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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.
Do Not Pet: How Activists Brought Disability Rights to the U.S.
by Joe Biel Author and Gerta Oparaku Egy Illustrator
Service dogs, wheelchair-accessible buildings, and protection against being fired due to a disability—these basic…
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View Details Quick ShopPerfect Mix Tape Segue #4: Going On Tour
by Joe Biel Author and Dave Roche Photographer
Three years after the fact Joe busts out a zine tour based zine about "Cocoon: The Road Trip" from 2004. A collection of…
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Add to CartDo Not Pet: A Service Dog's Graphic Tail
by Joe Biel Author with Caroline Spark PhD
Throughout human history, dogs have performed service tasks for us. Some of the earliest documented cases occurred…
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View Details Quick ShopSuperpack: Protest Power Counter Display
by Super Pack! Author, Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Author, Dan Méndez Moore Author, Joe Biel Author, Michael Hoerger Author, 4 more
Fuel the revolution with these books and zines that empower readers to understand key social issues and act on them.…
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Change Your Life then the World - embroidered patch
by Joe Biel Illustrator
Woa calm down hot stuff! We get that you want to change the world, but why not try on changing your life first…
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Add to Cart$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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Revolution Between the Lines Typewriter
by Joe Biel Illustrator
What you write matters. What you read matters. Understanding the subtext and context of what you write and read matters…
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Add to CartPin #053Why Do You Think They Call It Programming?
by Joe Biel Author
The original design for this button pictured a boxy television. We figured we'd update it with a new twist for modern…
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Add to CartNeurodivergent Pride #9: Comorbidities
by Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Author and Kriss De Jong Author
For neurodiverse folks, it's a rare thing to have only one diagnosis (or misdiagnosis) at a time—and if we do, it…
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View Details Quick ShopSticker #431One Less Truck
by Joe Biel Author
Who needs a truck when you've got a cargo bike? All hail the pedal-powered hauling machine! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…
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Add to CartPin #006Shut Down the School of the Americas
by Joe Biel Author
The School of the Americas is a U.S. training facility where militant groups are trained by the US military to topple…
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Add to CartSticker #430sorry, staring won't get rid of me
by Joe Biel Author
Have you ever been in a place where someone, clearly, couldn't figure out what you were doing there and wasn't happy…
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Add to Cart$25 Superpack: Autistic Lives Matter
by Super Pack! Author, Joe Biel Author, Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Temple Grandin, Ph.D Author
There's a lot of writing about autism out there... and not nearly enough of it is written by and for autistic adults…
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Neurodivergent Pride #7: Anxiety
by Joe Biel Author
The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…
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View Details Quick ShopEvolution Bicycle
by Joe Biel Author
In this little story, we evolved to ride bikes. Which must be why it feels so damn amazing.
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Add to CartPut 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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Add to CartStagnating vs Effective Leadership
by Joe Biel Author
Figure out which kind of leader you are (and then, if needed, become the one you want to be)! *Have your poster shipped…
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Add to CartScarcity vs Abundance Thinking
by Joe Biel Author
Put things into perspective and make sure you're on the right track. Life's too short not to be the best person you can…
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Add to CartHow to Recognize What You Need
by Joe Biel Author
Having trouble figuring out what you need? Self-care is not a binary. Often—especially if you aren't practiced in…
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Add to CartCommon Brain Traps
by Joe Biel Author
Cognitive distortions are ways that our mind convinces us of something that isn't true. These irrational thoughts are a…
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Add to CartAutism 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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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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Add to CartNeurodivergent Pride #6: Masking
by Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Niko Boskovic Contributor, Vanessa Blanchard Contributor and fly Illustrator
The third installment of this zine series about what it means to be neurodiverse, and what the neurodiverse experience…
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View Details Quick ShopPatch #102Fix Shit Up
by Joe Biel Author
Are you tired of fucking shit up? Don’t worry, we all make mistakes but they are all fixable! Why not start with your…
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Add to CartHow to Ride Slow: Bicycling in the age of whatever topic is trending on social media this minute
by Joe Biel Author
Bicycling has many obvious health benefits, but the least obvious one is the mindful act of bicycling. Rather than…
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View Details Quick ShopNeurodivergent Pride #5: Autistic People Interacting with Authority
by Temple Grandin, Ph.D Author, Joe Biel Author, Vanessa Blanchard Author, Kriss De Jong Author, Ricki Bransen Illustrator and Eliot Daughtry Editor
The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…
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View Details Quick ShopBicycle 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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View Details Quick ShopPin #046Pro Choice
by Joe Biel Author
Because abortions should be safe, legal, available, and shame-free. Smash the stigma with this 1" round pinback button…
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