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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.


Punks Around #3: The Minot, North Dakota Punk Scene 1989-2000
by Joe Biel Author and Alexander Herbert Series Editor
In 1999 our show in MInot, North Dakota was canceled but the locals said that we could still come hang out. I gave them…
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The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #2: Brutal Honest Tea
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Joe Biel explains four years of his life in "Brutal Honest Tea," about honest communication, the opportunity costs of…
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Patch #230Live Free or Drive
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New Hampshire, the "Live Free or Die" state sits in a nice complement to Oregon, the unofficial "Live Free or Drive"…
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How to Sell Stuff at an Event
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So you've got a business where you make stuff—zines, books, crafts, art, widgets. Whatever it is, you're super…
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Sticker #019Punk Rock: Quality Marketed Rebellion since 1977
by Joe Biel Author
Punk's origins in commercialism persist, even if the DIY, anarchic spirit of its adherents can rise above corporate…
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Perfect Mix Tape Segue #4: Going On Tour
by Joe Biel Author and Dave Roche Photographer
Three years after the fact Joe busts out a zine tour based zine about "Cocoon: The Road Trip" from 2004. A collection of…
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Sticker #245Gentrification in Progress
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Is your neighborhood being over-developed by yuppie shits for massive profit? Maybe this satirical sticker can help you…
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Sticker #077Think Freedom Sucks? Hate the Poor? Vote Republican
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Sometimes stereotypes are true... and this one, although a bit snarky, is definitely one of the true ones. Why is it…
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Doing It Better: Conflict Resolution and Accountability after Abuse in Leftist Communities
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What is our role in holding people accountable in cases of abuse, sexual or otherwise? How do we investigate these…
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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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Big 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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Sticker #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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Sticker #407Pride: The Opposite of Shame
by Joe Biel Author
We believe that pride is the opposite of shame. That's why we made this sticker. So that you can pass the word that who…
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Sticker #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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Bicycle 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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The Perfect Mix Tape Segue #5: Sickness and Health
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This new issue details over fifteen years of Joe Biel's improving and declining physical health as he battles doctors,…
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Sticker #062If schools were funded as well as the military, would people join the military?
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Could the continued existence of the military industrial complex be connected to an education deficit? If our youth had…
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Sticker #101Gentrification Is
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GENTRIFICATION is the destruction of a community when it is referred to as "development." It is characterized by adding…
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Gin 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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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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Neurodivergent 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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Pin #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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Patch #235Disability Rights: Power to the People
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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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Pin #222Capitalism Displaces
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Gentrification exists and persists in cities everywhere. There's a lot of finger pointing and shouting going on, and…
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Bikenomics 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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Robert 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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Neurodivergent Pride #14: Mutual Aid (What Autistic Minds Can Teach Each Other and the World)
by Joe Biel Author, Andrew Coltrin Author, Eliot Daughtry Illustrator and Theresa Pizza Author
Mutual aid has received more attention as a radical tactic lately, especially in the wake of the uprisings and protest…
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Sticker #410Choosing Comfort Over Difficult Conversation Is the Epitome of Privilege
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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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Sticker #239Car Free
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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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