Memoir

21 Years of Good Trouble: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler

by Julia Alekseyeva, Lee Baillie, Alexander Barrett, Nate Beaty, Joe Biel and 33 more

To celebrate our twenty first anniversary, we put together this compilation of work from our authors and artists, ...

Kool Man: The King of Oral Love

by Sean Tejeratchi

This zine, by Sean Tejeratchi of Craphound fame, was a result of zinester Robert Dupree (Subliminal Tattoos) striking a ...

$20 Superpack: Young, Punk, and Queer Comics

by Lee Baillie, Nicole Georges, Cristy Road, Super Pack! and Robert Wildwood

You're not the only one. These stories of gay, lesbian, and queer folks in their teens and twenties making their way in ...

Parecon: Life After Capitalism

by Michael Albert

"What do you want?" is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists. In yet another volume, Albert ...

$20 Superpack: Love, Loss, & Zines with Katie Haegele

by Katie Haegele and Super Pack!

What's better than a Katie Haegele book? We've now published three of her poignant, lyrical, down-to-earth works about, ...

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

by Roz Chast

Roz Chast will make you laugh-cry in Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, her first memoir about living ...

Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening

by Manal al-Sharif

A story about a religious radical woman growing in the Middle East, and her struggle with her upbringing and the ...

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

This is George Orwell's first full book. The first part is an account of his days starving in Paris and then working in ...

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

by Caitlin Doughty

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty--a twenty-something with a degree in medieval ...

Rebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief

by Cindy Milstein

"This intimate, moving, and timely collection of essays points the way to a world in which the burden of grief is ...

Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues

Escaping the Delta is about the life of blues legend Robert Johnson, one of the greatest figures in blues history. ...

Kafka

by Robert Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz

This brief but inclusive biography of Franz Kafka and summary of many of his works, all illustrated by Crumb, helps ...

Cautionary Tales of Childhood

by Bee Lavender and Gabriel Liston

Some say that family is all that matters, that family always comes first. But not all families are created equal, and ...

Journals of Kurt Cobain

by Kurt Cobain

"Don't read my diary when I'm gone...Ok, I'm going to work now, when you wake up this morning, please read my diary. ...

It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays

by Wendell Berry

When he accepted the invitation to deliver The Jefferson Lecture—our nation’s highest honor for distinguished ...

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin

 The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin is a biography of Temple, one of the most ...

Stealing the Show: How Women are Revolutionizing Television

by Roseanne Barr, Lena Dunham, Diane English, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jocobson and 7 more

Sharp, witty, striking. Joy Press celebrates women power through film and television outlets in Stealing the Show. From ...

Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 2

by Joel Christian Gill

Tales of the Talented Tenth is a series that focuses on Black History in action, bringing to life incredible stories of ...

Sexographies

by Jennifer Adock, Lucy Greaves and Gabriela Wiener

"How could I enjoy unfaithfulness without sacrificing Sunday movie nights and breakfasts in bed? How could I savor the ...

$20 Superpack: Small Little Books

by Bill Brown, Al Burian, Jesse Reklaw, Sarah Royal and Super Pack!

Books are getting bigger and bigger in a sort of publishing arms race lately. Not ours! We tend to make smaller books ...

Stuck in the Middle With You

by Jennifer Finney Boylan

 Stuck in the Middle With You is a trans memoir about what it's like to transition as a parent. Jenny explores the ...

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

by Joe Biden and Sarah McBride

 Sarah McBride urges: "We must never be a country that says there's only one way to love, only one way to look, ...

Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman

by Box Brown

With distinct visual styling, Box Brown depicts the life Andy Kaufman chose to live as an accomplished performer in Is ...

Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man

by Thomas Page McBee

This memoir is gripping tale of survival and hope. When Thomas decides to transition from female-to-male, he begins by ...

Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry

by Cole Gerst

This lovely book is the illustrated life story of 20th century inventor and utopian visionary, Buckminster ...

Nick Cave: Mercy on Me

Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output—always ...

We Were Witches

by Ariel Gore

Our phallocentric culture often demonizes women, but especially single mothers who dare live a life outside of male ...

Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D

by David Kushner and Koren Shadmi

Rise of the Dungeon Master tells, in graphic form, the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, one ...

Trans Voices: Becoming Who You Are

by Jane Fae, Declan Henry and Stephen Whittle

Trans Voices seeks to from a wider understanding of the many ways people experience gender. Drawing from over 100 ...

Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981-1985

by Martin Eric Ain and Tom Gabriel Fischer

This book is a behemoth encyclopedia about Death metal!   Just kidding (mostly), this book is a behemoth, and it ...