History Website / Bogleech

[[http://www.bogleech.com/ Bogleech]] is a website devoted to weird fiction, insects, parasites and monsters in general--in other words, to the phenomenon of horror and all the things that cause it. Topics include horror movies, literature, mythology, TV, toys and video games, as well as facts about scary animals in real life like spiders, bats, and snakes. It was started by web cartoonist and biology buff Jonathan Wojcik, also known as Tropers/{{Scythemantis}}. The main site also includes webcomics (notably, ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'') and flash cartoons, as well as ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}},'' Wojcik's upcoming Pokémon-style BioPunk tabletop RPG, the Literature/CreepypastaCookoff, an annual harvesting of short horror works by his fanbase, and ''Literature/NightmareBeings'', where commenters describe a monster from their dreams to be illustrated by either Wojcik himself or a guest artist. Also hosts several nature articles written by himself (and has links to numerous Cracked.com articles by the very same), usually about the less pleasant aspects of Mother Nature (e.g. parasites that cause aberrant supernumerary leg growth in frogs).

* SurpriseCreepy: [[http://www.bogleech.com/comics/comic37-life.htm The gwound is made of tasty! ]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: On his website, Bogleech has a printable game called ''Homunculus Nightmare'' in which players battle monstrous beings who are trying to ruin their day [[ForTheEvulz just because.]] Most Homonculi cause minor [[PokeThePoodle inconveniences]] like giving people minor cuts, hiding their keys, mocking their hygiene or making them have to go to the bathroom. However, eventually scarier Homunculi show up who can do things like make a person forget their friends, [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals attack their pets]] or give them new allergies. And than there are the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Boss]] [[FateWorseThanDeath Homunculus]].

* Literature/CreepypastaCookoff

* AnimalLover: Wojcik loves all sorts of creatures commonly seen as frightening, repulsive and just plain weird. The only exception seems to be dolphins, but he mostly hates how they're idolized by pop culture. And he seemed to be okay with river dolphins if one of blogs on strange animals in to be believed. Then again, river dolphins aren't what most people would consider cute and aren't as exposed in media.

* OrWasItADream: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkm2SLGn2go "Abyssal"]] pulls a particularly cruel example of this trope, when the protagonist, trapped in a deep sea nightmare of UncannyValley fish monsters swims desperately to a portal to his bedroom while a monster slowly closes in on him. He arrives in his bed, then relaxes and lies down to fall back asleep...blissfully unaware that it's all an illusion and he's [[BodyHorror being digested alive]] in the monster's stomach.

* AnthropomorphicObjects: Or organs, in this case; two recurring characters in his comics are Brains and Guts, who are a sentient brain and stomach, respectively.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Wojcik loves all sorts of creatures commonly seen as frightening, repulsive and just plain weird. The only exception seems to be dolphins, but he mostly hates how they're idolized by pop culture. And he seemed to be okay with river dolphins if one of blogs on strange animals in to be believed. Then again, river dolphins aren't what most people would consider cute and aren't as exposed in media.

* EldritchAbomination: Some of his WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}} menagerie are {{Shout Out}}s to Creator/HPLovecraft's Franchise/CthulhuMythos. [[UpToEleven Some are worse.]]

* FriendToAllLivingThings: UpToEleven. Wojcik loves all sorts of creatures commonly seen as frightening, repulsive and just plain weird. The only exception seems to be dolphins, but he mostly hates how they're idolized by pop culture. And he seemed to be okay with river dolphins if one of blogs on strange animals in to be believed. Then again, river dolphins aren't what most people would consider cute and aren't as exposed in media.

* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: Most discussions of anime on the site (other than series that are clearly aimed at kids, such as ''Pokémon'') seem to imply this. That said, some reviews involving content from adult oriented anime and manga, such as ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''Manga/FrankenFran'', ''Anime/VampireHunterD'' and the works of Creator/JunjiIto are quite positive. The review for ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' only trashed on the certain parts of the fanbase and some of the spinoffs and not the anime itself, which he enjoyed. Jonathan is also a fan of 80's horror [[{{OVA}} OVAs]] like the aforementioned ''Vampire Hunter D'' as well as the anime adaption of ''Anime/DevilmanLady''.

