I hope you’re not getting tired of these Marvel vs Capcom 3 updates, because frankly they will not be stopping anytime soon. And for those of you who can’t get enough about this game like myself, enjoy Capcoms two new gameplay videos showing off Dormammu, Viewtiful Joe, The Super Skrull and others. After seeing The Super Skrulls level 3 hyper special, he will definitely be one of my new fighters.

After the announcement of Dormammu and Viewtiful Joe as playable characters at Gamescom this week, Capcom was a little late on showing off in game footage of each character. Well today that has all been resolved, enjoy your first looks at Dormammu and Viewtiful Joe in Marvel Vs Capcom 3.

Both Dormammu and Viewtiful Joe have been heavily rumored as playable characters since Marvel vs Capcom 3 was announced, now though Capcom has officially announced their inclusion in the game.  Dormammu, one of Dr. Stranges most hated rivals, will be a greate addition to this roster and should team up quite nicely with Dr. Doom and the Super Skrull while Viewtiful joe is  a  perfect addition to the Capcom cast as well.  Viewtiful Joe was introduced into the Capcom vs series in last years Tatsunoko vs Capcom and was  a very fun character to play as so I assume that will transition over to MVC3 and this will be Dormammus first appearance in a Capcom fighting game.  Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be available in Spring 2011 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Thanks to Gametrailers for the screenshot slide show.

Hello intertubes. I present to you, Nerd City’s first ever “Comic Books You Should be Reading” by Max Minor. In no particular order:

1. Tales Designed to Thrizzle

Written by comic (no pun intended) genius Michael Kupperman (who also contributed to the kick-ass Marvel Strange Tales anthology), “Tales Designed to Thrizzle” is hilarious, with a sort of “Red Meat” meets Mad Magazine vibe. Featuring riotous fake ads, and strips like “Snake and Bacon”, TDTT is subversive, twisted and awesome.

With the” can comic books be funny?” debate ever-raging, “Tales Designed to Thrizzle” answers a glorious “Yes!”

2. Breathers

Perhaps unknown to our coastal Nerd brethren, “Breathers” by Wisconsinite Justin Madson, is one of the best written, most unique independent comic books I have ever read. With haunting art and an intriguing, conspiracy-driven plot, “Breathers” tells the tale of an American society forced to wear masks outdoors, as a mysterious virus plagues the air…or is it all a hoax? Told in inter-locking vignettes, “Breathers” is interesting and intelligent, and reasonably local, which is bad-ass.

With a “Breathers” film in the works, and the next issue concluding the series, this is a great time to discover this book before your stupid friends do.

3. Four Eyes

Written by Joe Kelly (most recently of “I Kill Giants Fame”) with art by Max Fiumara, (my name is Max!) ‘Four Eyes” is the story of a boy thrown in to the dangerous world of dragons fighting for money in Depression-era New York, and it is as awesome as it sounds. I actually heard about the book @ the Image panel during  San Diego Comic Con, and after checking it out, I was super impressed. Dragons as subject matter is always a bit delicate, but Kelly and co. nails it. Atmospheric, and well-written, “Four Eyes” is a welcome respite from the capes and tights scene.

So yeah…there it is, the first ever “Comics You Should be Reading” by Max Minor.

Get all of them, yes, all of them @ the universe’s greatest comic book store: Chicago Comics.

5 real historical Death Stars, for those of you who need your history likened to George Lucas properties to make them easier to comprehend because you’re such a shut in and braindead loser virgin that you can’t understand anything pertaining to reality, even in the slightest.  You pathetic piece of shit.  Sorry, I’m hungover.  Forgives?  Yay!  (cracked)

11 years ago a newspaper printed an article stating that James Cameron’s Avatar would never get made.  Lo and behold, a decade later, the film gets made and Cameron has the author of the article murdered.  (comedycentral)

Green lantern 2 a go!  Because the first one was so good.  Oh, it hasn’t been released yet?  Huh.  No idea why you’re losing money, Hollywood.  (theplaylist)

