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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.
Pin #212Put the Fun Between Your Legs (shirt-style)
by Joe Biel Author
The shirt you know and love, now in 1" round pinback button form. Buy a shirt. Buy a button. Pin that button to that…
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Pin #206Meet America's #1 Killer
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So sinister. So unfortunately true. Warn the masses about the destruction from automobiles with this #bikepositive 1"…
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Pin #207One Less/Fewer Truck
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Gotta get the kids to school, groceries back from the store, and lumber to the job site? Look no more! Get your cycle…
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Pin #210Consumes Money, Destroys Health
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The mechanical root of all evil. Hate cars? Us too. Show your enviromental support with this 1" round pinback…
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Sticker #308One Less Car!
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There are too many cars on the road, and climate change is no longer around the corner. It is upon us. So be the change…
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Sticker #306Meet America's #1 killer
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The truth is out there. Whether it's due to car accidents, or environmental health problems, cars are America's #1…
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Sticker #309Live Free or Drive!
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Live Free or Drive, spread the word. Bicycles make you free, but they also make the world a freer place. (Sturdy vinyl…
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Sticker #265Live Free or Drive (square)
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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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Sticker #305Every Car a Murder, Every Bicycle a Love Affair (women)
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Truer words have never been spoken. Or put on a sticker. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background.…
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Sticker #302Drive More, Save Less
by Joe Biel Author
Check out this photo evidence we have of car conspirators! They've spoken it, so we know it to be true: the more you…
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Sticker #301Old School
by Joe Biel Author
#Throwback. Slap this little bit of nostalgia on your new-school bicycle, your waterbottle, the back of a stop sign (you…
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Sticker #284Ask Me About Freeway Removal
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Freeway removal rocks! It's good for our communities, our bicycle riding, our air quality... you name it! We have much…
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Sticker #287America's #1 Youth Killer
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It's true, kids! The car kills more people under 35 than anything else! Beware! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print…
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Sticker #102I Heart My Bike
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If you love your bike, perhaps you need a sticker to make sure everyone else knows. Plus, you can hit two birds with one…
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Sticker #001Critical Mass
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Critical Mass is an event typically held on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world where bicyclists…
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Sticker #300Evolution Comfort
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For the folks who have upgraded from their racing bike, to a comfy-cruiser-commuter bike. Show off your evolutionary…
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Sticker #075Celebrate Efficiency over the Automobile
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Bikes are more energy efficient than cars. In other news, the sky is blue. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with white print on a…
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Sticker #304Every Car a Murder, Every Bicycle a Love Affair (men)
by Joe Biel Author
This one's for you, gentlemen. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "Every car a…
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Sticker #288Save $8,000 and smile more
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If you ride a bike instead of driving a car you'll save an average of $8,000 per year! Some studies report an average as…
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Sticker #149b: Put the Fun Between Your Legs (long)
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Get your mind out of the gutter! Where else would you put your bike? (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black or pink print on a…
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Sticker #303Saves Money, Creates Health
by Joe Biel Author
The car: Consumes Money, Destroys Health. The bicycle: Creates Health, Saves Money. Economics trumps car culture any…
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$20 Superpack: Joe's Faves
by Joe Biel Author and Super Pack! Author
They say it's impossible to pick favorite children. But after stewing for a few hours on our long history of titles, I…
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$20 Superpack: All About Zines—What, How, & Why!
by Joe Biel Author, Bill Brent Author, Stephen Duncombe Author and Super Pack! Author
Combining the "How" (Make a Zine), the "What" (Zine Yearbook #9), and the "Why" (Notes from Underground), this superpack…
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Pin #127Chainring Heart
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author
The Microcosm chainring heart logo, in colorful goodness, on a 1" round pinback button. Bike love! Cycling passion!…
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Every Car A Murder, Every Bicycle a Love Affair t-shirt
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Don't blame the driver. Blame the engineer. Blame the institution. Blame the vehicle. Innumerable studies about health,…
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Evolution Cargo T-shirt
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Throughout science there has been minor discrepancies in the way that different species evolve. Some become sleek racers…
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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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One Less Truck t-shirt
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What's that? You have to take the kids to school, the dog to the park, and pickup the groceries on the way home? You…
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