![Panel 1 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a doctor with a white coat, stethoscope, blue mask and glasses says "That's right, no more chemotherapy!". The caption text reads "Finishing cancer treatment is great"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/6c94bb3b-fc2b-45a6-aed7-2e31343c4f1c_LAC+Panel+8.1.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 2 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a man with a plaid shirt and moustache clutches his red-socked right foot and exclaims "Ouch, my hammer toe!". The caption text reads "But the thing is"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/b7a6fc32-bdff-45ca-9ba8-ca18e9463263_LAC+Panel+8.2.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 3 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a man with a plaid shirt and moustache clutches his lower back and exclaims "Aarghh, my flipping back!!". The caption text reads "You're still left with"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/6b1d94c5-dc1c-443e-beca-3dfbd1953800_LAC+Panel+8.3.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 4 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a man with a plaid shirt, moustache, and bloodshot eyes clutches his right knee and exclaims "Baah, my goddam varicose veins!!!". The caption text reads "An ageing human body"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/00b345d5-8624-4933-ab5a-ed4b3109e8b7_LAC+Panel+8.4.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Still Human. © Alex Brenchley for Wellcome Collection.
About the artist
Alex Brenchley
Alex Brenchley is an artist and cartoonist based in London. His work has been published by the BBC, the NHS, Literary Review, Tinpot Records, Universal Records, and The New Statesman magazine has featured his ‘This England’ cartoon series in every issue since February 2017. Alex was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer in his 30s and, following a year of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgeries, he is currently in remission.