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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. Biel has been featured in Time Magazine, NPR, Publishers Weekly, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, PBS, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. Biel is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be RetardedBicycle Culture Rising, and 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, Ore. Find out more at joebiel.net

$50 Superpack: Stuck at Home

$50 Superpack: Stuck at Home

by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Dave Roche Author, Emily June Street Author, Ben Snakepit Author, Robert Wildwood Author and Bill Brown Author

For everyone stuck at home right now looking for new inputs, this bundle of books is especially put together to absorb…

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(We’ve All Got) Baggage: Envisioning an Ideal Community and Engaging It With Our Own Problems and Hangups

(We’ve All Got) Baggage: Envisioning an Ideal Community and Engaging It With Our Own Problems and Hangups

by Dawson Barrett Author, Joe Biel Author, Joseph E. Green Author, Lauren Hage Author, Dr. Faith G. Harper Author, 6 more

If Microcosm was a person, they'd be in their early twenties, chock full of the messy connotations that this…

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13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler

13 Years of Good Luck: The Microcosm Publishing Sampler

by Julia Alekseyeva Contributor, Lee Baillie Contributor, Moe Bowstern Contributor, Alexander Barrett Contributor, Nate Beaty Contributor, 32 more

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

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Aftermass poster

Aftermass poster

by Joe Biel Author and Matt Gauck Author

Let's stripe those car lanes so by 2050, when cars are not so dominant in our culture, the minority who operate them…

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Aftermass: How Portland Became North America's #1 Cycling Mecca

Aftermass: How Portland Became North America's #1 Cycling Mecca

by Joe Biel Author, Jeff Hayes Contributor, Alice Isley Contributor and Rev Phil Sano Contributor

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

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Alive with Vigor: Surviving Your Adventurous Lifestyle

Alive with Vigor: Surviving Your Adventurous Lifestyle

by Robert Wildwood Editor, Buck Angel Contributor, Joe Biel Contributor, Natalye Childress Contributor, Lauren Hage Contributor, 3 more

Alive With Vigor! compiles stories of surviving—and thriving—from a wide spectrum of contributors. Deeply…

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Autism & The Re:Spectrum of Human Emotions/Perfect Mix Tape Segue #6: Autism & Intellectually Understanding Empathy

Autism & The Re:Spectrum of Human Emotions/Perfect Mix Tape Segue #6: Autism & Intellectually Understanding Empathy

by Joe Biel Author

Recommended for anyone who is or knows someone on the autism spectrum (or suspects they might!), this zine looks at the…

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Autism Acceptance

Autism Acceptance

by Joe Biel Author

Show your autism pride with this multi-colored enamel pin. A rainbow infinity shape reads "Actually Autistic."

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Autism Acceptance

Autism Acceptance

by Joe Biel Author

Show your support for people on the autism spectrum and other neurodiverse people with this magnet. Stick it on…

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Autism Causes Vaccines: Stories of Neurodiverse Inventors and Discoveries

Autism 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…

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The Autism FAQ: Everything You Wanted to Know About Diagnosis & Autistic Life

The 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…

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The Autism Handbook: Everything You Wanted to Know About Life on the Spectrum

The Autism Handbook: Everything You Wanted to Know About Life on the Spectrum

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…

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The Autism Partner Handbook: How to Love an Autistic Person

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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The Autism Relationships Handbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love

The Autism Relationships Handbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love

by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

Ever since Joe came out as autistic, people have been sharing their stories and asking questions. The most…

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The Autism Relationships Workbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love

The Autism Relationships Workbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love

by Joe Biel Author and Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

Every autistic person is capable and worthy of having happy, healthy, fulfilling friendships and relationships.…

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Beyond The Music: How Punks are Saving the World with DIY Ethics, Skills, & Values

Beyond The Music: How Punks are Saving the World with DIY Ethics, Skills, & Values

by Joe Biel Editor

Punk is notorious for its loud music, aggressive attitude, and safety-pinned style. Less well known is the radical value…

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Bicycle Culture Rising #1: Participatory & Grassroots Bicycle Movements

Bicycle Culture Rising #1: Participatory & Grassroots Bicycle Movements

by Joe Biel Author

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

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Bicycle Culture Rising #2: The Portland Police's Peculiar War Against Bicycling 1993-2007

Bicycle Culture Rising #2: The Portland Police's Peculiar War Against Bicycling 1993-2007

by Joe Biel Author

It's the revamped second edition of the Expozine Award Winning zine of police documents, now with commentary! Last…

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Bicycle Culture Rising #3: A History of Bicycle Activism in Portland, OR

Bicycle Culture Rising #3: A History of Bicycle Activism in Portland, OR

by Joe Biel Author

In this, the third issue of Joe Biel's award-winning, ongoing look at the Critical Mass movement, we are given a…

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Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone

Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone

by Joe Biel Author

In the 1890s, bicycling was a cultural activity for the wealthy elite, with a bicycle costing about twenty weeks of a…

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big patch #058: Chainring Heart

big patch #058Chainring Heart

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

Since 2002, this has been Microcosm's logo! We are so proud of how far this little place grew. And it’s all…

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big patch #078: Put the Fun Between Your Legs

big patch #078Put the Fun Between Your Legs

by Joe Biel Author

What's more fun than riding a bike? Perhaps riding two bikes on a date? Scratch that, let’s bring a whole club…

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big patch #101: Bicycles Allowed Full Lane

big patch #101Bicycles Allowed Full Lane

by Randy Albright Author and Joe Biel Author

In Oregon and many places across the globe, a bicycle is allowed to occupy a whole lane of traffic (alone or with a…

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Big Patch #102: Fix Shit Up

Big Patch #102Fix Shit Up

by Joe Biel Author

Another broken door or a series of unfortunate relationships? Well then, there’s nothing that a few pounds of a…

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Bike Shop Display Box

Bike Shop Display Box

by Emilie Bahr Author, Joe Biel Author, Elly Blue Author, Ethan Clark Author, Shelley Lynn Jackson Author and Emily June Street Author

Perfect for the counter at your bike shoppe, we have here: • 1 Our Bodies, Our…

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Bikenomics magnet

Bikenomics magnet

by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author

Inspired by Elly Blue's fascinating book, this magnet gives you a chance to talk to everyone you meet about…

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Bikenomics t-shirt

Bikenomics t-shirt

by Joe Biel Author

Inspired by Elly Blue's fascinating book, this shirt gives you a chance to talk to everyone you meet about the…

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Bikequity: Money, Class, & Bicycling

Bikequity: Money, Class, & Bicycling

by Elly Blue Editor, Joe Biel Contributor, Lauren Hage Contributor, Gretchin Lair Contributor, Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Contributor and Katura Reynolds Contributor

Bicycling has the radical potential of equalizing our transportation system, creating more equitable opportunities from…

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Biking Fun Magnets

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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Biking Superhero Sweatshirt

Biking Superhero Sweatshirt

by Joe Biel Author

We feel strongly about making affordable clothing in an ethical manner as much as possible! It's increasingly…

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