Jeff Stephenson spent several days in the wilderness with real bigfoot researchers in preparation for this role. No one asked him to do this.
The film's creature designer (Shane Morton) did Cheddar Goblin for Mandy. He also does all the make-up for Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, and Final Deployment 4 for Adult Swim.
"Compound" is clearly a reference to "Vice" and it even uses the same font for its logo.