Michael Binkley was a major character in Berke Breathed's cartoon strip Bloom County.
Michael, known to all simply as 'Binkley,' was a 10-year-old boy who lived at the Bloom County Boarding House with his father Tom (his mother, Margret, had divorced Tom and moved to Oakland with a Hells Angel). Binkley was in the same class as Milo Bloom, his best friend. Binkley introduced Opus to his group, believing he was a dog. Binkley is described as an ai...
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