![Panel 1 of a six-panel comic drawn digitally: Bold red title text on a yellow background reads "Greetings Translated*" the asterisk below explains "What people really say when asking after your cancer"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/766b6fb1-df22-43f2-b386-0a8346fcc952_LAC+Panel+10.1.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 2 of a six-panel comic drawn digitally: Speech bubbles read "How... [long pause] are you?*" and "How are... errm... things?*". The word things is italicised. The asterisk below says "Please don't make me use the word 'cancer'!"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/ac67f7fc-c6a2-42c5-8ed9-142c771cecfe_LAC+Panel+10.2.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 3 of a six-panel comic drawn digitally: Speech bubble reads "What's the latest?*". The asterisk below says "Geeeeeze, is it over yet??"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/5bb5e37d-6fa0-494b-bb31-0de4fe19ccd4_LAC+Panel+10.3.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 4 of a six-panel comic drawn digitally: Speech bubble reads "WWhat news on the Rialto*". The asterisk below says "I want to know about your health as much as I want you to know that I can quote Shakespeare"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/f9a1bf24-d0a7-42c7-8e7f-5eaef4f6b785_LAC+Panel+10.4.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 5 of a six-panel comic drawn digitally: Speech bubble reads "Heyyyyyy!!!*". The asterisk below says "Is it okay if we just ignore everything and have a good time?"](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/f8ef08f2-9f1d-45ad-8cd2-6ed1c9bf4918_LAC+Panel+10.5.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
![Panel 6 of a six-panel comic drawn digitally: Speech bubbles read "Hey! How's your health?*" and "Hello! How is the cancer at the moment?*". The asterisk below says "(Asking a direct question needs no translation!)](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/7cf7b507-772c-4a3d-a82b-8c464f3eaf07_LAC+Panel+10.6.png?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Translation. © 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.