Major Taylor: The World's Fastest Man Author Event with Fred Noland

Join Frederick Noland as he launches Major Taylor: The World’s Fastest Man at Source Booksellers on Tuesday, September 15th from 6pm to 7:30om.

Free and Book Tickets in this link. We welcome everyone to celebrate with us, including Artists, Graphic Artists, History Buffs and Cyclists.

Save Your Seat

About the book

Noland’s epic, graphic novel biography celebrates the history-making Black American who smashed world records and became a global cycling sensation! 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 and came of age during the height of the Jim Crow era. While Taylor found respite racing overseas, he also soon found American-style racism exported internationally to sell tickets. In spite of it all, Major Taylor is a loving tribute to an exceptional American: a man whose integrity and fortitude fuelled his success.

Author Bio

Frederick Noland lives in Oakland, California, where he is an avid but unremarkable cyclist and a proud poppa. His specialty is visual storytelling, whether in animation, comics or illustration. Noland’s comics have appeared in the New Yorker and his illustrations have appeared in SF Weekly, Nickelodeon, XboX Magazine, and more.

In Coversation with

Matthew Thornton, is a Detroit based, comic book artist and Illustrator. In 2009, he joined the U.S. Navy. It was there, he would travel and gain the life experiences that would inspire his illustrations. He left the Navy in 2013, and enrolled in the College for Creative Studies in his hometown Detroit, MI. 

He currently working on his creator-owned comic book "Doris,",  and lives with his 13 year old son Isaiah, in Westland, MI.

Source Booksellers is located at Unit 105, 4240 Cass Ave., in Detroit, MI.