Meet Mr. Milo Bloom

Growing up, my hero was Milo Bloom.

He was a kid, just like I was. Now, he's not a real person -- he's a cartoon characters from the series Bloom County -- but Milo was smart, funny, insightful, and, most of all, droll. Even though he was a kid, he worked as a reporter and he seemed to know everything. 

Milo was the kid I wanted to be -- and, even as a grown up, he's still who I kinda want to be.

Such was my Milo devotion that, as a kid, I drew a picture of him. Now my artistic talent is less than zero but, for one inspired moment, I drew a half-way decent picture of my hero. I share it with you now:

And here's how the "real" Milo looks. Not bad, right?