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.

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Who knows…this joke may have been done before? It seems like something that Gary Larson would have done for The Far Side comics back in the day. If it has been done by Gary or any other cartoonist, I apologize. I certainly don’t mean

Jun 26

Jun 26

Let’s just say that you were friends with someone with the exact same name as you. I don’t just mean your first name…I mean first middle and last. (I had a friend named Todd in elementary school. Though he spelled his with two “d’s and

Jun 22

Jun 22

Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there! I know this isn’t technically a Father’s Day cartoon but, fathers play golf, right? So, it’s close enough. For my family, golf is the Father’s Day tradition. I and my two younger brothers

Jun 19

Jun 19

I don’t know what they are teaching in Drivers Ed these days, but whatever it is, it ain’t working! Some days I feel like the only driver on the road that is paying attention at all. On other days I feel like I am the only courteous driv

Jun 15

Jun 15

I am a big fan of Dr. Seuss but not much of a fan of Graduation speeches. Let me re-phrase that: I am not a big fan of lazy Graduation speeches that are nothing more than someone (usually the principal) reading Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, The

Jun 12

Jun 12

Watch out for big fhama! This cartoon is punny!

Jun 8

Jun 8

I swear if I have one more yahoo tell me to invest in cryptocurrency, I will scream! Seriously, I just don’t get it. Let me rephrase that… I do GET it. I have read a ton of stuff about it. Had several conversations. Weighed the pros

Jun 5

Jun 5

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