Michael Binkley

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 airhead by everyone who knows him (except Opus). Binkley is the first recurring child character after Milo to appear in the strip and largely replaced the dog Rabies as Milo's sounding board. Binkley originally appears as a player on Milo's elementary school football team. The coach is Major Bloom who uses the team to live out his fantasy of being a great military commander. Binkley originally was a stereotypical nerd. He was much smaller than the other children and has thick glasses, bad skin, and messy hair. Soon afterwards, Binkley appears... full article at wikipedia