Olly Alexander, Chadwick Boseman, Lane Rogers, Charlamagne tha God, Alan Cumming, Elton John, Tom Daley, Lil Nas X, Troye Sivan, Remembering Jack Kirby, and More: #GAYNRD DAILY

#GAYNRD DAILY the news, art, and ephemera round-up for Monday August 30, 2021. Above: “Late summer naps,” by Kay. Below: “26-year-old virgin straight …” by @akiramoimoi.

SONG OF THE DAY Olly Alexander’s acoustic cover of Abba’s “Lay All Your Love on Me.”

REMEMBERING Chadwick Boseman a year after we lost him to cancer.

Boss Logic wrote on Instagram: “A year ago we lost a great one, hearing his voice in @whatif hurt, miss him @chadwickboseman.” ♥️????

 

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CLIMATE CHANGE is radicalizing young people — here’s what that means and how to combat despair. CNBC: Young people are not coping well with climate anxiety. Sarah Ray, a professor of environmental studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, has had a front row seat to the way climate change has landed on young people and most notably, how the weight of that anxiety has changed over the decade-plus years she’s been a professor.

Ray wrote a book on what she’s learned: A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet, which came out in 2020.

RETURNING in October: DC’s FANDOME!

HO ON A HALF PIPE Lil’ Nas X shows off his skating skills.

STAR TREK DAY is coming. Join Paramount+ and fans from around the world for a free live-streamed celebration of Star Trek Day on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 5:30 PM, PT/8:30 PM, ET. Live from the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California, Star Trek Day will be hosted by Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton and feature a live orchestra composed by Jeff Russo, back-to-back in-person conversations with cast members and creative minds from the “Star Trek” Universe, “legacy moments” with iconic cast, plus surprise announcements and reveals throughout. Join the celebration by tuning in on Sept 8th. Live Long and Prosper.

MOOD Charlamagne tha God on Instagram.

 

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COVER I’ll be your captain today ????.

 

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THE BATMOBILE from Robert Pattinson’s The Batman:  “Holy f*cking sh*t. That f*cking slayed. A tricked out muscle car that actually looks like something Bruce Wayne did on his own.”

I DON’T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS

TWEET OF THE DAY It didn’t. But now it does.

did it hurt? when you graduated with a BA in english?

— trash jones (@jzux) August 29, 2021

PREVIEW The Last Annihilation: Wiccan & Hulkling #1 is out Wednesday.

BEACH BUM Rufus Wainwright: Happy #NationalBeachDay everyone! These photos are from 2009, the year we bought our house in Montauk, but I hope you’ve all been able to safely make it into your favorite bodies of water this summer! The beach is one of our favorite places to be. Back at the beginning of the pandemic I found myself listening to a lot of Hawaiian music – it brought me to the beach at least in my mind while we were all in lockdown at home. What are your fondest beach memories? ⛱

 

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THE DAILY Tom Daley.

ON THIS DATE August 30th, 1983 saw the debut of Illyana Rasputin as Magik in Storm and Illyana: Magik #1. Fan art by Dima Ivanov.

BAD MOJO Evan Ross Katz on D&G: A brief explainer on why we don’t — and never will — fuck with D*lce & G*bbana.

 

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ICON Saturday August 28 would have been Jack “The King” Kirby’s 104th birthday, fans of his work are gathering to pay tribute to the legendary comic creator some 26 years after his death.

Born in 1917, Kirby landed his first comics work at just 19 years of age, working on comic strips for newspapers. It wasn’t too long after that he switched roles and started working at Timely Comics, where he’d quickly create Captain America (1940) alongside frequent collaborator Joe Simon. Timely — the predecessor to Marvel — is where Kirby then spent most of his time.

After creating virtually everything for Stan Lee and Marvel in the 1960s, Kirby left for DC where he created the New Gods and introduced Darkseid, who quickly became the greatest villain in the DCU.

Today is also Jack Kirby’s birthday. I don’t know if the comic book business would exist today without Kirby. His genius is the foundation we all build on.

Here’s a Kirby appreciation I wrote a few years back…https://t.co/xbcZsXiz3Z pic.twitter.com/qtqZ6Etpk7

— J.M. DeMatteis (@JMDeMatteis) August 28, 2021

OMAC (created by Kirby) by Tom Fowler.

GRATUITOUS arm pit.

POP ART inspired Spider-Man edits from Steve Ditko artwork!

JUST ONE MORE REASON Grindr sucks.

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS Spidey and Dr. Strange by Patrick Gleason.

FAN ART The Suicide Squad “Peacemaker vs Rick Flag” comic book cover.

Spider-Man No Way Home comic book cover.

ELTON JOHN thanked his old friend Donatella Versace for a wonderful weekend in Nice, France.

 

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NO WAY HOME Fan art in PS4 poses.

PREFERENCE versus race.

STOP AND SMELL the flowers.

 

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REMOTE LEARNING hits different this time.

I present to you my 8yro brother doing online school pic.twitter.com/kY4BXMHkdY

— candice ???? (@candicefaithv) August 27, 2021

HONORARY DEGREE Alan Cumming got an honorary doctorate of drama today from his alma mater. “It’s now called the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland but in my day it was the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and I graduated 36 years ago!! Thank you to all the staff and students for a beautiful and touching trip down memory lane. It truly is an honour.”