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 vs. Street Fighter characters' appearances from the 1990s animated "X-Men" television series, complete with the original voice actors. The "Street Fighter" character sprites are reused from "Street Fighter Alpha 2". Similar to his secret guest appearance in "Children of the Atom", Akuma appears as a hidden character in "X-Men vs. Street Fighter". In order to create a level playing field between the cast of "Street Fighter" and the "X-Men" series' superheroes and supervillains, the "Street Fighter" characters were re-imagined with highly exaggerated versions of their special moves. For example, Ryu comes equipped with a "super Hadouken" that fills the entire screen. "X-Men vs.