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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as on NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business with Autism, 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 film series. Biel lives in Portland, OR. Find out more at joebiel.net.
Sticker #570Read a Fucking Book
by Joe Biel Author
A little known fact is that cephalopods give the best PSAs. Spread the word by slapping this die-cut sticker on your…
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Add to CartAugust Warehouse Sale: Kale 'em All!
by Darin Wick Author, Angel York Author, Cat Callaway Illustrator, Michael Hoerger Author, Mia Partlow Author, 10 more
From the history of chocolate to declassified government documents, this sale is a feast for the mind AND the body.Live…
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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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Add to CartNeurodivergent Pride #13: Animal Companions (What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World)
by Joe Biel Author, Casie Dodd Author, Partly Robot Author and Kari Melton Author
Companion animals provide companionship, love, a sense of purpose, and support for the humans they live with, which can…
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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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Add to CartSticker #542Normalize Weirdness
by Joe Biel Author
If we normalize weirdness and the new normal is weird, but normal, then what will be not normal? Guess we'll have to…
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Add to Cart$20 Superpack: Creativity and Business Ebooks
by Super Pack! Author, Ayun Halliday Author, John Isaacson Author, Joe Biel Author and Caroline Moore Author
Got an idea for a creative business? Here's a crash course.
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The Autism Partner Handbook: How to Love an Autistic Person
by Joe Biel Author, Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Elly Blue Author
So, your partner is autistic. Or you suspect they might be. And you're wondering, "What does this mean for my…
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View Details Quick ShopUnfuck Your Business: Using Math and Brain Science to Run a Successful Business
by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
How do you start and run a successful business, despite the odds? This unique guide to entrepreneurship teaches you…
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View Details Quick ShopThe Autism FAQ: Everything You Wanted to Know About Diagnosis & Autistic Life
by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author
What's it like to be autistic? As many as one in forty-five people live that reality every day, but our culture remains…
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View Details Quick ShopIs This a Problem?
by Joe Biel Author
Stop comparing yourself to other people! Understand how you feel and solve your crisis with this helpful infograph.
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Add to Cart$35 Superpack: Write Your Book!
by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author, Ariel Gore Author, Jessie L. Kwak Author and Joe Biel Author
Writing a book? We know, this is a hard thing to do. Here are three of our best books about how to write your own.…
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Neurodivergent Pride #12: Burnout (What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World)
by Joe Biel Editor, Partly Robot Contributor and Amelia Nagoski Contributor
Burnout is a topic on everyone's mind since the pandemonium hit in March 2020. But what about autistic burnout? It's a…
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View Details Quick ShopThe Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers: The Roots of Free Healthcare, Free Breakfast, and Neighborhood Control in Oregon
by Joe Biel Author and Aaron Dixon Foreword
In the 1960s through 1980s, the Black Panther Party rose up throughout the United States, envisioning a world…
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View Details Quick ShopAutism Acceptance
by Joe Biel Author
Show your support for people on the autism spectrum and other neurodiverse people with this magnet. Stick it on your…
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Add to CartHow to Make a Decision
by Joe Biel Author
It's not always easy to make the right choice. It's not always easy to know what your choices are! But with this helpful…
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Add to CartWhat Should I Do Next?
by Joe Biel Author
Everybody gets bogged down in tasks from time to time and feels uncertain about how to start their long list of to-dos.…
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Add to CartSticker #231start as you want to continue
by Joe Biel Author
The beginning contains everything that follows after it. That's why the way you start something shapes the way it will…
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Add to CartHow to Recognize What You Need
by Joe Biel Author
It's not always easy to know what you need. We go through our day, and we feel tired, cranky, paralyzed with indecision,…
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Add to CartScarcity v Abundance
by Joe Biel Author
It's easy to find ourselves thinking that life is a zero sum game. The more one person has, the less another has.…
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Add to CartIs This a Problem?
by Joe Biel Author
Ever get overwhelmed by a situation? Not sure how to resolve it, or even evaluate it? This helpful magnet set with a…
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Add to CartRead Zines, Change the World
by Joe Biel Author
Zines are a powerful tool for changing minds and sharing information. Get other people stoked about the power of zines…
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Add to CartHow You Relate to Others
by Joe Biel Author
The self that we bring with us to work or to social contexts isn't always the same. We have our good days and our bad…
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Add to Cart$25 Superpack: Your Neurodiverse Friend
by Super Pack! Author and Joe Biel Series Editor
Get the first five issues of the compilation zine Your Neurodiverse Friend, bringing together perspectives and personal…
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$50 Superpack: Neurodivergent Pride - What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World!
by Super Pack! Author and Joe Biel Series Editor
This compilation zine was created by and for autistic people wanting to take back the r-word and other harmful…
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Neurodivergent Pride #10: Interactions with Police
by Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Kriss De Jong Contributor, Partly Robot Contributor and Seth Graham Author
In this timely and unfortunately perennially relevant zine, author and editor Joe Biel has compiled stories from half a…
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View Details Quick ShopDo Not Pet: How to Become a Service Dog
by Joe Biel Author and Gerta Oparaku Egy Illustrator
Ruby, a service dog who gave author Joe Biel mobility, health, and companionship through the most difficult years of…
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Add to CartAutism Causes Vaccines: Stories of Neurodiverse Inventors and Discoveries
by Joe Biel Author
Just about every breakthrough discovery and some of the most innovative inventors in the history of the world have been…
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Add to CartNo Self Injury for One Year
by Joe Biel Author
You made it one year—12 months, 52 weeks, 365 whole days—with no self harm, and we're freaking proud of you! Get…
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Add to CartA 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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