This July Dark Horse and Yoe Books will release Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry. This book focuses on the previously unknown story of a Jewish organization that gathered some of the best comic book artists and cartoonists to fight bigotry during the 1940s and 50s. The plan was to flood America’s newspapers, union halls, and classrooms with anti-racist illustrations. The book is written by Holocaust scholar Dr. Rafael Medoff and cartooning historian Craig Yoe.
Here’s a brief description from Dark Horse:
The book showcases impactful anti-racism artwork from the era’s preeminent cartoonists, including multiple Pulitzer Prize winners Bill Mauldin and Vaughn Shoemaker; New Yorker cartoonists Carl Rose, Mischa Richter, and Frank Hanley; famed antiwar cartoonist Robert Osborn; Dave Berg of Mad Magazine; renowned sports cartoonist Willard Mullin; noted labor cartoonist Bernard Seaman; comics artist Mac Raboy (Flash Gordon, Captain Marvel Jr.); and Eric Godal, who escaped from Nazi Germany and became a leading cartoonist in the American press.
Cartoonists Against Racism comes to bookstores July 2, 2024.
