"Capp is at his allegorical best in the epics of the Shmoos, and later, the Kigmies", wrote comic strip historian Jerry Robinson (in The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art, 1974). "Shmoos are the world's most amiable creatures, supplying all man's needs.

Kigmies — Masochistic creatures who loved to be kicked up to a point, after which they go on a rampage of retaliation. (The Kigmy story was originally a metaphor for racial and religious oppression.

Li'l Abner has a kigmy, a creature who meets all human desires, who is upset for not being kicked like other people's kigmies. Fortunately, Li'l Abner gets upset by the Sadie Hawkin's Day poster and gives the kigmy a resounding kick.

In 1949 he invented the Kigmy, a strange, dark, big-nosed creature that loved to be kicked. Naturally the Kigmy ("Kick-Me") was welcomed by humans, who loved nothing more than taking their daily frustrations out on a creature who loved being kicked.

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 ...

Kigmies — Masochistic, aboriginal creatures who loved to be kicked, thereby satisfying all human aggression... up to a point, after which they went on a rampage of retaliation. (The Kigmy story was originally fashioned as a metaphor for racial and religious oppression.

2009年4月15日 · Capp introduced many other allegorical creatures in Li'l Abner over the years — including Kigmies, Nogoodniks, Bald Iggles, Mimikniks, Money Ha-Has, Shminks, Abominable Snow-Hams and Bashful Bulganiks, among others. Each one highlighted another disquieting facet of human nature — but none have ever had quite the same cultural impact as the ...

L'IL ABNER by Al Capp Hard cover First Edition Publisher: Kitchen Sink Kitchen Sink Newspaper Daily Comic Strips Collection from 1949 1949 Kicks in withe the KIGMIES Ron Goulart Introduction Hardcover Limited Edition for comic strip art collectors. Excellent reproduction on quality paper, as is usual from this publishe

This listing is for a copy of Li'l Abner Vol. 15 1949 KICKS IN WITH THE KIGMIES! by Al Capp. The daily strip is collected in this large volume! This collection was published in 1992.It is in excellent...from