a discovery that he made while on a trip to Europe and coming home to America wearing a traditional Scottish kilt. Unlike his wife, Mike would have wide eyes; depicted by a large hollow ellipse surrounding a simple black dot. He worked for his employer Mister Drudge and was married to his equally middle aged wife Mabel, who occasionally got to see her husband watching the New York Yankees instead of monitoring the plant on "Take Your Spouse to Work Day." Even with his busy schedule of work, family, and bar life, Mike still had time to travel the world. His drinking habits eventually got him in trouble with his doctor; causing Mabel to hide his beer until he returned to a healthy weight. When his son Truman hit hard times at his workplace, Mike was there to lend him a hand and help him recuperate from his losses. During Abel and Buffy's visit, Mabel had to have a formal outfit in reserve for Mike in order to give off an illusion of expensive taste in apparel. This one-time gag appeared on the August 28, 1997 episode of the comic strip; the visit took place on a leisurely Thursday afternoon. Mike was chosen to wear an effeminate white tie outfit consisting of a black jacket, white bow tie, white tuxedo shirt, white vest and black formal trousers for Abel and Buffy's visit. The effeminate outfit somehow got a flaw in it from Mike struggling to get it on; making him look like a fool in front of his in-laws. After the visit is over, even his wife Mabel is glad to see her brother and his wife leave the house. She is lying down in the couch all exhausted because Abel and Buffy were acting in a hyperactive manner throughout the house. Mike's Rivalries In the comic strip, Mister Drudge was considered to be an autocratic factory manager. He personally ran the fictional corporation Drudge Industries, Inc., which was a company involved in the manufacturing industry. His signature was on every paycheck that Mike Motley and his other subordinates received after working. The coarse nature of his operations is what kept the workplace in perfect working condition. Traditional gender roles reigned supreme in his factory. In addition to all that, Mister Drudge also had an obedient female secretary that was always ready to take orders from him. His last name