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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.

Pin #127Chainring Heart

by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author

The Microcosm chainring heart logo, in colorful goodness, on a 1" round pinback button. Bike love! Cycling passion!…

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Pin #141Orwell Was Right

by Joe Biel Author

Is it 1984 or am I going crazy from being watched by the government? Oh George, if only we had heeded your warning…

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Pin #145Put The Fun Between Your Legs

by Joe Biel Author

Do you love bicycling so much that you want to wear it on a 1" round pinback button? Let's celebrate fun and raciness.…

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Pin #147Evolution

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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Pin #149Sweetheart Chainring

by Joe Biel Author

A real, classic chainring set from approximately the 1950s. Love your bike means something real here 1" round pinback…

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Pin #173Free Parking

by Joe Biel Author

Grab your U-lock and get out there! No need to parallel park on a bike, you're a forward-thinking cycler! Show it off…

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Pin #176Ask me about freeway removal

by Joe Biel Author

Freeways are handy for going long distances, but in cities they are too often used to destroy and divide some…

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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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Pin #183Live Free or Drive

by Joe Biel Author

Let these historical cyclists riding the streetcar tell you how they feel! And then tell someone else with this 1"…

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Pin #185Tandem Riders

by Joe Biel Author

 Riding a bike in tandem is a metaphor for so many things, and the literal reality is pretty great too. Show your…

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Pin #203Aftermass

by Joe Biel Author and Matt Gauck Author

Because we cyclers should make sure cars have space on the road, too. So long as they follow the rules, behave…

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Pin #205Old School

by Joe Biel Author

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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Pin #206Meet America's #1 Killer

by Joe Biel Author

So sinister. So unfortunately true. Warn the masses about the destruction from automobiles with this #bikepositive 1"…

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Pin #207One Less/Fewer Truck

by Joe Biel Author

Gotta get the kids to school, groceries back from the store, and lumber to the job site? Look no more! Get your cycle…

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Pin #208Library Gearz

by Joe Biel Author

 Get engaged with the world through books! Ride your bike to the library. Tack this 1" round pinback button on your…

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Pin #209Creates Health, Saves Money

by Joe Biel Author

The best of both worlds! Cycling lovers unite with this 1" round pinback button handmade in the USA. Bikes > Cars

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Pin #210Consumes Money, Destroys Health

by Joe Biel Author

The mechanical root of all evil. Hate cars? Us too. Show your enviromental support with this 1" round pinback…

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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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Pin #212Put the Fun Between Your Legs (shirt-style)

by Joe Biel Author

The shirt you know and love, now in 1" round pinback button form. Buy a shirt. Buy a button. Pin that button to that…

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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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Pin #214Live Free or Drive!

by Joe Biel Author

Live free or drive! Even if you drive a car, that doesn't mean you love it, or even tolerate it very well. Show your…

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Pin #216I'm Going To Kick Your Ass

by Joe Biel Author

...and get away with it. Show your support for defunding police and redistribution with this 1" round pinback button…

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Pin #221Bikenomics

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

Pedaling our way to health and wealth, one bike and button at a time! Encourage healthy cycling habits for yourself and…

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Pin #222Capitalism Displaces

by Joe Biel Author

Gentrification exists and persists in cities everywhere. There's a lot of finger pointing and shouting going on, and…

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Poster Comic / Catalog

by Joe Biel Author and Gerta Oparaku Egy Illustrator

Every year lately we've been making a new catalog in the format of a poster! On the front, there's a comic (or some…

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Public Speaking for the Awkward & Overwhelmed

by Elly Blue Author and Joe Biel Author

Have you ever clammed up, lost your train of thought, or stumbled over a word during a presentation? Maybe you've beaten…

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Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope - Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up

by Joe Biel Author

In 2013, when John Roderick’s “Punk Rock is Bullshit: How a Toxic Social Movement Poisoned Our Culture” was…

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Punks Around #3: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 1989-2000

by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor

In 1999 our show in MInot, North Dakota was canceled but the locals said that we could still come hang out. I gave them…

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Punks Around #4: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 2001-2018

by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor

Minot may only be the fourth largest city in North Dakota, but it's a key player in the punk ecosphere. Home to the…

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Put the Fun Between Your Legs

by Joe Biel Illustrator

Get your mind out of the gutter! This beautiful pin, featuring a vintage bike with its message on delicate blue and…

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