Okay, before I say anything I’m going to throw a NSFW out there just to keep you safe. After a couple weeks of doing manly bone-crushing explosive action, I figured I’d cover a comic that’s a little more sensual and intimate. Ménage à 3 has that. Plenty of that. Gisele and Dave are the creators who have done what they can do make a sexy-ass comedy about a few people just trying to live together. What’s it like? Well, think of Three’s Company. Now slap a bunch of nerdery, cosplay and hentai all over it. I don’t want to oversimplify, but that’s what you’re looking at when you read Ménage à 3. It’s got a pretty good rhythm to it and it’s pretty funny.
The story is about Gary, a 29-year-old comic book fan from Montreal who shares an apartment with his friends Dillon and Matt. That is until he learns that his roommates have started dating (each other) and are planning on getting their own place. As a result, Gary looks for new roommates and meets Zii, a bisexual musician, and DiDi, a beautiful French-Canadian waitress. Because Gary now lives with two women, he’s forced to confront the fact that he’s never had a sexual experience. Ever. We then launch into a stream of superhero, Star Wars and sex jokes that make it like watching a sitcom on HBO. We get a lot of making out, some cross-dressing, and hell, even some slapstick. It’s a pretty good time all around.
Eventually we get to a place where the story feels like an extended 40-Year-Old Virgin type of adventure, only with a 29-year-old geek from Canada. Sometimes the more mature humor seems like it’s too persistent until you remember that the entire point of Ménage à 3 is that it’s a sexual type of story. Wrapping it up in a geeky sort of glaze is definitely helpful for readers who are more likely to identify with Gary, who couldn’t flirt with a woman if his life depended on it. The artwork gives it a feel of what an adult Archie comic would be like, being very consistent throughout. It mixes well with the many Japanese-fueled themes and humor inclusive in not only the dialogue but the character designs and actions. All in all it’s a pretty well done comic, and it’s pretty funny. I’d certainly recommend it for the more mature audience. Don’t worry, I’ll try to cover something maybe a little more kid-friendly for next week. Maybe. I might just stay on this train for as far as it takes me.
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