By Paul Flippen   Graphic Medicine is presently established well enough as a field to enjoy an avant garde. We have exemplary works of personal narrative offering glimpses into direct experience with the medical community. We have important nonfiction contributions that educate, explain, or elucidate. With The Tumor in the Clay by Nick Francis, we now also have a poetic work that communicates an intersection of health and humanity through metaphor (and dazzling visuals). Lacking text narration, the graphic novel retains legibility through a flexible four panel layout of stacked horizontal frames whose aspect ratio comfortably alludes to cinematic storytelling…. Read More