About Mike Lester
Born 1955. Mike Lester is a cartoonist.
Michael Eugene Lester (born March 3, 1955) is an American conservative editorial cartoonist and artist who has worked as a children's book illustrator. He is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Mike du Jour.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mike du Jour launched in 1995, running in The Wall Street Journal until 1998. It began being syndicated in 2012, by The Washington Post Writers Group; in 2022 the strip moved to Andrews McMeel Syndication.
In May 2009, Lester received the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on the children's book Cool Daddy Rat.
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