Midlife Thesis

Midlife Thesis is a new cartoon series from cartoonist Tod Pronto. It draws inspiration from no particular subject and has no hidden nor obvious agenda, other than to be amusing.

New Cartoons Posted Every Sunday, Wednesday & Friday.

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I don’t usually post the names of these cartoons because they are only named to help me organize the file on my computer. No one ever really sees the actual titles of the cartoons when they come across them online. Unless they save the im

Jun 1

Jun 1

Must we make everything alcoholic? I mean, come on! If you don’t like the taste of alcohol…then DON’T DRINK IT! We have hard apple cider, hard lemonade, hard fruit punch, and even hard seltzer water. Yeah, seltzer water! Why? Obviousl

May 29

May 29

There are no small roles, just insignificant others? Is that how the saying goes? No? I’ve always laughed at the term “significant other” . So…like, what is significant about them? Are there others? Less important others? Less promin

May 25

May 25

The 3 deadly sins….or all of the above? This cartoon comes from the brain of my neighbor Tom. I would like to take full credit for it, but my only contribution beyond the drawing was the “talk, text, and data rates may apply” gag on th

May 22

May 22

Full disclosure…I actually missed seeing the blood moon eclipse in person Sunday evening but, it wasn’t because I was on my phone. It’s because where I live in Vermont, the clouds decided to cover the sky in a thick blanket of fog just mi

May 18

May 18

The bicycle is still in BETA mode…

May 15

May 15

The cow doesn’t look so evil to me…

May 11

May 11

I didn’t draw the father, but obviously, he’s bald…

May 8

May 8

Beware of pop-ups…

May 4

May 4

Light just ins’t fair sometimes…

May 1

May 1

I always thought the proper term for these geese was Canadian geese. Or Canadian Goose. Turns out, it’s Canada Goose/Geese. I grew up, basically on the Canadian border. The town I was born and raised in is only about nine miles from

Apr 27

Apr 27

When it comes right down to it, isn’t lunch the most important part of the workday? I can divide a typical workday into two distinct parts: Before lunch and after lunch. Before lunch consists of coming into the office. Wasting time

Apr 24

Apr 24

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah….I know...I missed out on a fantastic 4/20 cartoon opportunity today. Truth is, is draw a lot of these cartoons days, or even weeks, ahead of time and I never planned for a cartoon to fall on 4/20. I did however plan

Apr 20

Apr 20

This cartoon stems from a cartoon I made way back in 1994. Well, technically 1993 when I was just fifteen years old. If you’ve read my bio section on this website, you will see that I produced a calendar for 1994 with my cartoons. I had

Apr 17

Apr 17

Political arguments online make me laugh. They also make me want to throw my phone into a river. I don’t want to read them but ultimately I can’t seem to look away. They are sort of like new soap operas. So pointless yet SO addicting! Of

Apr 13

Apr 13

It always amazes me how people enjoy yelling into the void to validate their own options. I mean, let’s get real, how many people have changed their minds on a subject because some ass hat repeatedly berates them online? I’m not a statist

Apr 10

Apr 10

Marketing is everything. Market a product the right way and it will sell, even if it is a product that no one needs. Remember the Snuggie? The Clapper? My Pillow? That dude’s politics aside, you have to hand it to him for making a medioc

Apr 6

Apr 6

Toxic Wussulinity? I’ve never really understood the bravado that some men seem to have in situations that involve ego, pride, women, and almost always, alcohol. They call it toxic masculinity. I’m not sure if that’s it - or if it is just

Apr 3

Apr 3

As a songwriter myself, I hear this all the time. “I wrote this song in like five minutes dude!” “It just came to me! Like ten minutes and it was done!” I have come to learn that this is not necessarily a good thing. Sure, inspiratio

Mar 30

Mar 30

Puns are a funny thing. When properly executed they can be glorious. However, there is a fine line between corny and hilarious. I’d like to think that this cartoon is somewhere in between. The idea came to me while I was looking through

Mar 27

Mar 27