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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock to sell millions of books. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023/2024, and WorkingLit, the software responsible for Microcosm's aforementioned success—now available for other publishers. Biel has been featured in Time, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing, Autism Relationships Handbook, Unfuck Your Business, Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers, 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 series. Biel lives in Portland, OR.

Kittie Knox Remembered

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Katherine “Kittie” T Knox (1874-1900) challenged perceptions of race and gender in the national spotlight from a…

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Sweetheart Chainring T-shirt

by Joe Biel Author

The "Sweetheart" chainring is a classic chainring set that inspired the design for the Chainring Heart logo. It was on…

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Pin #213Evolution Gal

by Joe Biel Author

Don't just spin your wheels, evolve! This 1" round pinback button is perfect if you like cycling or believe in, you…

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Sticker #310: Evolution Choppa

Sticker #310Evolution Choppa

by Joe Biel Author

Would you believe us if we told this that this sticker was by popular request? I probably wouldn't either and that looks…

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Patch #236: Library Gearz

Patch #236Library Gearz

by Joe Biel Author

Ever notice how social change happens?  1) People get educated... say, at the library or through the little phones we…

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Sticker #370: If You Rented Here You'd Be Homeless Now

Sticker #370If You Rented Here You'd Be Homeless Now

by Joe Biel Author

Priced out of your own neighborhood by quadrupling-plus rents? At least you can leave this tag behind. Don't let the…

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You're Messy Enough: Affirming Words

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Illustrator

Are you perpetually trying to get organized? Do you feel overwhelmed by wanting to be incredibly productive, have a…

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Boyfriend 411: Your Guide to Emotions, Communication, and Decoding Men

by Joe Biel Author

A comprehensive guide to all the questions you never knew you had about boyfriends. If you're looking for a…

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Chainring Heart Feminist Fist

by Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author and Cecilia Granata Illustrator

Show your feminist bicycle power with this enamel pin based on Cecilia Granata's re-imagining of the Schwinn bicycle…

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Sticker #368: Evolution Unicycle

Sticker #368Evolution Unicycle

by Joe Biel Author

Our famous evolution sticker, now with your friendly neighborhood unicycle. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a…

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Patch #241: My Feminism Helps You Too

Patch #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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How to Be Funny: The Art and Science of Making Light of Reality Through Humor

by Joe Biel Author

Have you ever wanted to be funny? Do you crave making and emphasizing your points through humor? Autistic people have a…

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Sticker #394: Kale 'Em All

Sticker #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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Sabotage & How to Master It

by Office of Strategic Services Author and Joe Biel Foreword

Originally written in 1944 by the Office of Strategic Services—the CIA's precursor—this manual teaches the art of…

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A People's Guide to Business: Nine Rules for Success

by Joe Biel Author

Start and grow your successful business your way Unlike any other small business guide out there, A People's Guide to…

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Every Car A Murder, Every Bicycle a Love Affair t-shirt

by Joe Biel Author

Don't blame the driver. Blame the engineer. Blame the institution. Blame the vehicle. Innumerable studies about health,…

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Sticker #208: Violence is to a dictatorship what propaganda is to a democracy

Sticker #208Violence is to a dictatorship what propaganda is to a democracy

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 Something to ponder. The powers that be will find a way to control you, whether that be through physical force, or…

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Pin #205Old School

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All these smug young hipsters on their safety bicycles just don't respect how things used to be. Keep it old school and…

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Sticker #430: sorry, staring won't get rid of me

Sticker #430sorry, staring won't get rid of me

by Joe Biel Author

Have you ever been in a place where someone, clearly, couldn't figure out what you were doing there and wasn't happy…

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Xerography 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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$25 Superpack: Books about Books

by Joe Biel Author, Greg Farrell Author, Katie Haegele Author, Sarah Royal Author and Super Pack! Author

If you're a person, like us, who loves books so much that reading a book about books is a heightened form of pleasure,…

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Pin #211One Less Car (text)

by Joe Biel Author

Let us hope, in the not so distant future... Drop the car, pick up a bike! This 1" round pinback button is handmade in…

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How 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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Sticker #609: The Underground Is Bigger than the Mainstream

Sticker #609The Underground Is Bigger than the Mainstream

by Joe Biel Author

One of Joe's most memorable quotes, in sticker form! Slap this vinyl sticker on your guitar case, helmet, a light pole,…

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Patch #213: Save $8,000 and smile more

Patch #213Save $8,000 and smile more

by Joe Biel Author

Aside from losing 4,000 or so pounds on your driveway and freeing up the burden of private property imposed on the…

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Biking Fun Magnets

by Joe Biel Author

For that special person in your life, get them the gift that they can use to decorate a fridge or a filing cabinet with…

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Pin #177Save $8,000 and smile more

by Joe Biel Author

Cars cost the average driver $8000 a year. Your smile is worth a million. This handmade 1" round pinback button?…

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Put the Fun Between Your Legs sweatshirt

by Joe Biel Author

We've been hearing about how we should make this into a sweatshirt for over a decade and so we did! There are fourteen…

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Sticker #305: Every Car a Murder, Every Bicycle a Love Affair (women)

Sticker #305Every Car a Murder, Every Bicycle a Love Affair (women)

by Joe Biel Author

Truer words have never been spoken. Or put on a sticker. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background.…

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Criminal or Hero?: Relatable Crimes of Modern Times

by Elly Blue Author and Joe Biel Author

Righteous, hapless, misguided, or unlucky—these law-breaking incidents will make you laugh, frown, scratch your head,…

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