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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.
Neurodivergent Pride #10: Interactions with Police
by Joe Biel Editor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Kriss De Jong Contributor, Partly Robot Contributor and Seth Graham Author
In this timely and unfortunately perennially relevant zine, author and editor Joe Biel has compiled stories from half a…
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Sticker #360Being Apolitical is a Privilege
by Joe Biel Author
To have no political opinion simply means that you're comfortable with the status quo, and that the status quo doesn't…
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Xerography Debt #30
by Joe Biel Author, Davida G. Breier Author and Al Burian Author
Davida Gypsy Breier's review zine, Xerography Debt, is a labor of love and obsession. This 30th issue, Xerography…
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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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Put the Fun Between Your Legs magnet
by Joe Biel Author
Do you love bicycling so much that you want to decorate your fridge or your filing cabinet with this fine, magnetic…
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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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Punks Around #4: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 2001-2018
by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor
Minot may only be the fourth largest city in North Dakota, but it's a key player in the punk ecosphere. Home to the…
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Sticker #273There's A Special Place In Hell For Bike Thieves
by Joe Biel Author
Car thieves? We couldn't care less about 'em. But when it comes to bike thieves, we believe that there's a special place…
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Patch #243Legalize Blackness
by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author
How hypocritical that our media tries to make other countries seem scary. And yet, forty percent of Americans don't even…
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Neurodivergent Pride #3: The Survivors Issue
by Joe Biel Editor, Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Aaron Poliwoda Contributor and Partly Robot Contributor
The life expectancy of autistic people is 36 years old. The most likely cause of this is suicide. Autistic people are…
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Sticker #036Minimum Wage: The Latest Gateway Drug
by Joe Biel Author
Minimum wage is so far below a living wage, that it's no wonder people turn to mind-altering substances to distract…
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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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Pin #185Tandem Riders
by Joe Biel Author
Riding a bike in tandem is a metaphor for so many things, and the literal reality is pretty great too. Show your…
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Xerography Debt #31
by Joe Biel Author, Davida G. Breier Author and Al Burian Author
Davida Gypsy Breier's review zine, Xerography Debt might be best summarized as an obsession for all…
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Sticker #262Fuck The Corporate Fashion Designers! Make your own clothes!
by Joe Biel Author
Why should an elite few corporate-backed designers decide what we wear, what looks good, what makes you hot or not? You…
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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 #124To Stop Terrorism, Stop Terrorizing the World
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Somehow, the definition that the US government uses for "terrorism" ignores the terror that is caused by US imperialism.…
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Neurodivergent Pride #12: Burnout (What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World)
by Joe Biel Editor, Partly Robot Contributor and Amelia Nagoski Contributor
Burnout is a topic on everyone's mind since the pandemonium hit in March 2020. But what about autistic burnout? It's a…
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Cantankerous Titles & Obscure Ephemera
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"Joe Biel's collection of "talkies" perfectly embodies the D.I.Y. doc mantra of "just get out there and shoot it."…
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Neurodivergent 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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Sticker #570Read a Fucking Book
by Joe Biel Author
A little known fact is that cephalopods give the best PSAs. Spread the word by slapping this die-cut sticker on your…
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Share the Road
by Joe Biel Author and Matt Gauck Author
Personally, I'm not a communist and don't believe that the public should continue to subsidize automobiles on the…
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Sticker #265Live Free or Drive (square)
by Joe Biel Author
We've said it, and we'll say it again. The bicycle is a freedom machine! Ride bikes, save the world. (Sturdy vinyl…
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Do Not Pet: How to Become a Service Dog
by Joe Biel Author and Gerta Oparaku Egy Illustrator
Ruby, a service dog who gave author Joe Biel mobility, health, and companionship through the most difficult years of…
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Patch #199There's A Special Place In Hell For Bike Thieves
by Joe Biel Author
Sure someone might be a better person for riding a bike rather than a car, but that doesn’t excuse karma! Say…
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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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Neurodivergent Pride #11: Gender
by Joe Biel Author, Kriss De Jong Author, Jo-Jo Sherrow 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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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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Sticker #312Proud, Taxpaying Bicyclist
by Joe Biel Author and Elly Blue Author
Given how the money is doled out, you may not always be proud to pay taxes, but it's likely that you are paying them,…
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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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