* CuteIsEvil: Wojcik's CreatorThumbprint. If it looks conventionally appealing in some way, expect it to be murderous, antagonistic, or otherwise unfriendly.
* CuteMonsterGirl: A PetPeeveTrope that he's always happy to see aversions of.
* DarkerAndEdgier: More like creepier & scarier...

* MonsterClown: Jonathan is quite obviously a fan; Mortasheen contains an entire monster type comprised of this trope, known as the "Joker" class, which is basically equivalent to there being a Pokémon type called "Clown". There are numerous monstrous clown merchandise items in the Halloween galleries, as well.

* RunningGag: As far as the site is concerned, Christmas ''does not exist''. The few times it has to be mentioned, it is [[SymbolSwearing censored]] as if it were some horrible swearword. Halloween is the one only true holiday (the site owner is even born on that date). It's probably all part of the absurdist comedy style of the articles, but then again...

* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: Averted. Jonathan and most of the forum members undoubtedly prefer parasitic flatworms that live in snail eyeballs to kittens.

* ScoobyDooHoax: [[http://www.bogleech.com/comics/comic87-unmasked2.htm Subverted.]] [[spoiler:And then double subverted by the EldritchAbomination's [[YouMeddlingKids closing line]].]]

* WasOnceAMan: [[http://www.bogleech.com/comics/comic18-trees.htm I was two men!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:A sample of what to expect from the site.]]

[[http://www.bogleech.com/ Bogleech]] is a website devoted to weird fiction, insects, parasites and monsters in general--in other words, to the phenomenon of horror and all the things that cause it. Topics include horror movies, literature, mythology, TV, toys and video games, as well as facts about scary animals in real life like spiders, bats, and snakes. It was started by web cartoonist and biology buff Jonathan Wojcik, also known as Tropers/{{Scythemantis}}. The main site also includes webcomics (notably, ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'') and flash cartoons, as well as ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}},'' Wojcik's upcoming Pokémon-style tabletop RPG, the Literature/CreepypastaCookoff, an annual harvesting of short horror works by his fanbase, and ''Literature/NightmareBeings'', where commenters describe a monster from their dreams to be illustrated by either Wojcik himself or a guest artist. Also hosts several nature articles written by himself (and has links to numerous Cracked.com articles by the very same), usually about the less pleasant aspects of Mother Nature (e.g. parasites that cause aberrant supernumerary leg growth in frogs).

[[http://www.bogleech.com/ Bogleech]] is a website devoted to weird fiction, insects, parasites and monsters in general--in other words, to the phenomenon of horror and all the things that cause it. Topics include horror movies, literature, mythology, TV, toys and video games, as well as facts about scary animals in real life like spiders, bats, and snakes. It was started by web cartoonist and biology buff Jonathan Wojcik, also known as Tropers/{{Scythemantis}}. The main site also includes webcomics (notably, ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'') and flash cartoons, as well as ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}},'' Wojcik's own idea for a Pokémon-style tabletop RPG, the Literature/CreepypastaCookoff, an annual harvesting of short horror works by his fanbase, and ''Literature/NightmareBeings'', where commenters describe a monster from their dreams to be illustrated by either Wojcik himself or a guest artist. Also hosts several nature articles written by himself (and has links to numerous Cracked.com articles by the very same), usually about the less pleasant aspects of Mother Nature (e.g. parasites that cause aberrant supernumerary leg growth in frogs).

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Explored in [[http://www.bogleech.com/dragons.html this article]], which points out that dragons were depicted as {{Animalistic Abomination}}s until very recently.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: UpToEleven. Wojcik loves all sorts of creatures commonly seen as frightening, repulsive and just plain weird.
** FriendToBugs
** The only exception seems to be dolphins, but he mostly hates how they're idolized by pop culture.
*** That being said, he seemed to be okay with river dolphins if one of blogs on strange animals in to be believed. Then again, river dolphins aren't what most people would consider cute and aren't as exposed in media.

** MultipleEndings: ''Don't Get Spooked'' has three of them:
*** Fighting the [[FinalBoss Nightmare Queen]] with other monsters, in a parody of {{Videogame/Pokemon}}. [[spoiler:She wins, but then [[{{Anticlimax}} she stops being hostile because you have some Ecto-cooler]]]].
*** A different fight to the Nightmare Queen is available once you recruit Vulthrax. [[spoiler:DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu]].
*** If you [[GottaCatchThemAll complete the Monster Album]] [[spoiler:you skip the "fight" entirely ''and'' you get a GoldenEnding]].

