![Panel 1 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: Two people sit on the grass. The one with brown skin, shoulder-length brown hair and a purple shirt asks "Have you seen Alex's Comics?" and the other with white skin, short red hair and a pink t-shirt replies "Yeah".](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/24cc270e-637a-4a54-a9db-7e4a66f0dc34_LAC+Panel+12.1.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 2 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: Two people sit on the grass. The one with white skin, short red hair and a pink t-shirt says "It's great but I wish he wouldn't bang on about cancer so much." The person with brown skin, shoulder-length brown hair and a purple shirt replies "Exactly".](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/3e972912-11ea-4e1b-9451-2fc18574e262_LAC+Panel+12.2.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 3 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: Two people sit on the grass and one man (Alex) wearing a plaid shirt and corduroy trousers walks up behind them saying "Hey guys!". The sitting person with white skin, short red hair and a pink t-shirt says "Hey Alex! We were just talking about how much we love your new comics".](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/82f114c4-34e6-4385-820e-459144876e4d_LAC+Panel+12.3.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 4 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: A close-up of a moustached man's face bearing a pained expression, biting his lip and gazing into the distance. A thought bubble reads "Christ, will everything I do from now on have to be about cancer?!"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/0f1051be-2f03-4c1e-8279-dbf8f833e447_LAC+Panel+12.4.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
All About Cancer. © 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.