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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davidtenn17 said, 5 months ago
Still laughing at the Dec. 31, 2012 Strip.
win said, 5 months ago
All of the above.
Urban Space Cowboy said, 5 months ago
Ah, So THAT’S how the Koch Bros. get in touch with teabaggers.
Mike Lester
said, 5 months ago
@davidtenn17
Thanks, davidtenn17. Gym culture is hilarity on steroids. (damn, I should have used that!)