Hey, you’re a limp-dick loser with no friends, right?  Well you’re gonna love this list of every sci-fi reference Futurama made in it’s run.  And when you’re done reading it you can get back to doing absolutely nothing!  (ugo)

I like my 90s cable access hip-hop like I like my women: shitty.  With big jugs and an affinity for oral.  And Michael Jackson samples.  (manofest)

I’ve always heard two heads are better than one, but this is ridiculous!  Haha, animals born with two heads are funny.  (asylum)

Your favorite Marvel characters, Mega Man-style.  No, really.  Seriously.  Click it and see.  (geekosystem)

Had any nightmares lately?  No?  Well why don’t you check out Die Antwoord’s site and then get back to me.  Love these dudes though, seriously.  (dieantwoord)

Louie C.K. rules.  But you know that already.  Watch his show.  (youtube)

In honor of shark week, the best…shark fights…in comics?  Sure, why not.  (comicsalliance)

Yes Justin Bieber is annoying, sexually ambiguous white trash – but ultimately he’s harmless.  Therefore, this video of him getting nailed by a water bottle at one of his concerts is fucking hilarious.  It’s so sad that literally a second prior to getting pegged he says, “I love you guys”.  Hahahahaha.  (youtube)

Local news is one of my favorite things to read about on the ‘net or in the paper, even when it’s not my locale.  Guy got caught masturbating in a park with an armless mannequin.  Don’t worry though, Ben only got probation.  (wsaz)

As a child, I was always checking out books on optical illusions from the library.  However as an adult, my interest turned mainly towards pornography.  (coedmagazine)

I kind of hope UFOs do actually exist so, when I encounter an alien, I can punch him in the face and say, “Welcome to Earf!”  It’s gonna be awesome.  (cracked)

Let me see if I get the story straight: flight attendant, upset over the way he was being treated by a passenger, calls said passenger an asshole and shoves him down, grabs some beers from the drink cart, and then escapes by deploying the emergency evacuation slide and sliding off to freedom?  Give that man a raise; I have a new hero.  (cnn)

12 best portrayals of movie white trash.  #13, Dr. Jose’s family home movies.  (screenjunkies)

And lastly, Sharpie has created a new implement that writes like a pen, erases like a pencil and becomes permanent after 3 days like it’s classic archetype.  FINALLY.  All this time I’ve been using 3 separate writing utensils like some hayseed.  (dvice)

At this weekends comic con, Marvel finally officially announced and confirmed their Avengers cast and director. Joining Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow, Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury and Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson we now have official confirmation that Jermey Renner will play Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo will play Bruce Banner/The Hulk…..oh and nerd favoirte Joss Whedon has been confirmed as the director. This in my opinion is a fantastic cast and if everyone can get signed on maybe we’ll get more than one Avengers movie out of this group. Until then we’ll have Thor and Captain America to hold us over in 2011 until Avengers is released in 2012.

Announced/Confirmed at the San Diego Comic Con is DCs Young Justice animated series and Marvels Anime series. Young Justice will include the familiar cast of Robin, Superboy, Aqualad (the new one), Ms Martian and many other familiar titans from the DC universe. The series will follow the team as they deal with being the next group of heroes to replace the JLA while fighting the fantastic villains from the DC universe. No start date has been given for the Cartoon Network series

Next we have the announcement of the highly anticipated Marvel Anime series that is set to debut on G4. There will be four new series (Iron Man, Wolverine, X-men and Blade) that will debut and are supposed to have no relation to the previous rumored anime movies. No launch date yet for these series but we’ll get them in 2011.

This weekend Capcom and Marvel were set to announce two new fighters for Marvel vs Capcom 3 after announcing Chun-Li, Trish, Dr. Doom and The Super Skurll yesterday. Well it appears that Marvel has let the cat out of the bag early. Appearing on Marvels website are screenshots detailing the inclusion of Thor and Amaterasu (the wolf/dog from Okami) as playable characters. It was pretty much a given that we’d see Thor in this game with how popular he is now and of course with his upcoming movie, but seeing Amaterasu as a character really surprises me. As of now we only have screenshots, hopefully we’ll have video of these two as the con gets started this weekend.

