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Microcosm Publishing is an independent publisher and distributor based in Bloomington, IN and Portland, OR. We distribute & publish zines, books, pamphlets, stickers, buttons, patches, t-shirts, posters, films, and more! Read More

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Recent Manifesto

As your eyes and ears tire of constantly tuning into election coverage and watching very strange videos of Sara Palin, maybe you want to come by and check out our new store in Portland.

After a couple years of searching, we opened up our new store in Portland at 833 SE Main St. #107 (next to Blacksheep Bakery and Plan-B). If you don't know where that's at, it's on 9th St between Belmont and Hawthorne.

The last month and a half was spent building shelves, painting signs, accumulating books and zines, getting enough PVC pipe to build a t-shirt rack, and getting settled in. We moved the stuff over to the new space with a SHIFT Move By Bike!

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2009 Slingshot Organizer (small)
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Microcosm News

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Zine Yearbook #9

SHIPPING FROM THE PRINTER!! 2007's Zine Yearbook #9 is at the printer! The annual anthology of zine reprints now includes relevant articles about the year in zines - super fun zine fests, life changing experiences, read more..

$12.00 $10.00

 
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2009 Slingshot Organizers are here!!!!

We've got both small and large organizers in a bunch of colors! Check em out!!

$6.00

 
 
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Portland Store Open!

We're now located at 833 SE Main St. #107 (at 9th between Hawthorne and Belmont) mere blocks from Food Fight, Herbivore, The Recyclery, Diesel Fuel, Sweatpea, Printed Matter, Clever Cycles, Citybikes, and on the same read more..

 
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Make a Zine!

New Edition for 2008! OUT NOW! Ask anyone who works for a magazine -- it's a job. Ask anyone who works on their zine -- it's a passion. And this book is a starting point for launching your own zine. A virtually endless read more..

$7.00 $5.00

 
 
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Notes from Underground

OUT NOW! New Edition for 2008! Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing. From their origins in early 20th century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots read more..

$12.95 $10.00

 
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Microcosm--in your town!

We'll be tabling at:
Madison Zine Fest on October 18!
Canzine Toronto on October 26!
NOLA Bookfair on November 15th!
Expozine 2008 in Montreal on November 22nd!
21st Annual Independent & Small Press Book Fair in read more..

 
 
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On Subbing, Third Edition!

Dave Roche has been camping out in Kansas City and tagged a new epilogue onto the 3rd edition of his daily account of working as an education assistant in Portland public schools. Plus tons of corrected errors, updated read more..

$5.00 $4.00

 
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Snakepit 2007

OUT NOW! Follow Ben through his daily life illustrated as 3 comic panel adventures involving beer, weed, work, shows, tour, love, and parties filled with monsters. His drawing and writing style is sincere and heartfelt read more..

$6.00 $5.00

 
 
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Mostly True: The Story of Bozo Texino

OUT NOW! It's possible Bill Daniel is the most inspiring filmmaker of our day. With an impressive filmography that includes work on Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws and as Vanessa Renwick's long-time collaborator, Daniel read more..

$8.00 $7.00

 
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Brainfag Forever (BFF)

OUT NOW! BFF: Brainfag Forever! collects nearly a decade of Nate Beaty's self-published comics. Brainfag is a medical term for "brain fatigue," culled from a turn-of-the-century Grape-Nuts ad. Nate uses comics to read more..

$9.00 $8.00

 
 
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Catalogs & Postcard for 2008!

Our 2008 Catalog & Postcard! It's our list of self published zines, books, stickers, buttons, patches, t-shirts, posters, postcards, talkies, etc on the website but featured on stapled pieces of paper! Stop spending all read more..

$0.01

 
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Possible Hiring(s) at Microcosm

We're taking applications for possible future employment in both Bloomington and Portland. However, we are just accepting applications and not yet hiring. Please mail, fax, or email a letter of interest, application, read more..

 
 
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Dwelling Portably 1980-89

OUT NOW! These little suckers have been crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence for nearly 30 years! Super helpful and informative tips for biking, tents, showering, cooking, and living. read more..

$8.00 $7.00

 
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Invincible Summer, Volume II

OUT NOW! After years of over-caffeination and restless free time, acclaimed artist and writer Nicole J Georges has amassed hundreds of pages of autobiographic comics, lush illustrations of doggies and elephants, and read more..

$14.00 $12.00

 
 
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Welcome to the Dahl House

OUT NOW! The collected 1997-2007 comics of Ken Dahl in this graphic novel anthology! Includes all of his minis, short stories, anthology works, and unpublished work including such titles as “Taken For a Ride", "Gordon read more..

$7.00 $6.00

 
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Making Stuff and Doing Things: DIY Guides to Doing Just About Everything! 3RD EDITION!!

The freshly reprinted THIRD edition of Kyle Bravo's collection of how-to articles!
A combination Boy Scout manual and anarchists' bible, Making Stuff and Doing Things is filled to the gills with instructions on DIY read more..

$12.00 $10.00

 
 
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X Ray Visions (DVD) - NEW EDITION!

OUT NOW! An in-depth account of one of the most important cultural epicenters in Portland's history, "X-Ray Visions" tells the story of the X-Ray Cafe, an ABC NO RIO/924 Gilman-esque "Nightclub" that hosted bands like read more..

$12.99 $10.00

 
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The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #5!

OUT NOW! The latest installment of this pseudo-anonymously penned, informational zine discusses at length the details of Iran/Contra. In 1986 the President was at the helm - secretly selling weapons to our enemies in read more..

$1.50