Overview
- Dark Horse confirmed it will not publish Cartoonists Against the Holocaust, citing a June 2026 email that said Yoe Books missed production deadlines and the project no longer met the publisher’s financial needs.
- Dr. Rafael Medoff and the group StandWithUs say the book was halted after imprint editor Craig Yoe sought to add a contemporary editor’s note accusing Israel of serious wrongdoing and linking U.S. policies to concentration-camp comparisons, which Medoff rejected as inappropriate for a historical volume.
- Craig Yoe has ended his association with Dark Horse after late-stage negotiations, and the publisher declined to address the substance of Medoff’s account while maintaining the decision was logistical and financial.
- The book would have presented about 150 American editorial cartoons from the 1930s–40s with Medoff’s commentary; Medoff is the founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute and previously published two titles with Dark Horse.
- The dispute highlights a larger debate over whether publishers may impose contemporary political tests on scholarship and how cultural institutions handle contentious Israel-related disputes, a split that the coverage reflects with right-leaning outlets amplifying Medoff’s claims and the publisher emphasizing scheduling and money.