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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.

Patch #234: Health and Money

Patch #234Health and Money

by Joe Biel Author

You know, we all keep looking for more ways to improve our health and save money. But the most basic and obvious steps…

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Patch #235: Disability Rights: Power to the People

Patch #235Disability Rights: Power to the People

by Joe Biel Author

It was requested by you, our fans, and we listen. Just like those who take pride on their bike wheels or ped feet,…

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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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Patch #237: Evolution Gal

Patch #237Evolution Gal

by Joe Biel Author

Let's be honest. Bicycling makes your life better, the world better, and let's you enjoy the breeze on your…

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Patch #238: Feminist Chainring Fist

Patch #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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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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Patch #242: Black Lives Matter

Patch #242Black Lives Matter

by Joe Biel Author

For all that our media tries to make other countries scary--"Dangerous Mexico!" "Scary Iran!" "Deadly Columbia!"--forty…

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Patch #243: Legalize Blackness

Patch #243Legalize Blackness

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

How hypocritical that our media tries to make other countries seem scary. And yet, forty percent of Americans don't even…

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Patch #244: Autistic Lives Matter

Patch #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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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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A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business From the Ground Up

by Joe Biel Author and Jane Friedman Foreword

Second edition coming in February, 2026 So, you want to publish books.  Drawing on 24 years of experience operating an…

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A People's Guide to Publishing Workbook: Build Your Book Business from the Ground Up

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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The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #2: Brutal Honest Tea

by Joe Biel Author

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

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The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #3: Getting a Vasectomy

by Joe Biel Author

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

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Perfect Mix Tape Segue #4: Going On Tour

by Joe Biel Author and Dave Roche Photographer

Three years after the fact Joe busts out a zine tour based zine about "Cocoon: The Road Trip" from 2004. A collection of…

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The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #5: Sickness and Health

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This new issue details over fifteen years of Joe Biel's improving and declining physical health as he battles doctors,…

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Perfect Mix Tape Segue #7: Still Alive in Tree House

by Joe Biel Author

During a period of transition, our protagonist takes refuge by living in a literal treehouse. For the first time in his…

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Pin #005Get Off Your Ass

by Joe Biel Author

Ride a bike. Cycling is good for everyone, including the environment. Remind yourself and others with this 1" round…

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Pin #006Shut Down the School of the Americas

by Joe Biel Author

The School of the Americas is a U.S. training facility where militant groups are trained by the US military to topple…

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Pin #018Question Everything

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Ignorance is merely complacency. Take nothing at face value. Get curious! Everything should stand up to questioning,…

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Pin #020Real Men Don't Use Violence

by Joe Biel Author

 Real men don't use violence. Remind your friends with this 1" round pinback button handmade in the USA.

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Pin #046Pro Choice

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Because abortions should be safe, legal, available, and shame-free. Smash the stigma with this 1" round pinback button…

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Pin #051Viva Zapatistas

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The Zapatistas are a group of indigenous Native Americans living in Chiapas, Mexico. They are constantly being…

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Pin #053Why Do You Think They Call It Programming?

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The original design for this button pictured a boxy television. We figured we'd update it with a new twist for modern…

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Pin #065Anti-Nazi

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This one-inch round pinback button shows a swastika with a red slash through it, the universal symbol for "hell no, not…

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Pin #068Your Heritage is Hate

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The so-called Confederate flag has come to be a symbol of racism and white supremacy nationwide. This one-inch round…

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Pin #097Direct Action

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Direct Action is a form of political activism which seeks immediate remedy for injustice, as opposed to petitioning or…

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Pin #109Punk Rock Changed My Life

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Sincerely, Punk Nation. Prompt others to ask where the local punk shows are with this 1" round pinback button handmade…

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Pin #117Question Authority

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There's no doubt what the message is: Question authority! Remember that all power is arbitrary with this 1" round…

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Pin #126Resist Gossip

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Gossip dies when it hits a wise person's ears. Don't fall for it. Let others know you don't care for gossip with…

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