Ménage à 3 Universe Comics

Could be worse, could be gundam.

I only started reading this because I had gone archive binging Cool Cat Studios and liked the artist for the end game.

After a while I was having a difficult time taking it. There's just only so much fanservice a mind can take before one loses their already waning sanity. Oh yeah, and it was also nonsensical, 90% of the cast was a jerk or some nut who didn't listen to people or just plain stupid.

But then maybe I'm not interpreting correctly and it's actually a So Bad, It's Good Masterpiece I cannot begin to fathom.

Nah, I had the same reaction, really.

It's pretty much a sitcom. With sex.

edited 13th Jan '11 9:44:30 AM by MrAHR

Zii suffering. That's something that the author should write more often.

I've been reading Ma3 since the beginning. Although I've always liked that rake Zii, I do understand why many equally loyal readers dislike her (or worse). So I think it's great that DaveZero1 and Lagace have been taking fan reaction to her character into account, and not having her always come out on top. (Instead, Gary of all people did.) Also, they're giving her more of a conscience: not only in the current arc where she felt so guilty she went temporarily mad, but also in the previous one where she finally made good on her promise to help Gary find a woman.

Now I'm not one of those Fan Dumb fans, with an inflated sense of entitlement, who believes that whenever readers say "Jump," writers should say "How high?" In fact, I disagreed strongly with the decision DaveZero1 and Lagace made in their other webcomic to completely replace a strip just because a few particularly aggressive readers found it offensive and kept keening until the writers caved. But in the case of Ma3 and Zii, it wasn't just a few outliers, but a sizeable portion of the fanbase who had a problem with her character. And in this case, the writers have neither rewritten nor deleted anything that's come before in the strip, nor have they turned Zii into some kind of saint. Good for them.

edited 13th Jan '11 10:09:16 AM by ChevalierMalfait

"Could be worse, could be gundam."

Oh no you DIDUHNT.

Best not be dissin ma Gundam boi.

Yeah, but would you want to watch every episode of Gundam?

Yes, I too am mad. AHR, you used to be cool.

What's wrong with sitcoms?

What's wrong with them being about sex?

Thought so.

Also, what's the problem with Zee? She's the Closet Key that frees up everyone's sensuous lives, The Matchmaker that makes relationships possible.

I never saw gundam or transformers, I just know that gundam is epic for its level of episodes.

The comic is a guilty ppleasure of mine. You just have to keep in mind that you're pretty much not expected to relate to any of the characters. You just watch them be horrible or oblivious to eachother.

... But... but they aren't being either, are they? I mean, this isn't a Sadist Show... is this what they call the Scrotie Mc Boogerballs effect?

edited 14th Jan '11 4:01:35 AM by RawPower

The comic is a guilty pleasure of mine as well. I bascially never have PSL, but I'd happily shag the whole crew of Ma3, and its the main reason I read it - innuendo and inane shenanigans.

Zii is a selfish jerkass, and while no one in the comic is perfect, she takes the cake. Seeing her being forced to watch toy commerc... sorry, mecha shows like this is a delight.

Maybe if we showed her Transwhoremers?

I've been reading Ma3 since nearly the beginning, and it's one of only 6 webcomics I have bookmarked(and one of four that I check regularly). It's not quite a Sadist Show, but the Comedic Sociopathy level is quite high. Which is the main thing I like about it.

The fanservice is some I both like, and don't really notice. I like that a comic about sex and relationships(but mostly sex) isn't shy about showing the endgame and the human body. The human body is the human body, everybody's got one. A little skin(particularly cartoon skin) is nothing worth kicking up a fuss about. Really, most Americans and other English speakers are way too uptight about nudity.

I can't say I dislike any of the characters, save perhaps Sonya's jerky boyfriend. They all hold a certain amount of charm for me.

edited 14th Jan '11 7:30:48 AM by Daremo

I can't say that I particularly care for it.

Edit: Sorry- I meant to link to this review.

edited 16th Jan '11 8:11:43 PM by TheElectricPiper

That's fine. I can't say I particularly care for the "bash 'em all" webcomics "review" site you linked to.

Edit: Nor that other one. Jeez, what's with so many webcomic reviewers being either "Wow, everything's just super fantastic" (the apparently-defunct Websnark) or "LOL I'm just gonna write 'This webcomic sucks' over and over again using slightly different words" (the defunct-and-disappeared John Solomon blog and the even worse imitators linked above)? In both cases, it's preaching to the choir—of either Fan Myopia types or Fan Haters—and nothing more.

For good webcomics criticism (i.e. neither "suck up to webcartoonists everywhere so they'll be your friend" nor "verbally ream them and their readers over and over like you're trying to outdo Encyclopedia Dramatica"), I recommend blogs like The Webcomic Overlook and the Digital and Webcomics section of Comics Worth Reading.

edited 22nd Jan '11 8:00:20 AM by ChevalierMalfait

This webcomic is a piece of shit. That is all I will ever say about it.

"Yeah, but would you want to watch every episode of Gundam?"

I HAVE

Okay, I haven't, but I've watched A LOT. Like, ALMOST ALL.

edited 14th Jan '11 11:31:09 PM by CommandoDude

I'd probably re-watch G Gundam.

So, latest strip. Most awkward (and clunky) way to introduce a nnew character, ever?

Assuming she is a new character.

2 penises hot brazilian transsexual?

O_o

Awesome.

Barging in on him having sex seems to be in character for *him*, so it is not that forced, at least.

I guess that is Portuguese which I dont speak, but I recognized "large dick".

"Baby! Yeah! Penetrate me with your pink enormous penis!"

"Yes! Satisfaction Guarranteed!"

When you already know three romance languages, the rest become rather asy to decypher.