Mike du Jour is, according to Lester, the rare triple entendre: the main character's name, the artist's own name and an honest description of the strip. "Like the freedom of a chef designing a menu every day based on what's fresh, MDJ is whatever fresh idea I can cook up," he says.
Mike (the character) is an autobiographical composite. He's "a combination of Walter Mitty, Buster Keaton and moi. He's single, a bit of a loner and a situational counterpuncher, heavyweight division," Lester adds. Mike works in a generic office environment known as Big Bottom Line Inc., and since he and his co-workers don't have enough problems, they invent them. "Office work is boring," says Lester, "or so they tell me."
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LadyLavendar said, 8 months ago
I understand, there’s no more room under my bed either
The standing ones are clothes catchers
frumdebang said, 8 months ago
Mike – you’re punking us all, aren’t you? YOU’RE Comi Clover, self-generating the insipid insults under the philosophy that any publicity is good publicity. Well played, sir. Well played.
Regan Lester
said, 8 months ago
Frumdebang, I can assure you it’s not Mike, but we do find his comments pretty entertaining.
codedaddy
said, 8 months ago
I suggest, for both your benefit and mine, that you drop this strip from your daily reading. Or try creating one – you won’t have time for any reading.
BROOKfan said, 8 months ago
Seconded, the same comments every day are getting tiresome.
CougarAllen said, 8 months ago
Hey Comiclover42, head on over to Dinosaur Comics at www.qwantz.com — you’ll love it! :>
-Cougar :{)
jdeville said, 8 months ago
Identify with this one. Keep em coming Mike. Oh, congratulations on building an army of haters. Obviously, you are doing something right. I wonder if these critics followed you over from your editorials.
CougarAllen said, 8 months ago
An army of haters? Is this idea based on the concept of “an army of one?”
-Cougar :{)