He is a fictional Vietnam veteran, soldier and bounty hunter, and is used to make parody of racism, violence, nationalism, and sexism, which are included as exaggerated character traits.

Boogie was created by Roberto Fontanarrosa in the 1970s, as a comedic parody of Dirty Harry.

Fontanarrosa created the character in 1972, as an inside joke with the comic book artist "Crist".

Crist showed it to Alberto Cognini, head of the "Hortensia" magazine from Cordoba, who published it.

Fontanarrosa found a direction for his artistic career in making parodies of stereotyped stock characters.