys burn themselves easily. Odd Name Out: Fungus is the only one of his family whose name doesn't start with an "M". His wife's name is Mildew and their son's name is Mould. Oh, My Gods!: Fungus exclaims, "For slime's sake!", which is quite strange because slime is what Bogeys drink. Rip Van Winkle: When Bogeys experience psychological distress, they bury themselves to sleep for up to a year.