![Panel 1 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a white man with a moustache, corduroy trousers and a plaid shirt anxiously scratches his head and bites his nails with a thought bubble asking "What if I have cancer?". The caption text reads "When a lifelong paranoia..."](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/463de54c-f423-4dbb-b8f2-565b38c81b27_LAC+Panel+1.1.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 is handed a piece of paper headed "Tumour" by a concerned-looking man in a white labcoat. The man receiving the paper thinks "I do have cancer!". The caption text reads "turns out to be true..."](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/3d3a5bda-01ce-4cb9-bf85-89ba67930b11_LAC+Panel+1.2.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 shirt saunters along looking smug, thinking "I was right all along!". The caption text reads "It's no longer paranoia"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/df574558-4a85-4edd-99bf-1e2ca94885f2_LAC+Panel+1.3.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 runs along frantically waving arms and legs, with thought bubbles expressing fears such as "Aliens are real!" "The government are robots!" and "I'm just an avatar controlled by tiny insects!!!". The caption text reads "So how do you tell what else is delusion?"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/60ecafac-cc91-4f17-9aff-f7bac35aa665_LAC+Panel+1.4.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Paranoia Enjoyer. © 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.