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A black and white comic-strip panel with portraits of the author’s father. Text reads: He’s about 82, though no one knows for sure because he was born in India sometime in the 30s and has no birth certificate.’ ‘He’s had a couple of strokes, a few falls and a brain haemorrhage.’ ‘After that, he lost his balance, making it impossible for him to walk unattended.’

Drawing Dad

Safdar Ahmed, Medium, December 2019

I think I’m drawing dad to at least try and understand the difficulties of our past.

In this comic, Safdar Ahmed reflects on his father's decline due to vascular dementia and what drives him to draw his father.

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