Michael Eugene Lester (born March 3, 1955) is an American conservative editorial cartoonist and artist who has worked as a children's book illustrator.
Mike du Jour launched in 1995, running in The Wall Street Journal until 1998.
[3] Lester had previously moved his editorial cartooning work to Andrews McMeel in 2021.
Lester has received National Cartoonists Society awards multiple times.
[4] In May 2009, Lester received the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on the children's book Cool Daddy Rat.