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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Ryan (probably the older Ryan) said, 3 months ago
JS is my hero.
jreckard said, 3 months ago
And what would Jerry do?
Nothing.
majorpain1251 said, 3 months ago
At least it wasn’t “What would Jerry Springer Do?”.
lightenup
said, 3 months ago
Seinfeld would just talk a lot about nothing. Zzzzzzz….
reedkomicks said, 3 months ago
I always go with what George wouldn’t do.