About Microcosm

Sparky Taylor keeps us stocked with all of the fine things that we distribute and writes descriptions for new items - a full time job unto itself! Sparky is endlessly counting stacks of zines and getting excited whenever the day's mail arrives! She can recommend specific titles for people having trouble choosing what they want! She's also a talented illustrator and appreciator of cats, books, and the Totinos Party Pizza.

Contact Sparky about suggestions, curation for a zine library or collection, or restocking your zine.

Chris Lynch is always giving a persuasive speech about how everyone should roller skate; that is only when he's not working on his collective project: Deep Roots Sanctuary. He is an avid vegan and draws comics. At Microcosm he does a lot of pre-press on new books, packs and ships orders, lets you know where a missing order might be, and builds a mean index.

Contact Chris about interning, volunteering, or being made to feel bad about consuming animal flesh

Steven Stothard loves people! He mainly handles our event tabling and touring operation. Come say hello when we're on the road! He also takes care of customer problems, catalog distribution, packs orders, handles outgoing mail, deals with lost and returned orders, and is generally a chilled-out entertainer. He is also the general coordinator and serves on the board of directors at Boxcar Books and Community Center!- Bloomington's volunteer powered, non-profit bookstore and community space since 2002.

Contact Steven about us tabling at your event, your band's tour, or orders that shipped 2+ weeks ago and haven't arrived.

Jessie Duke - Based in our Lawrence, Kansas office, she handles publicity, promotions, schedules interviews, press materials and writing. Contact her if you need to interview someone, get some hi-res images, or want to write about one of our titles.

Contact Jessie about publicity or promotion.

Adam Gnade writes reviews of our titles and edits our published works. Drop a line if you need to know what an em dash is or the proper use of an apostrophe. Adam is also a rock n roller and author.

Contact Adam

Matt Gauck is our cheerleader for everything and is appropriately excited all the time. He does tons of freelance illustration and painting and is always about to "go drawing". He does Microcosm deliveries and takes orders for stores around Portland. You are 50% likely to find Matt sitting at the counter of our Portland store.

Contact Matt about getting stuff delivered to your store in Portland.

Nate Beaty codes the website. When he peels himself away from the computer he draws the comics like any self-respecting 21st century human.

Contact Nate about website errors and suggestions.

Wade - supreme overlord, stripey and shadowy CEO.

Joe Biel does production scheduling, pays the people we owe money to, does pre-press work on new titles, & sends out desk copies for teachers. A hippie pretending to be post-punk and an organizer pretending to be an artist. He has a new DVD Label. You are 15% likely to find Joe staffing the Portland store.

Contact Joe about our upcoming publishing projects, desk copies for teachers, printing questions, advertising, interviews, or owing you money.