MonsterPants was founded in Boston in 1995 for the purpose of publishing the independent comics anthology, COW. Three issues were published featuring work by artist such as Aleksandar Zograf (Bulletins from Serbia), Chad Verrill, J. Torres & Tim Levins (The Copybook Tales), Pete Sickman-Garner (Hey Mister!), Ty & Ian Smith (Oddjob), Bradford Scobie, Mick Cusimano (Underground Surrealist), Tracey Mitchell, Rick & Al Limacher, Mike T. Gilbert (Mr. Monster) and co-editor & publisher James Felix McKenney, as well as many others. Also published was McKenney's collection of FOUR SHORT PLAYS.

After moving to Los Angeles in December 1996, MonsterPants went on hiatus for two years until the co-publication of Aleksandar Zograf's PSYCHONAUT #3, a title taken over from previous publisher, Fantagraphics Books. In order to get the financing to Zograf's work published, MonsterPants teamed up with Freight Films, who agreed to publish PSYCHONAUT if it could be teamed with something to promote their film in pre-production, THE PURSUERS. Due to a collapse of the Brazilian economy (the source of financing as well as the location for the film) THE PURSUERS motion picture never came to be, but the five-page promotional comic can still be found in the back of PSYCHONAUT #3.

In the year 2000, the first MonsterPants Movie went into production, CANNIBALLISTIC! The film was McKenney's directorial debut. Again, working with Freight Films, post-production was done in New York City, as MonsterPants re-located once again. CanniBallistic premiered at The Pod in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in January 2002. It was released a year later on VHS and DVD by Dead Alive/Spectrum. Unbeknownst to the director until it was too late, the distributor gave the release a cover art featuring a photo of a blood-spattered actor with McKenney's head pasted on, instead of a picture the film's star. McKenney is still horrified to this day.

Also in 2002, was the weekend shoot of the short film, THE WAKING DEAD. The movie has never been released, but there are plans for it to debut as a bonus item on a future, bigger and better DVD release of CANNIBALLISTIC!

The second MonsterPants feature, THE OFF SEASON, like its predecessor, was shot in Southern Maine and was released by Lions Gate Entertainment in 2005. This ScareFlick was followed by the critically acclaimed retro-styled sci-fi horror film, AUTOMATONS, available on DVD January 29, 2008. Both films feature genre legend Angus Scrimm (Phantasm, Alias) in supporting roles.

McKenney and company are gearing up for the final push on the next MonsterPants Movie, SATAN HATES YOU, which they have been shooting in small segments since 2005 during the production of other projects. The final and largest segment of SATAN HATES YOU will be shot in June of 2008.