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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Comiclover42 said, 7 months ago
Hey, I remember this joke from the 90’s!
rowleystout said, 7 months ago
@Comiclover42
I’ve never seen it before. It’s hilarious here, as it the drawing. Sure, the word ‘stinks’ has more than one meaning. All humor is derivative. Do you troll the internet looking for cartoons to criticize all the time? Get a life, dude.
bwgraphic said, 7 months ago
If you want really sad repeats in the comics, Beetle Baily and The Family Circus will do repeats of their own strips from time to time. It happens, get over it. I think this is a pretty funny strip, so there.