{{Short description|American online humor magazine}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | image = | caption = Kittenpants.com site logo (2000-2005); designed by Carol Chapman<ref name="staff" /> | category = Online humor magazine | frequency = Monthly | company = Kittenpants.com | founder = Darci Ratliff | founded = 2000 | finaldate = 2007 | country = United States | website = {{URL|http://www.kittenpants.com}} }}
'''''Kittenpants''''' was an online humor magazine published monthly from 2000 to 2007 on Kittenpants.com.
==History and profile== ''Kittenpants'' was founded in 2000<ref>{{cite web|title=The Kittenpants 7th Anniversary Party |url=http://finelinelive.com/2007/04/13/thats-ms-kittenpants-to-you-sir/|work=Fine Line Live|accessdate=January 1, 2016|date=April 13, 2007|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412120955/http://finelinelive.com/2007/04/13/thats-ms-kittenpants-to-you-sir/|archivedate=April 12, 2011}}</ref> by Darci Ratliff,<ref>[http://gothamist.com/2005/03/11/darci_ratliff_kittenpants.php "Darci Ratliff, Kittenpants"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828033424/http://gothamist.com/2005/03/11/darci_ratliff_kittenpants.php |date=2008-08-28 }} ''The Gothamist'' (March 11, 2005)</ref> who also wrote under the name Kittenpants for other publications, including the Comedy Central Insider.<ref name="meet">[http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2006/06/20/meet-darci-ratliff-aka-kittenpants/ Comedy Central Insider post on Comedycentral.com, 2006]</ref> Her style was described by the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' as "a mix of ridicule of others and self-deprecation."<ref>Bolt, Kristen Millares. [http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Fancy-Schmancy-and-Pants-sell-wares-as-whimsical-1174643.php#ixzz1crzdRo9N "Fancy, Schmancy and Pants sell wares as whimsical as their names"] ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (May 27, 2005)</ref>
The magazine featured the work of writers who have since gone on to work for Comedy Central, McSweeney's, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Onion's AV Club. It also featured the early short films of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!''. Each issue of ''Kittenpants'' featured an interview with an actor, comedian, musician or filmmaker, including David Cross, Devo, Bruce Campbell, and several members of MTV's The State.
In 2003, the Kittenpants CD, ''Kitty Kitty Bang Bang,'' was released on Seattle's Guns A Blazin' record label.<ref name="bang">[http://www.kittenpants.org/buy/bangbang.asp "Kitty Kitty Bang Bang"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808044550/http://www.kittenpants.org/buy/bangbang.asp|date=August 8, 2011}} Kittenpants.org</ref> It featured bands from Denton, Texas, including the Riverboat Gamblers and Centro-matic. The same year also marked the beginning of Kittenpants Productions, as Ratliff began work as a producer for independent films.<ref name="history">[http://www.kittenpants.org/about_history.asp "History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612161523/http://www.kittenpants.org/about_history.asp |date=June 12, 2011}} Kittenpants.org</ref>
In 2007, Ratliff published ''If I Did It: The Kittenpants Anthology'', a collection of articles and interviews from the magazine.<ref name="kpnews">[http://www.kittenpants.org/kpnews.asp "Kitten Pants News"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022233340/http://www.kittenpants.org/kpnews.asp|date=October 22, 2011}} Kittenpants.org</ref><ref>Widner, Joanna. [http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-04-26/music/party-hard/ "Party Hard"] ''Dallas Observer'' (April 26, 2007)</ref>
==Selected former staff== *Corn Mo *Mark Hedman of Centro-Matic *Tim Heidecker *Will Johnson *Darci Ratliff *Eric Wareheim<ref name="staff">[http://www.kittenpants.org/staff.asp "Staff"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023050615/http://www.kittenpants.org/staff.asp |date=October 23, 2011}} Kittenpants.org</ref>
==Selected interviews== {{col-begin}}{{col-break|width=50%}} *Todd Barry *H. Jon Benjamin *Michael Ian Black *Joe Bob Briggs *Bruce Campbell *Gerald Casale of DEVO *Centro-Matic *David Cross *Eddie Deezen *Tim DeLaughter *John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants *Keith Gordon {{col-break|width=50%}} *Gary Gygax *Calvin Johnson *Jordan Knight *Pat Mastroianni *Eugene Mirman *Brian Posehn *Andy Richter *Dan Savage *Michael Showalter *David Wain *Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, creators of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' {{col-end}}<ref name="interviews">[http://www.kittenpants.org/archive.asp "Archive"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023050552/http://www.kittenpants.org/archive.asp|date=October 23, 2011}} Kittenpants.org</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Defunct magazines published in the United States Category:Humor magazines Category:Magazines established in 2000 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2007 Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States Category:Online magazines published in the United States