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Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock to sell millions of books. Biel is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing, Publishers Weekly's #1 fastest-growing publisher of 2022 and #3 in 2023/2024, and WorkingLit, the software responsible for Microcosm's aforementioned success—now available for other publishers. Biel has been featured in Time, Esquire, Art of Autism, Reading Glasses, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll, as well as NPR and PBS. Biel is the author of A People's Guide to Publishing, Autism Relationships Handbook, Unfuck Your Business, Enduring Legacy of Portland's Black Panthers, 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 series. Biel lives in Portland, OR.


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 common…
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Patch #194Punk Rock Saved My Life
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Did punk rock help get you through the hardest parts of your life? Be proud of that, it saved my life too. Tell the…
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Patch #088Read Zines, Change the World
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Even if you didn't grow up in the 90s, tapping your heart out on an old typewriter while cutting and pasting the lines…
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Sticker #453Be interested instead of trying to be interesting
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Curiosity is the best superpower. It opens doors, creates conversations, and means you'll never, ever be bored (or…
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How to Be Accountable: Take Responsibility to Change Your Behavior, Boundaries, and Relationships
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Accountability means accepting responsibility for your actions and repairing any harm you have done. This book can be…
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Neurodivergent Pride #8: Relationships
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The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…
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Do Not Pet: How Activists Brought Disability Rights to the U.S.
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Service dogs, wheelchair-accessible buildings, and protection against being fired due to a disability—these basic…
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Perfect Mix Tape Segue #4: Going On Tour
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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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Do 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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Superpack: 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
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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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$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
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What you write matters. What you read matters. Understanding the subtext and context of what you write and read matters…
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Pin #053Why Do You Think They Call It Programming?
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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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Neurodivergent 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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Sticker #431One Less Truck
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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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Pin #006Shut Down the School of the Americas
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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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Sticker #430sorry, staring won't get rid of me
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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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$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
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The R-word has been used against us as hate speech for decades. Neurotypicals have tried to dictate our motives,…
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Evolution 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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Put the Fun Between Your Legs
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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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Stagnating vs Effective Leadership
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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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Scarcity vs Abundance Thinking
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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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How to Recognize What You Need
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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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Common Brain Traps
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Cognitive distortions are ways that our mind convinces us of something that isn't true. These irrational thoughts are a…
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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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Punk Damage: How The Punk Scene Gave Me Tools and Hope - Once It Stopped Screwing Me Up
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In 2013, when John Roderick’s “Punk Rock is Bullshit: How a Toxic Social Movement Poisoned Our Culture” was…
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