Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotrytells the remarkable unknown story of a Jewish organization that enlisted some of America’s most beloved comic book artists and cartoonists in a nationwide campaign against bigotry in the 1940s and 1950s.
Uncover the secret campaign to flood America’s newspapers, classrooms, and union halls with anti-racist comics and cartoons. Within these pages, readers will meet the artists and the artwork that was their ammunition in the battle for America’s soul
Authored by Holocaust scholar Dr. Rafael Medoff and award-winning comics and cartooning historian Craig Yoe. It also features a foreword by Professor Susannah Heschel of Dartmouth, noted scholar and daughter of civil rights icon Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
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.
The official release date of Cartoonists Against Racism (paperback, black and white, 152 pages, 7×10”) is July 2 in bookstores, July 3, 2024 in comic shops. It is available for pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TFAW and wherever comics and books are sold. The book will retail for $19.99 (US).