J.T. Yost founded Birdcage Bottom Books in 2009 after receiving a Xeric Award, a grant for self-publishing. Birdcage Bottom Books has published over 70 comics and graphic novels. His work has been published by NBM Graphic Novels, Three Rivers Press, Vice Magazine, Silver Sprocket, Kilgore Books, Hic & Hoc Publications, and the Arthritis Foundation.