Microcosm's First Decade

When you’re young, broke, and in search of a life of adventure, Making Stuff and Doing Things is the most useful book…

Do you have a passion that you want to obsess about in a love letter to the world? In this new edition of Microcosm’s…

A cultural analysis of what causes zine makers to tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of…

Can zines save the world? Maybe, says Stephen Duncombe in the updated fourth edition of his groundbreaking study of…

Billed as a "low/no budget guide to visiting and living in Portland, Oregon, the Zinester's Guide to Portland breaks…

Fermented foods are great for your health, and this book is a great resource for learning to use the microbes around…

Learn to cook a range of brutally tasty yet simple plant-based dishes, accompanied by heavy metal and punk lyrics,…

Hot Damn and Hell Yeah shows regular people how to use familiar, easy-to-find ingredients to create tasty, spicy vegan…

An illustrated collection of scrumptious southern recipes that will tickle your craw, vegan-style with taste…

On Subbing is a quiet classic. It's impossible to put down, or forget, Dave Roche's vivid, self-deprecating tales of…

In her Miami high school Cristy Road valiantly tried to figure out and defend her queer gender identity, Cuban cultural…

Once a true fanzine devoted to Green Day, this zine has now evolved into literary prose devoted to the strengths of our…

The Flow Chronicles is the confused, horny, philosophical nomadic Hermitt against the world. A raw, druggy, sexed-up…

These five case studies offer a chilling glimpse into the negligence, greed, murder, and at times comical…

Bill Brown's Dream Whip zine is a raw little chunk of America, full of darkened crop-fields and desert moonlight and…

Meet Moe Bowstern: writer, fisherwoman, and tough cookie. Moe is a woman working in the male-dominated commercial…

Dwelling Portably has been crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence for nearly 30 years!…

In a sense, despite turning the big 3-0, Ben Snakepit captures the same spirit in the comics he draws, summarizing each…

“One night while rooting through the recycling bin for magazines, I found all the confidential Ph.D. applicant files…

Now in its second edition, The Best of Intentions is a big ol' whopping collection of material from the long-running…

This issue contains things that will make you laugh, smile, and cry - visiting friends in the hospital, the early…

The history of the first ten years of Microcosm Publishing, told in graphic detail! For the first time ever, read about…

Joe Biel explains four years of his life in "Brutal Honest Tea," about honest communication, the opportunity costs of…

Joe Biel strives to find logic, purpose, and meaning in his existence once again. This issue is about friends having…

Three years after the fact Joe busts out a zine tour based zine about "Cocoon: The Road Trip" from 2004. A collection of…