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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as on NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business with Autism, and dozens more. Biel is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & a T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. Biel lives in Portland, OR. Find out more at joebiel.net.
big patch #101Bicycles Allowed Full Lane
by Randy Albright Author and Joe Biel Author
In Oregon and many places across the globe, a bicycle is allowed to occupy a whole lane of traffic (alone or with a…
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Add to CartBicycle Culture Rising #2: The Portland Police's Peculiar War Against Bicycling 1993-2007
by Joe Biel Author
It's the revamped second edition of the Expozine Award Winning zine of police documents, now with commentary! Last time…
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Add to CartA People's Guide to Publishing Workbook
by Joe Biel Author
Plan out your publishing empire, from mission to budgets, with this workbook companion to Joe Biel's A People's Guide to…
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Over the course of 23 years, Microcosm's founder Joe Biel has written eight books across a wide band of subject matter.…
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Bicycle Culture Rising #1: Participatory & Grassroots Bicycle Movements
by Joe Biel Author
A social history and tactics lesson about the participatory and grassroots bicycle movements and their impact and…
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View Details Quick ShopPatch #244Autistic Lives Matter
by Joe Biel Author
From day-to-day difficulties in socializing, inflexible routines, and sensitivity to noises to the fact that a…
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Add to CartBikequity: Money, Class, & Bicycling
by Elly Blue Editor, Joe Biel Contributor, Cheyenne Winters Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor, Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Contributor and Katura Reynolds Contributor
Bicycling has the radical potential of equalizing our transportation system, creating more equitable opportunities from…
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View Details Quick ShopSticker #036Minimum Wage: The Latest Gateway Drug
by Joe Biel Author
Minimum wage is so far below a living wage, that it's no wonder people turn to mind-altering substances to distract…
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Add to CartPatch #238Feminist Chainring Fist
by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Cecilia Granata Author
Sometimes it's hard to sum up the totality of who you are in a single symbol. Peace signs, anarchy symbols, rainbows,…
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View Details Quick ShopXerography Debt #43
by Davida G. Breier Series Editor, Joe Biel Contributor, Gavin Grant Contributor, AJ Michel Contributor, Anne Thalheimer Contributor and Liz Mason Contributor
With so many zines out there, it can be hard to know which one to read, let alone discover new ones. Xerography #43 has…
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Add to CartCat Party #2: Stories & Comics About Our Favorite Cats
by Joe Biel Contributor, Dame Darcy Contributor, Keet Geniza Contributor, Katie Haegele Editor, Mardou Contributor and River Katz Contributor
Five stories and comics by a variety of creators about beloved kitties, in the spirit of Katie Haegele's Cats I've…
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Add to CartSticker #395Driving Isn't Vegan
by Joe Biel Author
A bike sticker that tells it how it is: driving hurts the animals. Support animals? Support the environment? Then you…
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Add to CartSticker #405The Second Amendment Protects Racism
by Joe Biel Author
The second amendment is racist at its core. Not only has the right to bear arms been upheld to favor white gun ownership…
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Add to CartChainring Feminist Fist Heart Sweatshirt
by Joe Biel Illustrator, Cecilia Granata Translator and Meggyn Pomerleau Illustrator
It's getting even harder to find fair trade, American made sweatshirts and our color choices are shrinking BUT given the…
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View Details Quick ShopEvolution Bicycle Fanny Pack
by Black Star Bags Author and Joe Biel Author
The latest in our line of stylish things to put on your body while bicycling, these Evolution print fanny packs are a…
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by Joe Biel Author, Joseph E. Green Author, Mia Partlow Author, Nate Powell Author, Super Pack! Author and Michael Hoerger Author
Get all the in-print entries in this long-running zine series about always weird, often scary, and sometimes hilarious…
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Doing It Better: Conflict Resolution and Accountability after Abuse in Leftist Communities
by Joe Biel Author
What is our role in holding people accountable in cases of abuse, sexual or otherwise? How do we investigate these…
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View Details Quick ShopPatch #241My Feminism Helps You Too
by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author
So often we are told that feminism means that someone else is losing something or that we are another crazy chick on the…
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Add to CartHow to Thrive / How to Starve
by Joe Biel Author
Recently, an artist friend celebrated a modicum of success after five years of hard work. Many people cheered and…
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Add to CartSticker #092A Profile for Mass Shootings? How About White Suburban Male.
by Joe Biel Author
There's so much political resistance and debate around guns. While gun violence has been on tremendous decline for over…
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Add to CartSticker #394Kale 'Em All
by Joe Biel Author
When you can no longer kale 'em with kindness, kale 'em all! Show your support for leafy greens with this sticker. …
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Add to CartSticker #396Driver taxes only pay for 1/2 of the road. Give the other 1/2 to bikes
by Joe Biel Author
Drivers aren't the only ones paying taxes! Plus, bikes are more likely to be hit on the road, very likely to be affected…
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Add to Cart$20 Superpack: Unemployment Care Package
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Lake Smith Author, Super Pack! Author and Eleanor C. Whitney Author
Unemployed? Quit? Laid off? Downsized? Fired? Buyout? Golden handshake? Graduated? Jobless? Whatever the situation,…
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13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler
by Julia Alekseyeva Contributor, Lee Baillie Contributor, Moe Bowstern Contributor, Alexander Barrett Contributor, Nate Beaty Contributor, 32 more
To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this…
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View Details Quick Shop$20 Superpack of Government Misdeeds
by Joe Biel Author, Mia Partlow Author, Nate Powell Author, Abner Smith Author, Super Pack! Author, Kristian Williams Author and Benjamin Arthur Ellis Author
Worn out by the misdeeds spinning around the 24 hour news cycle? Turn off the computer, pick up a book, and read up on…
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Patch #197Put The Fun Between Your Legs (long)
by Joe Biel Author
Common like seriously, we're talking about bicycling. Get your mind out of the gutter and out into the streets. It’s…
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Add to CartPatch #058Chainring Heart
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author
A canvas patch bearing the ever-popular Microcosm logo! Our bicycle chainring heart speaks the truth. Originally…
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Add to CartHow to Make a Decision (vertical)
by Joe Biel Author
Life is full of major decisions and often we get lost and mired in the slog of figuring out what's best for us, or…
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Add to Cartbig patch #058Chainring Heart
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author
Since 2002, this has been Microcosm's logo! We are so proud of how far this little place grew. And it’s all thanks to…
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Add to CartHow to Make a Decision (horizontal)
by Joe Biel Author
Life is full of major decisions and often we get lost and mired in the slog of figuring out what's best for us, or…
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