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Capp followed this success with other allegorical fantasy critters, including the aboriginal and masochistic " Kigmies ," who craved abuse ( a story that began as a veiled comment on racial and religious oppression ), the dreaded " Nogoodniks " ( or bad shmoos ), and the irresistible " Bald Iggle ," a guileless creature whose sad-eyed countenance compelled involuntary truthfulness — with predictably disastrous results.