My Town, My Life, My Story

Graphic Novels about Growing Up in San Leandro

In the Summer of 2010, a group of San Leandro teens created their own graphic novels during a ten-week workshop at the San Leandro Public Library. Please explore the links below to see the teens' creative and unique work. We would like to hear your comments. Please send comments via e-mail to cselig@sanleandro.org.


Scarface by Vincent Goh


Keep Ya Head Up! by Leilani Diaz


Where Are we Going? by Crystal Leung


My Life in a Nutshell by I'mani Nash


It All Started with a Bottle of Ketchup by Terrence Wong


Pierce My Heart by Ayanna Brett-Klein


Bounce by Christy Leung


The Images in My Head by Carl Nash


Pride! by Natasha Zee


Crash Testing by Rigo Valadez-Bigler


Kid by Michelle Huang


This project was made possible with support from the California Council for the Humanities in a partnership with the BayTree Fund. The Council is an independent non-profit organization and a partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on the Council, visit www.calhum.org.