Pacific Northwest

Billed as a "low/no budget guide to visiting and living in Portland, Oregon, the Zinester's Guide to Portland breaks…

Updated with a new edition for 2018 and 50% additional material, This is Portland is a first-hand look at a city that…

On Subbing is a quiet classic. It's impossible to put down, or forget, Dave Roche's vivid, self-deprecating tales of…

Want to get off the internet? For many years we've been trying to create a catalog that simultaneously meets the needs…

This unique travel guide explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s…

Why is it so satisfying to walk up and down stairs? Maybe it's the new layer of discovery with each step up—a new…

A cultural analysis of what causes zine makers to tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of…

In this new issue of the feminist journal of contemporary cycling, we are treated to one long essay from Elly Blue…

In this 2010 zine, Elly shares her thoughts and stories about being a woman on a bike in Portland, Oregon. Having been a…

In the 1960s through 1980s, the Black Panther Party rose up throughout the United States, envisioning a world…

To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this…

Comics memoirist Nicole J. Georges captures her adventures and thoughts in unique, heartfelt illustrations & stories.…

Now in its second edition, The Best of Intentions is a big ol' whopping collection of material from the long-running…

After years of over-caffeinated and restless free time, acclaimed artist and writer Nicole J Georges has amassed…

The history of Microcosm Publishing, from its origins as a record label and zine distro in Joe Biel's bedroom closet in…

BFF: Brainfag Forever! collects nearly a decade of Nate Beaty's self-published comics. Brainfag is a medical term for…

A social history and tactics lesson about the participatory and grassroots bicycle movements and their impact and…

The Pacific Northwest has always been home to unusual folktales, bizarre legends, and strange goings ons. From the…

How often do you think about gentrification? Probably not often, unless it’s happening right around you. I know I…

Joe Biel strives to find logic, purpose, and meaning in his existence once again. This issue is about friends having…

The history of the first ten years of Microcosm Publishing, told in graphic detail! For the first time ever, read about…

In this hands-on guide, Meghan and Elly lay out a basic primer for getting your feet wet (often literally) in the City…

The world looks to Portland, Oregon as an example of how bicycle culture can blossom out of the ruinous freeways of…

In October of 1990 the small space at 214 W. Burnside was still known as the UFO Café, owned by a thickly-accented…

Joe Biel explains four years of his life in "Brutal Honest Tea," about honest communication, the opportunity costs of…

Have you ever dreamed of plastering the city with stickers of your own design and annoying the crap out of squares? Here…