Mike du Jour
By Mike Lester | 4.6K FollowersAbout Mike du Jour
"Once every five or 10 years, a new comic feature emerges that's truly unique, breaking the mold of the tired, formulaic pack that populates most of the comics page. 'Mike Du Jour' is such a feature. The art is a joy to look at, bringing a smile to your face and making you linger on it. That alone makes it special in today's comic field, but coupled with Mike Lester's whimsical, unpredictable wit, 'MDJ' is a daily must-read. Mike Lester is truly a master of comic art."
—Wiley Miller, "Non Sequitur"
Meet Mike Lester
Mike Lester is a native Atlantan and University of Georgia graduate. He spent five years with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an editorial illustrator, also working on the Sunday op-ed feature, and was the staff editorial cartoonist for the Rome News Tribune (Georgia) for 10 years. Through his company, Mike Lester Studio, Inc., he has created images for national brand ad campaigns, collegiate logos, and collectibles, worked on television commercials and produced many children’s books, including “A Is for Salad,” which made The New York Times: Best of 2000 list. Lester is the creator of the comic strip “Mike du Jour,” originally created for and appearing on the Wall Street Journal website. He is also a founding member of CounterPoint, a selected group of the best editorial cartoonists in America.
He has won five National Cartoonist Society Awards and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists.
An avid CrossFit enthusiast, golfer, and fisherman, Lester and Regan, his wife of 17 years, live in Florida with their pets Lania and Nancy. He has two adult children and a brand-new grandson, Campbell.