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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 Zine Yearbook #9
by Joe Biel Editor, Steven Stothard Editor, Sparky Taylor Editor, Dillon V. Editor and Brittney Willis Editor
The Zine Yearbook #9 contains a representative collection of reprints from zines published in 2007 and also a pulse…
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Pin #126Resist Gossip
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Gossip dies when it hits a wise person's ears. Don't fall for it. Let others know you don't care for gossip with…
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Pin #109Punk Rock Changed My Life
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Sincerely, Punk Nation. Prompt others to ask where the local punk shows are with this 1" round pinback button handmade…
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big patch #078Put the Fun Between Your Legs
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What's more fun than riding a bike? Perhaps riding two bikes on a date? Scratch that, let’s bring a whole club of…
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Sticker #091Bike Punx
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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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The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #3: Getting a Vasectomy
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Joe Biel strives to find logic, purpose, and meaning in his existence once again. This issue is about friends having…
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A People's Guide to Publishing Workbook: Build Your Book Business from the Ground Up
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Plan out your publishing empire, from mission to budgets, with this workbook companion to Joe Biel's A People's Guide to…
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Sticker #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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Pin #141Orwell Was Right
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Is it 1984 or am I going crazy from being watched by the government? Oh George, if only we had heeded your warning…
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Patch #197Put The Fun Between Your Legs (long)
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Common like seriously, we're talking about bicycling. Get your mind out of the gutter and out into the streets. It’s…
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Cat Party!: Cats We've Known in Words and Pictures
by Katie Haegele Editor, Dame Darcy Contributor, Joe Biel Contributor, Joe Carlough Contributor, Steven Svymbersky Contributor, 8 more
The cats in our lives are always close to our hearts, whether they're napping in a sunbeam, demanding pets and treats,…
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Cycling Shorts
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What is bicycle culture? It’s what you make of it. Anything can happen: Activists educate the policymakers.…
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The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #10: What Happened to the Black Panther Party?
by Joseph E. Green Author and Joe Biel Series Editor
You may have heard of the Black Panther Party, but what do we really know? Here's introduction to the time shit hit…
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Sticker #041You Can't Trust the Government
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Just ask any Indigenous person. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "You can't trust…
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Patch #092Resist Gossip
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Okay. We know it is fun and a little addictive. But it also hurts feelings, people's confidence, and reputations. It's…
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Pin #020Real Men Don't Use Violence
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Real men don't use violence. Remind your friends with this 1" round pinback button handmade in the USA.
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big patch #058Chainring Heart
by Joe Biel Author, Aaron Renier Author and alex wrekk Author
Since 2002, this has been Microcosm's logo! We are so proud of how far this little place grew. And it’s all thanks to…
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Sticker #270No One Is Free When Others Are Oppressed
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In a society based on the oppression of people, nobody can ever be truly free. We are all trapped in a tricky web of…
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Sticker #215Flag Barcode
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Americonsumer? (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black or pink print on a white background. Depicts an upside-down american…
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How to Thrive / Starve & How to Make a Decision postcard
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Recently, an artist friend celebrated a modicum of success after five years of hard work. Many people cheered and…
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Patch #083Who Would Jesus Bomb?
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Oh the hypocrisy of the theological underpinnings of the military industrial complex. We've read the New Testament and…
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You Can Work Any Hundred Hours a Week (In Your Underwear)!!: The Story of Microcosm Publishing
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The history of the first ten years of Microcosm Publishing, told in graphic detail! For the first time ever, read about…
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Pin #147Evolution
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Don't just spin your wheels, evolve! This 1" round pinback button is perfect if you like cycling or believe in, you…
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Pin #005Get Off Your Ass
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Ride a bike. Cycling is good for everyone, including the environment. Remind yourself and others with this 1" round…
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Cat Party #2: Stories & Comics About Our Favorite Cats
by Joe Biel Contributor, Dame Darcy Contributor, Keet Geniza Contributor, Katie Haegele Editor, Mardou Contributor and River Katz Contributor
Five stories and comics by a variety of creators about beloved kitties, in the spirit of Katie Haegele's Cats I've…
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Sticker #008Don't Support Wars Fought Over Economic Interests
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Support humanity. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black or pink print on a white background. Reads: "don't support wars…
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big patch #101Bicycles Allowed Full Lane
by Randy Albright Author and Joe Biel Author
In Oregon and many places across the globe, a bicycle is allowed to occupy a whole lane of traffic (alone or with a…
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Sticker #072When Bicycle Wheels Turn
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Literally and figuratively! (Sturdy vinyl sticker with black print on a white background. Reads: "When the bicycle…
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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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Autism & The Re:Spectrum of Human Emotions/Perfect Mix Tape Segue #6: Autism & Intellectually Understanding Empathy
by Joe Biel Author
Recommended for anyone who is or knows someone on the autism spectrum (or suspects they might!), this zine looks at the…
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