The bundle runs from Wednesday, August 21st, 11:00am Pacific to Wednesday, September 4th, 11:00am Pacific. Nothing beats a weird book, except maybe 28 weird books that support literacy and the fight for free expression! Get it now! And your purchase helps support amazing nonprofits like CBLDF, who protect the First Amendment rights of comic book readers, creators, and retailers, and Street Books, who provide a free mobile library in Portland to readers who live outside. Starting at $1, pay what you want to get a huge selection of weird and wonderful DRM-free ebooks, everything from A Guide to Picking Locks to cult-classic comic Henry & Glenn Forever. Just announced! Microcosm Publishing has joined up with Humble Bundle for Keep Books Weird. Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians.Working With Libraries! A Handbook For Comics Creators.Know Your Rights: Student Rights Fact Sheet.Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!.Adding Graphic Novels to Your Library or Classroom Collection.Kirkpatrick, NY State Court of Appeals (1973) Obscenity Case Files: Joseph Burstyn, Inc.Des Moines Independent Community School District Obscenity Case Files: United States v.Pacifica Foundation (George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words) Obscenity Case Files: People of New York v.As Biel points out, the function of Microcosm is still first and foremost simply to “sell zines and books. The Zine Trike is one of the ways that Microcosm has been able to really stick to the basics in delivering zines to the public, and is a big part of its efforts to keep print alive. It is also one of the largest zine distributors in the world, reaching an international audience through their website and retail store. Since then the organization has grown and transformed to become a publisher and distributor of zines and related work based in Bloomington, Indiana and Portland. Biel started Microcosm as a zine distributor and record-label out of his bedroom in 1996. They also make their local deliveries by bicycle and when they moved the location of their store last year, they transported most of their supplies across town by bicycle caravan. Avid bicycle enthusiasts, the team at Microcosm have used the Zine Trike to incorporate bikes into their daily business operations. But on sunny days, Biel and his employees take the Trike to the streets. Based out of Portland, Oregon, on bad weather days the Trike is used as a display piece in the store. The Zine Trike is one of Microcosm’s methods for fighting the isolation of net shopping. “People forget that even shopping is a form of socializing and if we push all commerce onto the Internet, we’ll be leading some pretty isolated lives,” says Biel. The invention of the Zine Trike cut set-up time by half - not to mention that the uniqueness of the display case is a conversation starter. Inspired by the desire to reduce set up time at events, Biel purchased a tricycle frame from a friend and built a mobile display case to house Microcosm’s catalogue of zines. In a digital world, when print feels like it is going the way of the dinosaur, Microcosm Publishing decided to get crafty - and mobile! With an idea in mind that he had been contemplating for some time, Joe Biel, founder of Microcosm, asked around for tricycle frames on a whim.
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