Boxcar Comics is a webcomic

Webcomic

Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....

 collective. It was founded in 2005 by Zach Miller

Zach Miller

Zachary Joseph Miller is an American football tight end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He played college football at Arizona State.-Early years:Miller Attended Desert Vista High School in...

, the author of Joe and Monkey

Joe and Monkey

Joe and Monkey is a webcomic written and illustrated by Zach Miller. It debuted on July 27, 2004. New comic strips were posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. However, the comic has not updated regularly since mid-2008...

, with 12 members. Soon after, Mitch Clem

Mitch Clem

Mitch Andrew Clem is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life.- Early life:...

 and Tom Brazelton, the authors of Nothing Nice To Say

Nothing Nice To Say

Nothing Nice to Say is a webcomic, touted as "The world's FIRST online punk comic", created by artist Mitch Clem. It is sometimes abbreviated as Nothing Nice, NNTS or NN2S.- Synopsis :...

 and Theater Hopper

Theater Hopper

Theater Hopper is a webcomic based on a movie fan , his wife , and their friends. It debuted August 5, 2002 and is written and drawn by Tom Brazelton. In 2003, Theater Hopper became a member of the Dayfree Press Webcomics Network, but in 2005, moved to the Boxcar Comics collective...

, respectively, left the Dayfree Press

Dayfree Press

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 syndicate to join Boxcar.

Boxcar gets its name from the Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker (band)

Jawbreaker was an American punk rock band active from 1986 to 1996 and considered one of the most influential acts of the early-1990s emo movement...

 song of the same title, on the suggestion of Mitch Clem

Mitch Clem

Mitch Andrew Clem is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life.- Early life:...

, a friend of Miller and a great fan of Jawbreaker.

Current member comics

• Afterstrife by Ali Graham
• Beaver and Steve
  Beaver and Steve
  Beaver and Steve was a webcomic by James Turner. The comic, which debuted on 10 September 2004 and continued since on a semi-weekly basis until going on indefinite hiatus per 20 June 2008, chronicled the bizarre and humorous escapades of Steve, a green reptilian creature, and the eponymously-named...
  
  by James Turner
• Joe and Monkey
  Joe and Monkey
  Joe and Monkey is a webcomic written and illustrated by Zach Miller. It debuted on July 27, 2004. New comic strips were posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. However, the comic has not updated regularly since mid-2008...
  
  by Zach Miller
  Zach Miller
  Zachary Joseph Miller is an American football tight end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He played college football at Arizona State.-Early years:Miller Attended Desert Vista High School in...
  
  
• Joe Loves Crappy Movies by Joe Dunn
• My Stupid Life by Mitch Clem
  Mitch Clem
  Mitch Andrew Clem is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life.- Early life:...
  
  
• Nothing Nice to Say
  Nothing Nice To Say
  Nothing Nice to Say is a webcomic, touted as "The world's FIRST online punk comic", created by artist Mitch Clem. It is sometimes abbreviated as Nothing Nice, NNTS or NN2S.- Synopsis :...
  
  by Mitch Clem
  Mitch Clem
  Mitch Andrew Clem is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life.- Early life:...
  
  
• Rob and Elliot by Clay Yount and Hampton Yount
• Theater Hopper
  Theater Hopper
  Theater Hopper is a webcomic based on a movie fan , his wife , and their friends. It debuted August 5, 2002 and is written and drawn by Tom Brazelton. In 2003, Theater Hopper became a member of the Dayfree Press Webcomics Network, but in 2005, moved to the Boxcar Comics collective...
  
  by Tom Brazelton

Former member comics

The following comics are either no longer updating or are no longer affiliated with Boxcar Comics:

• 21 Dead Monkeys by mmr21
• Aikida by Josh Meinzer
• Bigger Than Cheeses by Desmond Seah
• The Coffee Achievers by Mitch Clem
  Mitch Clem
  Mitch Andrew Clem is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life.- Early life:...
  
   and Joe Dunn
• Hate Song by Fred Grisolm
• ...hey suburbia! by Liz Rossi
• HOUSD by Ali Graham
• The Kenmore by Brandon J. Carr
• Multiplex by Gordon McAlpin
• Niego by Jason and Seth
• San Antonio Rock City by Mitch Clem
  Mitch Clem
  Mitch Andrew Clem is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and My Stupid Life.- Early life:...
  
  
• Yirmumah! by D.J. Coffman
• You'll Have That by Wes Molebash