* * TakeThatMe: In his review of the monsters from ''Lost in Vivo'', he pokes fun at his preference for weirder more abstract monsters over more traditionally threatening ones by declaring that by next year his favorite video game monsters will be completely normal pieces of furniture that can't hurt the player or do anything at all.

* TakeThatMe: In his review of the monsters from ''Lost in Vivo'', he pokes fun at his preference for weirder more abstract monsters over more traditionally threatening ones by declaring that by next year his favorite video game monsters will be completely normal pieces of furniture that can't hurt the player or do anything at all.

* StealingTheCredit: Due to a personal dispute, Bogleech has claimed, minimized, and in some cases completely erased the work of another contributor. The former collaborator created Burgrr, had his creatures featured in Don't Get Spooked, and was influential on other projects.

* ''Return of the Living''

[[http://www.bogleech.com/ Bogleech]] is a website devoted to insects, parasites and monsters in general--in other words, to the phenomenon of horror and all the things that cause it. Topics include horror movies, literature, mythology, TV, toys and video games, as well as facts about scary animals in real life like spiders, bats, and snakes. It was started by web cartoonist and biology buff Jonathan Wojcik, also known as Tropers/{{Scythemantis}}. The main site also includes webcomics (notably, ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'') and flash cartoons, as well as ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}},'' Wojcik's own idea for a Pokémon-style tabletop RPG, the ''Literature/CreepypastaCookoff'', an annual harvesting of short horror works by his fanbase, and ''Literature/NightmareBeings'', where commenters describe a monster from their dreams to be illustrated by either John himself or a guest artist. Also hosts several nature articles written by himself (and has links to numerous Cracked.com articles by the very same), usually about the less pleasant aspects of Mother Nature (e.g. parasites that cause aberrant supernumerary leg growth in frogs).

!!Works on the site with their own pages:

* Literature/NightmareBeings

** For his Digimon reviews, he was so repulsed by Nanimon that he gave it a "NO GOD" rating, though he clarified in the comments that his review was tongue-in-cheek and he appreciated its RefugeInAudacity. Played straighter with the Fairymon / Kazemon line, to which he gave a disgusted reaction instead of a proper rating for the producers making an 11 year girl turn into a [[{{Stripperiffic}} lingerie fairy]]. This escalated into decidedly not tongue-in-cheek horror at seeing her final form.

* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: Most discussions of anime on the site (other than series that are clearly aimed at kids, such as ''Pokémon'') seem to imply this. That said, some reviews involving content from adult oriented anime and manga, such as ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''Manga/FrankenFran'', ''Anime/VampireHunterD'' and the works of Creator/JunjiIto are quite positive. The review for ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' only trashed on the certain parts of the fanbase and some of the spinoffs and not the anime itself, which he enjoyed. Jonathan is also a fan of 80's horror [[{{OVA}} OVAs]] like the aforementioned ''Vampire Hunter D'' as well as ''Anime/DevilmanLady''.

*** That being said, he seemed to be okay with river dolphins if one of blogs on strange animals in to be believed. Then again, river aren't what most people would consider cute and aren't as exposed in media.
* GrossoutShow: A lot of the comics, facts, pop culture reviews printed on the site are done for maximum gross-out potential.

[[http://www.bogleech.com/ Bogleech]] is a website devoted to insects, parasites and monsters in general--in other words, to the phenomenon of horror and all the things that cause it. Topics include horror movies, literature, mythology, TV, toys and video games, as well as facts about scary animals in real life like spiders, bats, and snakes. It was started by web cartoonist and biology buff Jonathan Wojcik, also known as Tropers/{{Scythemantis}}. The main site also includes webcomics (notably, ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'') and flash cartoons, as well as ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}},'' Wojcik's own idea for a Pokémon-style tabletop RPG, the ''Literature/CreepypastaCookoff'', an annual harvesting of short horror works by his fanbase, and ''Literature/NightmareBeings'', where commenters describe a monster from their dreams to be illustrated by either John himself or a guest artist. Also hosts several nature articles written by himself (and has links to numerous Cracked.com articles by the very same), usually about the less pleasant aspects of Mother Nature (e.g. parasites that cause aberrant supernumerary leg growth in frog).