Eric Jerome Dickey the Year (Blackbirds), and 2017 Author of the Year (Finding Gideon) as part of Yvette Hayward's African American Literary Awards Show held in the mecca of publishing, New York City. It is the only ongoing literary awards show that recognizes griots from the diaspora. Eric Jerome Dickey was named Distinguished Lecturer of the Leimert Park Village Book Fair, August 2018. Dickey is the author of the graphic novel "Storm", which re-imagines the first meeting between the popular X-Men character Ororo Munroe and T'Challa, king of the fictional land of Wakanda known as the Black Panther. He performed stand-up comedy, mostly
Inhumans vs. X-Men individuals. "Inhumans vs. X-Men" was announced by Marvel's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada on July 23, 2016 during his "Cup o' Joe" panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. This story closes the story arcs established at the end of 2015's "Secret Wars" event. Prior to releasing "Inhumans vs. X-Men", Marvel released the four-part bimonthly series "Death of X" to serve as a prequel that would lead into the events of "Inhumans vs. X-Men". In a Comic-Con interview, Lemire discussed the broader, real-world implications of the event: " X-Men stories have always been very allegorical and very symbolic for real world