Holiday Plans

Artwork by Alex Brenchley 7 April 2023

Comic

Panel 1 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a man with a plaid shirt and moustache leans on a desk with papers on, writing. He has his left hand raised to his chin and a thoughtful expression. A thought bubble coming from his head is filled with mathematical formulae.
The caption text reads "I've been trying to figure it out"

Panel 2 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a hand holding a pencil hovers over a sheaf of paper, the top sheet of which has cursive text reading "average no. of hospital visits = one per week for the last two years". Two years is double underlined.
The caption text reads "How long it's been"

Panel 3 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a man with a plaid shirt and moustache leans sits on a sofa with a beach towel as a blanket over his shoulders, eating a Cornetto ice cream. In front of him is a sandcastle made from library books with a little red flag on top.
The caption text reads "since I've been on holiday"

Panel 4 of a four-panel comic drawn digitally: a man with a plaid shirt and moustache anxiously looks towards a woman with short brown hair who is packing a towel into a suitcase. He clutches a little building with an NHS sign, about the size of a shoebox, labelled "my local hospital" and asks "Can I pack this?"
The caption text reads "Definitely too long"

Holiday Plans. © 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.

Holiday Plans

About the artist

Alex Brenchley

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