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Microcosm Publishing is an independent publisher and distributor based in Bloomington, IN and Portland, OR. We distribute & publish zines, books, pamphlets, stickers, buttons, patches, t-shirts, posters, films, and more! Read More

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Joe Likes A Bunch Of Shit

  1. X Ray Visions DVD: A Look Inside Portland's Legendary X-Ray Cafe
  2. Style Wars DVD
  3. Sonic Outlaws DVD
  4. The Secret Files of Captain Sissy #4
  5. Ravenswood used book: The Steelworkers' Victory and The Revival of American Labor
  6. Realizing the Impossible book: Art Against Authority
  7. Rainbow Man / John 3:16 DVD
  8. OJ Killed Elvis #666
  9. Kids on Strike! book
  10. Growing a Business book
  11. Everything But the Burden book: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture (used)
  12. Better Looking Than a Blog: A Collection: Ten Foot Rule Journal Comix Winter of 2007
  13. About My Disappearance zine
  14. Privilege and Solidarity: Challenging Capitalism, Challenging Philanthropy
  15. Identity Crisis: Punk Subculture and Community
  16. Am I Mad, Or Has the Whole World Gone Crazy????: achieving mind freedom in the age of empire

Most Popular

  1. Zinester's Guide to Portland 4.5 Edition!
  2. Making Stuff and Doing Things Book
  3. 2008 Slingshot Organizer
  4. On Subbing: The First Four Years
  5. Applicant
  6. A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance
  7. Snakepit book: My Life in a Jugular Vein
  8. Indestructible book
  9. Doris #23
  10. Support Zine

Recent Manifesto

As your eyes and ears tire of constantly tuning into election coverage and watching very strange videos of Sara Palin, maybe you want to come by and check out our new store in Portland.

After a couple years of searching, we opened up our new store in Portland at 833 SE Main St. #107 (next to Blacksheep Bakery and Plan-B). If you don't know where that's at, it's on 9th St between Belmont and Hawthorne.

The last month and a half was spent building shelves, painting signs, accumulating books and zines, getting enough PVC pipe to build a t-shirt rack, and getting settled in. We moved the stuff over to the new space with a SHIFT Move By Bike!

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New Arrivals

A 2007-2008 Superpack
2008 Slingshot Organizer
You #353/Westside Angst #13 split zine
Endless Escalators #2
Sugar Needle #33: Imaginary Candy
Upping the Anti #7
Trains, Bikes, and Automobiles: Ten Foot Rule Journal Comix Fall '07
Falling Can Be Deadly: Ten Foot Rule Journal-Type Comix Jan 2008
More Comix About Portland and Bicycles
SVO: Powering Your Vehicle with Straight Vegetable Oil
Greenwoman #2
The Zine Yearbook #2
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Microcosm News

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Make Your Place

COMING DEC 1!! Raleigh Briggs teaches us how to craft a sustainable domestic life outside of consumer consciousness. And it's not as hard as we may think! This hand-drawn book of charming tutorials is both fun and read more..

$7.00 $5.00

 
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Zine Yearbook #9

OUT NOW!! 2007's Zine Yearbook #9 is at the printer! The annual anthology of zine reprints now includes relevant articles about the year in zines - super fun zine fests, life changing experiences, amazing pen pal read more..

$12.00 $10.00

 
 
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2009 Slingshot Organizers are here!!!!

We've got both small and large organizers in a bunch of colors! Check em out!!

$6.00

 
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Portland Store Open!

We're now located at 833 SE Main St. #107 (at 9th between Hawthorne and Belmont) mere blocks from Food Fight, Herbivore, The Recyclery, Diesel Fuel, Sweatpea, Printed Matter, Clever Cycles, Citybikes, and on the same read more..

 
 
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Make a Zine!

New Edition for 2008! OUT NOW! Ask anyone who works for a magazine -- it's a job. Ask anyone who works on their zine -- it's a passion. And this book is a starting point for launching your own zine. A virtually endless read more..

$7.00 $5.00

 
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Notes from Underground

OUT NOW! New Edition for 2008! Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing. From their origins in early 20th century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots read more..

$12.95 $10.00

 
 
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Microcosm--in your town!

We'll be tabling at:
Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, and The Gaslight Anthem in Chicago on November 20th and 21st!
Expozine 2008 in Montreal on November 22nd!
21st Annual Indy and Small Press Book Fair in New read more..

 
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On Subbing, Third Edition!

Dave Roche has been camping out in Kansas City and tagged a new epilogue onto the 3rd edition of his daily account of working as an education assistant in Portland public schools. Plus tons of corrected errors, updated read more..

$5.00 $4.00

 
 
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Snakepit 2007

OUT NOW! Follow Ben through his daily life illustrated as 3 comic panel adventures involving beer, weed, work, shows, tour, love, and parties filled with monsters. His drawing and writing style is sincere and heartfelt read more..

$6.00 $5.00

 
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Mostly True: The Story of Bozo Texino

OUT NOW! It's possible Bill Daniel is the most inspiring filmmaker of our day. With an impressive filmography that includes work on Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws and as Vanessa Renwick's long-time collaborator, Daniel read more..

$8.00 $7.00

 
 
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Brainfag Forever (BFF)

OUT NOW! BFF: Brainfag Forever! collects nearly a decade of Nate Beaty's self-published comics. Brainfag is a medical term for "brain fatigue," culled from a turn-of-the-century Grape-Nuts ad. Nate uses comics to read more..

$9.00 $8.00

 
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Catalogs & Postcard for 2008!

Our 2008 Catalog & Postcard! It's our list of self published zines, books, stickers, buttons, patches, t-shirts, posters, postcards, talkies, etc on the website but featured on stapled pieces of paper! Stop spending all read more..

$0.01

 
 
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Dwelling Portably 1980-89

OUT NOW! These little suckers have been crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence for nearly 30 years! Super helpful and informative tips for biking, tents, showering, cooking, and living. read more..

$8.00 $7.00

 
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Invincible Summer, Volume II

OUT NOW! After years of over-caffeination and restless free time, acclaimed artist and writer Nicole J Georges has amassed hundreds of pages of autobiographic comics, lush illustrations of doggies and elephants, and read more..

$14.00 $12.00

 
 
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Welcome to the Dahl House

OUT NOW! The collected 1997-2007 comics of Ken Dahl in this graphic novel anthology! Includes all of his minis, short stories, anthology works, and unpublished work including such titles as “Taken For a Ride", "Gordon read more..

$7.00 $6.00

 
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X Ray Visions (DVD) - NEW EDITION!

OUT NOW! An in-depth account of one of the most important cultural epicenters in Portland's history, "X-Ray Visions" tells the story of the X-Ray Cafe, an ABC NO RIO/924 Gilman-esque "Nightclub" that hosted bands like read more..

$12.99 $10.00

 
 
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The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #5!

OUT NOW! The latest installment of this pseudo-anonymously penned, informational zine discusses at length the details of Iran/Contra. In 1986 the President was at the helm - secretly selling weapons to our enemies in read more..

$1.50

 

Plan it X 2006 Documentary Trailer

DVD Coming Oct 2008! Look at our Youtube for more preview clips! - read more..