News from J.T.!
11 months ago
– Sun, May 04, 2025 at 12:34:29 PM
Hello old pals & backers! It's J.T. Yost here with some news and a recommendation.
It's been two whole years since I passed the Birdcage Bottom Books torch to Daniel Whitfield & Camille Alaras. Although they haven't lifted the pause on publishing, they've built an incredible community of artists and musicians at their Birdcage Comics Cafe. If you're in the San Bernardino, CA area, please stop by and say hi for me.
In the meantime, I've been working as the marketing manager at NBM Graphic Novels. I've had the opportunity to work with a personal hero, Jeffrey Brown, on his KIDS ARE STILL WEIRD book (which was originally scheduled to be a BBB publication) and meet inspirational authors and artists both near and far (much of NBM's output is translated European work). I've done some fulfilling creative work there including drawing a cover for the PUNK ROCK IN COMICS anthology's English edition, drawing fun designs for PINK FLOYD IN COMICS and the aforementioned PUNK IN COMICS that I then used for promotional screen prints, stickers, and temporary tattoos. I've also been able to use my risograph printing skills quite a bit!
At the beginning of 2025 I was downgraded to part-time work at NBM. I'm thankful to still have a job and have been filling the gaps with freelance work, but if you know of any jobs in comics that could use my particular set of skills, PLEASE do let me know. Part of the freelance work I've been doing is risograph printing comics and prints for my fellow cartoonists. If you need something printed, please reach out to me at [email protected]. I have ridiculously reasonable prices and will work closely with you to set your files up for riso printing.
Speaking of riso printing, I've been going through my comics, new and old, and collecting them in new improved riso printed editions. I haven't yet put everything up on my website for sale, but you can see what's currently available at jtyost.com
Lastly, I still like to support indie cartoonists in every way I can. To that end , please check out BBB alumni (he contributed to both the BOTTOMS UP and TOO TOUGH TO DIE anthologies) Daniel McCloskey's current Kickstarter for his newest addition to his Cloud Town teen drama. Great for kids, and there's enough chaotic punk-inspired fun to make it interesting for us old folks, too!
The Ten Percent
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 04:38:41 AM
Don't miss the 2023 Kickstarter campaign!
about 3 years ago
– Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 09:23:28 AM
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
Free PDF of Desmond Reed's APPLES for all backers!
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 06:44:01 AM
We'll be publishing The Cola Pop Creemees: Opening Act in April 2023 (keep your eyes peeled for the crowdfunding campaign in January or February). In addition to whetting your appetite with LEFTY (published last summer), Desmond wanted to give all backers of this 2022 campaign access to another Cola Pop Creemes story, APPLES!
Click on this link to read it. Thanks again for your support!
Everything has shipped + listen to the KS soundtrack!
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 04:28:02 PM
Happy to report that all rewards have now shipped (except for the three that I'm handing off to locals)! If you haven't received your goods or a notice that it has shipped, it's most likely because you haven't filled out your survey. If you're having any trouble, please do get in touch and we'll figure it out.
I sincerely hope you're enjoying all the 2022 publications. If any of them have a positive impact, please leave a review on Goodreads.com, post about it on social media (and tag us!), or tell a friend. We don't have an advertising budget, so word of mouth is what it's all about!
I always have fun recording the instrumental music playing behind the voiceovers in the crowdfunding videos, so I collected all the ones I could find (some are lost to the sands of time and the ones & zeroes) and put them up on Bandcamp. I keep most of my old 4-track recordings from the time when I had free time on Soundcloud, but I guess I ran out of free storage space there. Honestly, that stuff is pretty awful.
Not to make this all about ME, but in an effort to separate my personal comics and drawings from the BBB page, I've started a separate Instagram account: @yost_posts. Right now I'm posting a bunch of old weird celebrity-studded dream comics I drew back in 2010, mostly because it easily fits the IG square format, and because I let it go out of print ages ago. There's dreams with Snoop Dogg, Roseanne Barr, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwartzenegger, and Henry Rollins, so things get weird.
Here's a 30-second self-portrait I drew for the new IG account profile pic because I'm too lazy to go take a photo of the rest of the outgoing packages. Thanks again, all you comic loving nutbags!
