Bogeyman is his usual convivial self, enjoying the fact that he is conquering and corrupting the entire Dream Zone as he plays his lawn game. He is wearing a casual tweed jacket and dark brown turtleneck sweater, and an Irish cap tilted a bit to one side. Bogeyman: ...told the king "no, you can't have it!" which of course made him want it all the more. Nothing tweaks a monarch so much as a single "no," a resistance or refusal. In their eyes, such denial constitutes a crime against God, what with divine right and all that. Bit to the left, please. Page 1 panel 2 Bogeyman (raising his croquet mallet in the air): If you tell a king, or any leader, that he cannot have or do something, he will immediately set about getting or doing that very thing, just out of petulant spite. He's really a big baby, you see, declaring wars and slaughtering peasants because someone or other has hurt his feelings. Ninety-nine percent of all human suffering results from bruised ego.
