Mike Lester is an award-winning American cartoonist, illustrator and commercial illustrator. His editorial cartoons are syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group, and have appeared in such publications as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Wall Street Journal and The Rome News Tribune. He has done illustration work for clients like Time, Newsweek, The New York Times and Rolling Stone.
He wrote and illustrated 'A is for Salad', a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. His comic strip 'Mike du Jour' originated from a couple of animated business gags for WSJ.com. It is now also syndicated to newspapers through the Writers Group.