Frederick Noland, New Yorker cartoonist and avid cyclist, tours his first graphic novel biography celebrating the history-making Black American who smashed world records and became a global cycling sensation: Major Taylor. Catch Fred, and his bike, as he tours from coast to coast with stops in Oakland, Bethesda, Chicago, Detroit, and a very special event at the Major Taylor Museum in Worcester, MA.

Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor was one of the greatest American athletes of the early 20th century, setting records in regional bike races as a teen and winning his first world championship by the age of twenty. But Taylor was born in 1878 in Indianapolis and came of age during the height of the Jim Crow era, facing racism at every turn. This epic 400 page graphic biography of America’s first Black world champion thrills in the records Taylor broke and the adoring public he found across North America, Europe, and Australia, all the while showing how the invention of the bicycle changed society.

TOUR DATES
OAKLAND, CA
Special Guest at Cape & Cowl Con
August 30, 11am-6pm
Faction Brewing
2501 Monarch St

WORCESTER, MA
Frederick Noland in conversation with Lynne Tolman
September 9
Major Taylor Museum
2 Main St
Book sales by TidePool Bookshop


BETHESDA, MD
Special Guest at Small Press Expo (SPX)
September 12-13
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road


CHICAGO, IL
Frederick Noland At Barbara's Bookstore Lower Level - Macy's
September 14
111 North State Street


DETROIT, MI
Frederick Noland at Source Booksellers
in conversation with Matt Thornton
September 15
4240 Cass Ave, #105