Microcosm Publishing

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Microcosm Publishing is an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, OR. They distribute ideas through zines, books, pamphlets, stickers, buttons, patches, t-shirts, films, and more, as well as manufacture custom 1" buttons and vinyl stickers. They focus on publishing zines and books in the hopes that it will add credibility to zine writers and their ethics. Their titles attempt to teach self-empowerment to disenfranchised people and to nurture their creative side. They began in 1996 with one person doing part-time mailorder out of a bedroom.

History

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Projects

• $100 & A T-Shirt
• Making Stuff & Doing Things
• On Subbing
• Stolen Sharpie Revolution
• Flow Chronicles
• CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #1, 2, 3, 4
• Brainscan #19 and 20
• Things Are Meaning Less
• Xtra Tuf #5
• Coffeshop Crushes
• Homeland Insecurity
• Snakepit 2: My Life in a Jugular Vein
• Secret Files of Cap'n Sissy #5
• I Hate This Part of Texas #5
• Dreamwhip #14
• Doris: Anthology 1991-2001
• Doris #23
• Support
• Cantankerous Titles & Obscure Ephemera, Vol 1 DVD
• Green Zine #14
• Indestructible
• Best of Intentions
• You Can Work Any 100 Hours Per Week You Want (In Your Underwear!!)
• Applicant
• Please Don't Feed the Bears
• Sounds of Your Name
• Hot Damn & Hell Yeah / Dirty South
• Journalsong
• Zinester's Guide to Portland

External Link

Microcosm Publishing