Manga and Grant Wood

    Manga is the Japanese word for comics.  It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels that were originally published in Japan.  In Japan, manga is either read in serialized form in monthly magazines or comic books, or in graphic novels, which are book-length comics. 
    Grant Wood was an American painter best known for his work in the American midwest,particularly the painting American Gothic.