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Frederick Noland

Frederick Noland

@frednoland.bsky.social

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Just a simple visual storyteller begrudgingly doing the whole social media thang. #MajorTaylor GN in 2026 from D+Q 📖 Linktree https://linktr.ee/FredNoland Homepage www.FredNoland.com

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Sep 18

TdC is just days away and I’m in training!

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#tourdecure #ada #Americandiabeteseassociation #cycling #diabetes #type1diabetes #type2diabetes

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Apr 28

Rough cut. Still working on a v.o. for this one. #talenspantone #royaltalensna #majortaylor #process #majortaylorgraphicnovel

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Apr 15

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¡INKSLINGER! Action figure

Can we stop with all the AI already?

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HUMP! Film Festival. @humpfilmfest.bsky.social · Apr 11

Check out this amazing ILLUSTRATED review of HUMP! in Oakland from @frednoland.bsky.social at midbrow.org/hump-not-so-amateur-film-fest-hits-20/

Thank you for the review Fred!!! So cool seeing HUMP! this way.

HUMP! Not-so-Amateur Film Fest Hits 20

Dan Savage's amateur porn film festival “HUMP!” played four sold out nights at the New Parkway Theater. I was lucky enough to snag a ticket to the last show.

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Apr 10

HUMP! Not-so-Amateur Film Fest Hits 20
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HUMP! Not-so-Amateur Film Fest Hits 20

Dan Savage's amateur porn film festival “HUMP!” played four sold out nights at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland .

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Apr 9

Review Retrospective
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Review Retrospective

A year of reviews for Midbrow

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Apr 3

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My process of coloring the Major Taylor graphic novel for Drawn and Quarterly. This is a full length process video with Taylor's mentor Birdie Munger after his last race. #pantonemarkers #royaltalensna #talenspantone #process #traditionalmediacartoonist

Major Taylor - Coloring with Royal Talens Pantone Markers

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Gird your loins!

A number of years ago I did a mini comic about the worst popes in history.

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 15

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It’s showtime!

I teach comics in traditional media at CCA for their Masters program.

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 13

The worst crash of #majortaylor ‘s career was during his second tour of #Australia, the result of an intentional foul. Having suffered some bad crashes personally, this was hard to draw #process #timelapse #timelapseinks #australia #velodrome #Melborne #traditionalmedia #traditionalmediacartoonist

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 11

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SQUINTING WON’T SAVE YOU! A Eustace Trilly themed tribute for The New Yorker’s 20th

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 7

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The Bent Spoke of Destiny

I often think of the chance encounters that have ramifications in our personal lives and across history.

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 4

It’s been a minute since I posted one of these #majortaylor #process #timelapse #timelapseinks #australia #velodrome #adelaideoval #traditionalmedia #traditionalmediacartoonist

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Mar 4

It’s been a minute since I posted one of these #majortaylor #process #timelapse #timelapseinks #australia #velodrome #adelaideoval #traditionalmedia #traditionalmediacartoonist

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 27

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Wrapping up Black History Month like...

If I have a basic MO it’s this: Move fast and don’t look back.

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 26

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Gloria Richardson

GLORIA RICHARDSON

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 22

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Working on the next Midbrow Oakland

Working on the next #midbrowoakland #brushpen #comics #traditionalmediacomics #traditionalmedia #reviewcomics #alkalirye #blackmakers #blackdistillers #blackdistillers

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 21

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Taylor as a young man

To write any biography it is a necessity to relate to the subject.

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 20

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New Major Taylor post on my Patreon

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 18

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 14

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ELOUISE WESTBROOK

#ELOUISEWESTBROOK

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 13

www.patreon.com/posts/122149... New #MajorTaylor post on my #Patreon

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 12

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A short history of cycling (continued)

I know that wasn’t the title of the previous article.

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Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 12

Unused #animation of #grandlaketheatre for #themidbrow

Frederick Noland @frednoland.bsky.social · Feb 11

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The “outsider artist” is celebrated, but how often are they true outsiders?

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