History WebComic / MenageA3

'''Gary:''' Well ... it's mostly just a string of improbable-sounding coincidences --

''Ménage à 3'' is a webcomic created and drawn by "Giz" (Creator/GiseleLagace), and co-written by Giz and "Dave [=Zero1=]" (David Lumsdon). It ran from May 17, 2008 to April 9, 2019. ''Ménage à 3'' centers around the life of Gary, UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} resident and (initially) 29-year-old virgin. Upon losing his old roommates Matt and Dillon at short notice (when they decide to become an official gay couple), Gary is desperate to find a couple of new roomies to pay the rent.

''Ménage a 3'' generated two {{spinoff}}s during its run: ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', featuring former side-characters Dillon, Amber, and Chanelle; and ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', featuring [=DiDi=]'s ex-colleague Sandra. The authors eventually announced that the comic would end in 2019, and carried this through with a final strip on April 9th of that year. Several plot arcs were brought to a conclusion, with at times surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment, although some things were left hanging. On the day of the final strip's appearance, a {{sequel}}[=/=]{{spinoff}} comic, ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'', was announced to start two days later, and this appeared as promised. Also, in 2021, a one-off print/PDF comic, ''Zii and the Troublemakers'', continued the stories of some of the characters a little.

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[[caption-width-right:230:God bless new roomies...?]]

''Ménage a 3'' generated two {{spinoff}}s during its run: ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', featuring former side-characters Dillon, Amber, and Chanelle; and ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', featuring [=DiDi=]'s ex-colleague Sandra. The authors eventually announced that the comic would end in 2019, and carried this through with a final strip on April 9th of that year. Several plot arcs were brought to a conclusion, with at times surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment, although some things were left hanging. On the day of the final strip's appearance, a {{sequel}}[-/=]{{spinoff}} comic, ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'', was announced to start two days later, and this appeared as promised. Also, in 2021, a one-off print/PDF comic, ''Zii and the Troublemakers'', continued the stories of some of the characters a little.

''Ménage a 3'' generated two {{spinoff}}s during its run: ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', featuring former side-characters Dillon, Amber, and Chanelle; and ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', featuring [=DiDi=]'s ex-colleague Sandra. The authors eventually announced that the comic would end in 2019, and carried this through with a final strip on April 9th of that year. Several plot arcs were brought to a conclusion, with at times surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment, although some things were left hanging. On the day of the final strip's appearance, a {{sequel}} {{spinoff}} comic, ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'', was announced to start two days later, and this appeared as promised.

''Ménage à 3'' was a webcomic created and drawn by "Giz" (Creator/GiseleLagace), and co-written by Giz and "Dave [=Zero1=]" (David Lumsdon). It ran from May 17, 2008 to April 9, 2019. ''Ménage à 3'' centers around the life of Gary, UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} resident and (initially) 29-year-old virgin. Upon losing his old roommates Matt and Dillon at short notice (when they decide to become an official gay couple), Gary is desperate to find a couple of new roomies to pay the rent.

''Ménage à 3'' is a webcomic created and drawn by "Giz" (Creator/GiseleLagace), and co-written by Giz and "Dave [=Zero1=]" (David Lumsdon). It ran from May 17, 2008 to April 9, 2019. ''Ménage à 3'' centers around the life of Gary, UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} resident and (initially) 29-year-old virgin. Upon losing his old roommates Matt and Dillon at short notice (when they decide to become an official gay couple), Gary is desperate to find a couple of new roomies to pay the rent.

Incidentally, this is constructed as a very traditional four-panel strip (the western equivalent of a {{Yonkoma}}); there are always four panels, or occasionally some double panels, but as the print collections are printed in a [=2x2=] layout, these are always located in positions 1 and 2 or 3 and 4. (The very last strip is an exception, as it consists of two four-panel strips and a single double-width, double-height panel.) Also, the great majority of strips end with some kind of comedy punchline, despite the fact that there is a continuing story.

[[RRatedOpening Even the first page]] [[EstablishingSeriesMoment is NSFW]], but the site does include a [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/for-new-readers warning about that]] before it. '''The trope pages below should not have direct NSFW links.'''

Things change drastically for Gary when two girls, [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Zii]] and [[HelloNurse [=DiDi=]]], suddenly start sharing his apartment. Zii, obviously perplexed by Gary's (unwanted) purity, declares that her goal is to make him more confident and help him lose his virginity. But life proves full of distractions for all three of them, as other characters and objectives come and go through the story.

Incidentally, this is constructed as a very traditional four-panel strip (the western equivalent of a {{Yonkoma}}); there are always four panels, or occasionally some double panels, but as the print collections are printed in a [=2x2=] layout, these are always located in positions 1 and 2 or 3 and 4. Also, the great majority of strips end with some kind of comedy punchline, despite the fact that there is a continuing story.

''Ménage a 3'' generated two {{spinoff}}s during its run: ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', featuring former side-characters Dillon, Amber, and Chanelle; and ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', featuring [=DiDi=]'s ex-colleague Sandra.

The authors eventually announced that the comic would end in 2019, and carried this through with a final strip on April 9th of that year. Several plot arcs were brought to a conclusion, with at times surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment, although some things were left hanging. On the day of the final strip's appearance, a follow-up {{spinoff}} comic, ''Pixie Trix Comix'', was announced to start two days later.

''Ménage à 3'' is a webcomic created and drawn by "Giz" (Creator/GiseleLagace), and co-written by Giz and "Dave [=Zero1=]" (David Lumsdon). It started on May 17, 2008. ''Ménage à 3'' centers around the life of Gary, UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} resident and (initially) 29-year-old virgin. Upon losing his old roommates Matt and Dillon at short notice (when they decide to become an official gay couple), Gary is desperate to find a couple of new roomies to pay the rent.

''Ménage a 3'' now has two {{spinoff}}s: ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', featuring former side-characters Dillon, Amber, and Chanelle; and ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', featuring [=DiDi=]'s ex-colleague Sandra.

The authors have announced that the comic will end in 2019; several arcs seem to be drawing to a close, along with at times, surprising amounts of character development.

[[RRatedOpening Even the first page]] [[EstablishingSeriesMoment is NSFW]], but the site does include a [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/for_new_readers warning about that]] before it. '''The trope pages below should not have direct NSFW links.'''