# Mike du Jour: a comic for people who know what du jour means

"MIKE DU JOUR" -the daily comic strip for people who know what du jour means.

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## [Mike du Jour: Fauci](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-fauci)

_2026-08-19 · Mike Lester_

Don’t forget, this is an unelected civil servant who shut down the country then threw out the first pitch of a Washington Nationals baseball game that you couldn’t attend.

## [Mike du Jour: Mr. Backwax](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-mr-backwax-840)

_2026-08-18 · Mike Lester_

One day he may find himself in the crosshairs.

## [Mike du Jour: AKA](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-aka)

_2026-08-17 · Mike Lester_

I recently met a Pediatric Dentist.

## [Mike du Jour: Trans people -yep, let's go there](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-trans-people-yep-lets)

_2026-08-16 · Mike Lester_

New here?

## [Mike du Jour: How much is a lid?](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-how-much-is-a-lid)

_2026-08-15 · Mike Lester_

Good question:

## [Mike du Jour: 8 months](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-8-months)

_2026-08-14 · Mike Lester_

When I first fell in love with my wife we’d get off work and sit in the courtyard with cocktails between two pre-civil war buildings in downtown Rome, Georgia.

## [Mike du Jour: Rome, Georgia](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-rome-georgia)

_2026-08-13 · Mike Lester_

“Walking Spanish Down the Hall” -There are songs in my life I felt I have lived.

## [Mike du Jour: The Piano has been drinking](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-the-piano-has-been-drinking)

_2026-08-12 · Mike Lester_

If you’ve never heard “The Piano Has Been Drinking” 1976 by Tom Waits it’s a metaphorical Chinese buffet that never gets stale.

## [Mike du Jour: Spoiler below](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-spoiler-below)

_2026-08-11 · Mike Lester_

This one may have you scratching your head so here’s the spoiler: MAL=bad GA=Georgia MATE=man.

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## [Mike du Jour: Tom Waits Week](https://lesterm.substack.com/p/mike-du-jour-tom-waits-week)

_2026-08-10 · Mike Lester_

When I got to Athens, Ga.