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
X-Men new mutants. In 2011, the aftermath of the "" led to the fallout between Wolverine and Cyclops. Featured in a new series titled "Wolverine and the X-Men", Wolverine rebuilt the original X-Mansion and named it theJean Grey School for Higher Learning. In 2012, as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch, several X-Men titles were canceled and relaunched, including "X-Force", "X-Factor", "X-Men: Legacy", "X-Men" and "Uncanny X-Men". The relaunched "Uncanny X-Men" featured Cyclops, his team and the new mutants, taking up residency in the Weapon X facility, which they have rebuilt into a school — the New Charles Xavier School for