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."
© Mike Lester - Dist. by WPWG - All Rights Reserved.
The Middletons by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers
Minimum Security by Stephanie McMillan
Comments (5) (Please sign in to comment)
Urban Space Cowboy said, 4 months ago
Even the comic’s characters are getting tired of the “consultan” bit. A Good Comic.
Robert Morano said, 4 months ago
Go work for “pearls before swine”. He could use a lesson on brevity
bigsnooze said, 4 months ago
Q. What’s the difference between a con man and a televangelist? A. None
Bargrove said, 4 months ago
If you don’t know the Dire Straits version of this song, you may not have the full picture.
Regan Lester
said, 4 months ago
@Bargrove
You’re exactly right! Thanks for reading the strip, I’ll be sure to pass it along to Mike.