With the San Diego Comic Con starting this week Capcom has announced four new fighters for Marvel vs Capcom 3. These new fighters will be in the latest build of the game that will be playable at this years comic con and they are as follows: Chun-Li (Street Fighter) and Trish (Devil May Cry) from the Capcom side and Dr. Doom and The Super Skrull from the Marvel side. All of these new fighters will be in the latest build of the game which will be available to play at the Capcom Booth (#4844) at this years con. Check out the new character introduction video for these new fighters and a new trailer showing off the previously announced fighters including Captain America and Felicia.

Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be released next year for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Yes!  They’re bringing Beavis and Butthead back to T.V.!  Now every time I laugh like Butthead after someone says something vaguely suggestive, it will once again be relevant!  (nypost)

I’m Still Here, the documentary that follows Joaquin Phoenix’s burgeoning rap career, is coming out September 10th.  Out of respect?  We’ll never know.  But this movie, if it lives up to the hype, is going to be awesome.  But I would have titled it Joaquin On Sunshine.  (filmdrunk)

Here’s your first look at Ryan Reynolds playing Ryan Reynolds as The Green Lantern.  (popwatch)

Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk?  Sure, why not.  All you need is Zooey Deschanel as the heroine, and Arcade Fire providing the soundtrack and you’ve got your first superhero indie flick.  My fingers are crossed!  (deadline)

So apparently the Westboro Baptist Church is going to be protesting the SDCC.  You know, the “God Hates Fags” people.  It doesn’t matter why because it won’t be logical or sane in any sense of the word.  But if I see any of these crazy fucks, I will terminate them with extreme prejudice.  You don’t mess with the nerds.  They’ve been persecuted far too long.  (blastr)

Speaking of idiots, the Army was so thoughtful enough to whip up a comicbook detailing homosexuality and respect while in the service.  Because being gay affects the ability to pull a trigger, apparently.  Won’t you be glad when the world ends in 2012??!  (eptc)

Steve Carell and Paul Rudd talk sports, and it’s the only time I’ll ever listen to anyone talk sports.  (totalprosports)

Did you know Chuck Palahniuk got his idea for Fight Club from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?  Well, he didn’t really.  But it would appear there are some similarities…  (youtube)

This is the first time I’ve ever gotten nauseous using a search engine not looking at German pornography.  I present to you, The Revolving Internet.  At least the soothing sounds of Dusty Springfield help a little.  (therevolvinginternet)

5 “bitter” truths about chocolate.  Haha, get it?  Hey, wait a sec — Don’t you DARE bad-mouth my beloved chocolate! Oh, wait — haha!  See what I did there?  Mouth?  Chocolate?  Haha, let’s be friends.  I have some wine coolers in my fridge.  (cracked)

These are handwritten notes.  But not just any ordinary handwritten notes.  These are funny.  Seriously though, can you believe how funny I am sometimes?  I mean — mouth, chocolate — you get it, right?  (manofest)

Oh Mel Gibson.  Yes, we all love blowjobs, it’s true.  What is sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion?  A blowjob, of course.  But none of us have so much at stake, as you do.  So if we demand them from a loved one in a voicemail, we’re not risking losing our 800 million dollars.  You poor, ignorant racist.  Once again, a mighty god has been felled by a blo-jo.  (asylum)

Swearing on T.V. is okay now, apparently.  Fuck yeah.  Swearing on the internet has been cool since it started, bro.  (iwatchstuff)

I’m glad Old Spice is getting the respect it finally deserves.  I’ve been wearing this shit about 13 years now, and I’m relieved to no longer have to defend why I smell like someone’s father.  (oldspicevoicemail)

Check out these water slides.  I say this should be the next Nerd City trip.  Guys?  (popularmechanics)

T.V. series you might not have known were remakes.  Suddenly Norman Lear doesn’t seem so prolific.  (pajiba)

6 weirdest video game tie-ins.  I forgot all about the Cool Spot.  You knew he was cool because of those sweet shades he was wearing.  (dorkly)

And lastly, a recipe for “flourless banana mish-mash muffins”.  GET IT?  Seriously, throw me a bone here.  (caloriecount)