Why not a bit more of Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo? Here's a bit from the first appearance of the bats, who would come to be named Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered/Bemildred. I can't say which of the three is scouting out Albert's mouth as a possible cave since he didn't give his name and, as it developed, the bats only know based on which pants they put on that day.

I like defining the interior of Albert's mouth with hatching like this. It's different from the usual and looks pleasantly soft. I think I did a bit better giving Albert's snout some shape with the hatching too.

In the original Albert's sleeping up against a tree; I didn't have the energy to do that too.

By the way, I ran across http://www.waynecountry.net/Pogo/characters.html which is a great listing of Pogo characters and, in many cases, first appearances, and it's that wonderful sort of homemade page we don't get enough of anymore. Yes, it includes the walk-on bugs. I know, I'm amazed too.