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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.

Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution

Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution

by Joe Biel Author with Bill Brent

Do you have a passion that you want to obsess about in a love letter to the world? In this new edition of Microcosm’s…

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How You Relate To Others

How You Relate To Others

by Joe Biel Author

It is not always easy to be our most authentic selves. We wear masks all the time (and not just to stay safe in a…

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

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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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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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 remains…

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Understanding Eugenics: The U.S. and Nazi Plans to Shape the Gene Pool & Control the Population

Understanding Eugenics: The U.S. and Nazi Plans to Shape the Gene Pool & Control the Population

by Joe Biel Author

The "science" of eugenics—by which the genetic makeup of a population is shaped by controlling who does and doesn't…

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Robert Smalls: The Enslaved Man Who Stole a Confederate Ship, Broke the Code, & Freed a Village

Robert Smalls: The Enslaved Man Who Stole a Confederate Ship, Broke the Code, & Freed a Village

by Joe Biel Author

During the Civil War, the enslaved Black crew of a Confederate ship was left to sleep on board overnight. Following a…

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How to Sell Stuff at an Event

How to Sell Stuff at an Event

by Joe Biel Author

So you've got a business where you make stuff—zines, books, crafts, art, widgets. Whatever it is, you're super…

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Unfuck Your Writing: Write Better, Reach Readers, & Share Your Inner World

Unfuck Your Writing: Write Better, Reach Readers, & Share Your Inner World

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

Want to be a writer, but the words won't come? Do you have a lot to say but don't know how to write it so people will…

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Neurodivergent Pride #11: Gender

Neurodivergent Pride #11: Gender

by Joe Biel Author, Kriss De Jong Author and Eliot Daughtry Author

Neurogenders are gender identities that can only be understood in the context of being autistic or otherwise…

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Neurodivergent Pride #2: A User Guide to Treating People Like People

Neurodivergent Pride #2: A User Guide to Treating People Like People

by Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Gee23 Contributor, Kate McNulty Contributor, 4 more

Neurodiversity occupies a similar place in the public consciousness as gay rights did in the 1970s: most people on the…

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Sticker #041: You Can't Trust the Government

Sticker #041You Can't Trust the Government

by Joe Biel Author

 Just ask any Indigenous person. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "You can't trust…

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Sticker #101: Gentrification Is

Sticker #101Gentrification Is

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GENTRIFICATION is the destruction of a community when it is referred to as "development." It is characterized by adding…

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Sticker #105: Bombing for Peace is Like Fucking for Virginity

Sticker #105Bombing for Peace is Like Fucking for Virginity

by Joe Biel Author

How could anybody ever be fooled into believing that you could save anybody with bombs? This one makes the absurdity of…

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Sticker #008: Don't Support Wars Fought Over Economic Interests

Sticker #008Don't Support Wars Fought Over Economic Interests

by Joe Biel Author

 Support humanity.  (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black or pink print on a white background. Reads: "don't support wars…

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Sticker #025: Racism Is a Fear of Other Cultures

Sticker #025Racism Is a Fear of Other Cultures

by Joe Biel Author

Understand the world around you. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with white print on a black background, or black print on a white…

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Sticker #088: In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea

Sticker #088In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea

by Joe Biel Author

Columbus, you murderous fool.  (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "In 1492 indigenous…

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Sticker #361: Don't Tread On Me!

Sticker #361Don't Tread On Me!

by Joe Biel Author

 "Don't Tread on Me" is a timeless sentiment but it has special meaning for those who find themselves staring down…

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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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Sticker #372: Is There a Nap for That?

Sticker #372Is There a Nap for That?

by Joe Biel Author and Markell West Author

To nap is human. State your allegiance to the art of napping with this lovely sticker! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black…

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Sticker #097: My Only Car Is a Bicycle

Sticker #097My Only Car Is a Bicycle

by Joe Biel Author

For when you're happily carfree and don't have a car to put a "my other car is" sticker on.  (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…

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Sticker #014: Revolution Begins with an Individual

Sticker #014Revolution Begins with an Individual

by Joe Biel Author

 And another, and another, and another, and another, and..... (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white…

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Sticker #159: Chainring Heart

Sticker #159Chainring Heart

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

Microcosm's iconic chainring heart, now in sticker form! Show your bike love to the world! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…

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Sticker #091: Bike Punx

Sticker #091Bike Punx

by Joe Biel Author

How do you make bikes better? Add some punk. How do you make punk better? Add bikes.  (Sturdy vinyl sticker with white…

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Sticker #407: Pride: The Opposite of Shame

Sticker #407Pride: The Opposite of Shame

by Joe Biel Author

We believe that pride is the opposite of shame. That's why we made this sticker. So that you can pass the word that who…

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Sticker #411: Believe Women

Sticker #411Believe Women

by Joe Biel Author

Believe women! I mean, it's a step towards avoiding the nomination of more sexual abusers on the Supreme Court (or any…

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Sticker #077: Think Freedom Sucks? Hate the Poor? Vote Republican

Sticker #077Think Freedom Sucks? Hate the Poor? Vote Republican

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Sometimes stereotypes are true... and this one, although a bit snarky, is definitely one of the true ones. Why is it…

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Sticker #245: Gentrification in Progress

Sticker #245Gentrification in Progress

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Is your neighborhood being over-developed by yuppie shits for massive profit? Maybe this satirical sticker can help you…

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Sticker #178: First Amendment

Sticker #178First Amendment

by Joe Biel Author

A good little reminder to have with you at all times. Stick it somewhere, educate others.  (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…

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Sticker #426: every action is an act of love or a call for it

Sticker #426every action is an act of love or a call for it

by Joe Biel Author

A potent antidote to blame and shame, a path forward, a sobering reframing. In a world that can feel so lonely…

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