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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
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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View Details Quick ShopHow 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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Add to CartBoyfriend 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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Add to CartBicycle 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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View Details Quick ShopThe 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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View Details Quick ShopUnderstanding 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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Add to CartRobert 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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View Details Quick ShopHow 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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View Details Quick ShopUnfuck 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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View Details Quick ShopNeurodivergent 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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View Details Quick ShopNeurodivergent 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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #101Gentrification Is
by Joe Biel Author
GENTRIFICATION is the destruction of a community when it is referred to as "development." It is characterized by adding…
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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #025Racism Is a Fear of Other Cultures
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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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #088In 1492 Indigenous people discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea
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Columbus, you murderous fool. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "In 1492 indigenous…
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Add to CartSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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View Details Quick ShopSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #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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Add to CartSticker #178First Amendment
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A good little reminder to have with you at all times. Stick it somewhere, educate others. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…
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Add to CartSticker #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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