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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.
Sticker #101Gentrification Is
by Joe Biel Author
GENTRIFICATION is the destruction of a community when it is referred to as "development." It is characterized by adding…
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View Details Quick ShopPatch #197Put The Fun Between Your Legs (long)
by Joe Biel Author
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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Add to CartNeurodivergent Pride #4: Being Taken Advantage Of
by Joe Biel Editor, Temple Grandin, Ph.D Contributor, Eliot Daughtry Contributor, Kriss De Jong Contributor, Partly Robot Contributor, Laura Stanfill Contributor and Emily Velasquez Contributor
The first time that I met my favorite autistic mentee, she walked right up to me, declaring “You don’t look like…
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Add to CartBig Patch #102Fix Shit Up
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Another broken door or a series of unfortunate relationships? Well then, there’s nothing that a few pounds of a hammer…
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Add to CartSticker #043Fight Patriotism
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We've all got battles to fight. And Patriotism is really not all that far off from Fascism. (Sturdy vinyl sticker with…
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Add to CartSticker #410Choosing Comfort Over Difficult Conversation Is the Epitome of Privilege
by Joe Biel Author
It's a privilege to avoid those tricky conversations at the dinner table. It may make things more comfortable for you,…
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Add to CartBicycle Culture Rising #2: The Portland Police's Peculiar War Against Bicycling 1993-2007
by Joe Biel Author
It's the revamped second edition of the Expozine Award Winning zine of police documents, now with commentary! Last time…
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Add to CartSticker #313Coexist
by Joe Biel Author
Why can't get we all just get along...on the roadway? A modern adaptation on this peacenik sentiment, showing multiple…
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View Details Quick ShopThe Perfect Mix Tape Segue #5: Sickness and Health
by Joe Biel Author
This new issue details over fifteen years of Joe Biel's improving and declining physical health as he battles doctors,…
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Add to CartAutism Causes Vaccines: Stories of Neurodiverse Inventors and Discoveries
by Joe Biel Author
Just about every breakthrough discovery and some of the most innovative inventors in the history of the world have been…
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Add to CartSticker #239Car Free
by Joe Biel Author
Put a "Free Car" sign on your mechanical monster and grab a bike and this cool sticker! This sticker lets the world know…
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Add to CartSticker #062If schools were funded as well as the military, would people join the military?
by Joe Biel Author
Could the continued existence of the military industrial complex be connected to an education deficit? If our youth had…
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Add to CartDoing It Better: Conflict Resolution and Accountability after Abuse in Leftist Communities
by Joe Biel Author
What is our role in holding people accountable in cases of abuse, sexual or otherwise? How do we investigate these…
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View Details Quick ShopPin #065Anti-Nazi
by Joe Biel Author
This one-inch round pinback button shows a swastika with a red slash through it, the universal symbol for "hell no, not…
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Add to CartGin Blossoms: Suicide, Corporatism, Addiction, Creativity, and the Lessons of Doug Hopkins
by Joe Biel Author
"Hey Jealousy," "Found Out About You"... most of the hits from the Gin Blossoms' 1992 breakout album, New Miserable…
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Add to CartBikenomics t-shirt
by Joe Biel Author
Inspired by Elly Blue's fascinating book, this shirt gives you a chance to talk to everyone you meet about the…
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View Details Quick ShopEvolution Bicycle Fanny Pack
by Black Star Bags Author and Joe Biel Author
The latest in our line of stylish things to put on your body while bicycling, these Evolution print fanny packs are a…
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View Details Quick ShopPin #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 CartSticker #066TV Transmitters Require Passive Receivers
by Joe Biel Author
Don't become a zombie watching your favorite zombie flick. If you're going to watch TV, be an active viewer. (Sturdy…
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Add to CartPatch #235Disability Rights: Power to the People
by Joe Biel Author
It was requested by you, our fans, and we listen. Just like those who take pride on their bike wheels or ped feet,…
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Add to CartSticker #311Evolution Cruiser Bicycle
by Joe Biel Author
As we ride more modern and practical citybikes, sometimes it's important to let your hair flow, put on your skirtguard,…
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View Details Quick ShopPin #208Library Gearz
by Joe Biel Author
Get engaged with the world through books! Ride your bike to the library. Tack this 1" round pinback button on your…
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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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Add to CartRobert Smalls: The Enslaved Man Who Stole a Confederate Ship, Broke the Code, & Freed a Village
by Joe Biel Author
During the Civil War, the enslaved Black crew of a Confederate ship was left to sleep on board overnight. Following a…
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View Details Quick ShopSticker #075Celebrate Efficiency over the Automobile
by Joe Biel Author
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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Add to CartSticker #074More Shopping Malls than High Schools
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America really does have more shopping malls than highschools. And don't get us started on the funding disparity. How is…
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Add to CartEvolution Cruiser T-Shirt
by Joe Biel Author
For nearly as long as the original evolution t-shirt has been designed, people have been asking for a variant. Gender…
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View Details Quick ShopPin #222Capitalism Displaces
by Joe Biel Author
Gentrification exists and persists in cities everywhere. There's a lot of finger pointing and shouting going on, and…
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Add to CartSticker #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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