![Panel 1 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a white man with a moustache, corduroy trousers and a plaid shirt wears a bright orange helmet and a smile as he leaps into the air on a skateboard. The caption text reads "You'd think having cancer..."](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/e6546b76-aeea-4b90-9b4a-26082697cbf9_LAC+Panel+4.1.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 2 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a white man with a moustache, corduroy trousers and a plaid shirt leaps from an aeroplane with a parachute backpack, goggles and a terrified expression. The caption text reads "would give you a new lease of life..."](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/156142d3-08d4-48dc-b378-0cbe0e3fa655_LAC+Panel+4.2.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 3 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a white man with a moustache, corduroy trousers and a plaid hoodie uses a pickaxe to scale a mountain. The caption text reads "spurred on to seek new thrills"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/c628ca4b-8f95-4d2e-baba-f4cd65848846_LAC+Panel+4.3.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 4 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a white man with a moustache, corduroy trousers and a plaid shirt sits serenely on a sofa with legs curled up beneath him, book in hand and steaming hot mug of tea on the table beside him. The caption text reads "But not today."](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/93cbefcd-66fc-441c-a437-b8f540c1bded_LAC+Panel+4.4.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Adrenaline. © 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.