A small child stands with hands clasped beside the printed line "Don't start any vast projects with any half-vast ideas!" The joke turns "half-vast" into a polite stand-in for half-assed, the sort of pun common in mid-century comic postcards. The child's pose gives the slogan a mock-pious, scolding air.
Black rule border; printed number "11" at lower right; printed artist signature "Barnet" near the cartoon; light edge wear and surface mottling.
No postmark. Bright pink comic-card back with printed "POST CARD / Address" and a vertical distributor imprint (Distributor Promotions, 640 E. Brower, Springfield, Mo., Printed in U.S.A.); a white S.S. Kresge Co. price sticker (D110/50, 2/5¢) sits in the stamp corner. Light edge wear, no handwriting.
Cite this card
Half-vast ideas cartoon, Springfield, MO, circa 1950, postcard, c. 1950. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/half-vast-ideas-cartoon-springfield-mo-circa-1950. Accessed November 2, 2026.
