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
Pixie (X-Men) missions and teams and places her as one of the titles' primary magic users. She was first introduced as a student on the Paragons training squad at the Xavier Institute in "" #5 (November 2004), later joining the New X-Men team, and later graduating to the Uncanny X-Men team. Though only a side character in her initial appearances, she has since become a prominent character in various X-Men titles. Pixie first appeared in "" #5 (November 2004) and was created by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir and Michael Ryan. Megan Gwynn is a Welsh teenager from a fictional mining town called