Profile

Father of two
Born in Atlanta

BA, The University of Georgia, 1977

Syndicated by Cagle Cartoons
Literary Representative: Ronnie Herman Agency
More portfolio: Workbook.com


Putting pen to paper was my single purpose even as a kid.
I studied and trained for it then, and I haven't stepped off the learning curve since.
I've never had a day job.

  • 25 years as a commercial artist, illustrator, cartoonist, animator and writer.

  • Created ad campaigns for: Coors, Celebrex and too many banks to name. The same is true for children's books.

  • Advertising Illustration and Book Illustration awarded three times by the National Cartoonists' Society.

  • Selected Georgia Press Association 2003 Designer of the Year and listed in 2004 Georgia Trend magazine Who's Who.

  • 2007 recipient of Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartoons given by the Society of Professional Journalists.

  • 2002 to present, editorial cartoonist for the Rome New Tribune coupled with writing, designing and illustrating for many national magazines, advertising agencies, children's books, games, gifts and licensed products.

  • Children's book "A is for Salad" New York Times Top 10 in 2000.

mike lester




The Mike Lester Studio
Art by Mike Lester
301 E. Fifth Ave.
Rome, Georgia, 30161
706 234 7733