Milo Bloom
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Milo Bloom was a central character in the American comic strip Bloom County. He was originally the main character, but was soon overshadowed by his best friend Michael Binkley, and later on, Opus.
Milo was the most worldly-wise of all the characters, and always managed to stay calm and keep a clear head (except for election season). He lived in the Bloom County Boarding House with his grandparents, Major Bloom and Bess Bloom.
Milo was also a reporter for the Bloom Beacon and later the Bloom Picayune, where he engaged in controversial reporting (he says he graduated from the "Rupert Murdoch School of Exuberant Journalism"). In early times, he always bothered the remarkably evil Senator Bedfellow with ridiculous questions, asking for confirming accusations, and attempting to convict him for virtually anything.
From what we have seen, Milo is the only staff member on the Bloom Beacon, in addition to the editor-in-chief and Opus, who was, at various times, a personals editor, editorial writer, ombudsman, and cartoonist (or, as he styled it, "stripper").
Milo didn't have an active role in Breathed's next syndicated strip, Outland, only appearing as a background extra on a bus a week before the feature ended. However, Opus later questions Milo's current whereabouts in the comic strip Opus, leading many fans to wonder if Milo might make his first active appearance in the funnies since 1989.