Terrible news concerning nik -- Niky passed away last night.

[Wally's Comics]

The weird thing... And please tell me if I am out of line here... Is that niks collecting and his eye for good books should provide his wife and kids with a nice amount of money if they ever decode to sell.

 

decode, what are they sherlock holmes???

 

Decide, right?

 

 

[Ares]

The weird thing... And please tell me if I am out of line here... Is that niks collecting and his eye for good books should provide his wife and kids with a nice amount of money if they ever decode to sell.

 

decode, what are they sherlock holmes???

 

Decide, right?

 

 

Yup

Bad Ares

[Wally's Comics]

The weird thing... And please tell me if I am out of line here... Is that niks collecting and his eye for good books should provide his wife and kids with a nice amount of money if they ever decode to sell.

 

decode, what are they sherlock holmes???

 

Decide, right?

 

 

Yup

Bad Ares

 

no bad,...

good...

 

And you're right, his Books were tight as ever!

 

 

(thumbs u

[mjacobs8]

My condolences to Nik's family.

 

 

Michael

[Tomega]

The weird thing... And please tell me if I am out of line here... Is that niks collecting and his eye for good books should provide his wife and kids with a nice amount of money if they ever decide to sell.

 

No, I do not think it is out of line. I am sure in the future, his friends will help his wife sell them properly.

[thanos_oftitan]

RIP Nik - it's a sad day....

[oakman29]

R.I.P Nik,thats all I have to say about that

[Skynwalker]

Thanks for everything, Nik.

 

God Bless you and your family.

[Silver Surfer]

Wow I still can't believe this. RIP Nik, this place will never be the same without you. My heart goes out to the family, lets try our best to raise some funds for them.

[shortstack comics]

Nik - You will be missed, sir.

 

Jason

[Bronty]

condolences to nik's friends and family RIP.

[TheWatcher]

The weird thing... And please tell me if I am out of line here... Is that niks collecting and his eye for good books should provide his wife and kids with a nice amount of money if they ever decide to sell.

 

I believe that's already being discussed, or at least there's been some talk. Between that and the contributions & auction, there should hopefully be enough to help with expenses and start a trust fund for the kids (if that's what they choose to do)

[Silver Surfer]

Hopefully they will never have to sell their Dad's collection.

[supapimp]

Hopefully they will never have to sell their Dad's collection.

 

does anybody have an idea of how many slabbed and raw books, that nik has amassed, in his way too short of a life? it maybe well be a nice nest egg for his kids.

[Silver]

This is horribly sad. I never met Nik, but bought and sold with him through the boards over the years. He was and will always be a legend on these boards.

[dam60]

I am very sorry to hear about Nik.

 

All my deepest sympathies to his family and friends. My thoughts and prayers go out to you.

 

RIP

[cujobyte]

My Deepest Condolences to Nik's family and friends.

 

Although I had never met him, we pm'd each other many many times. It says much about a man whose heart and warmth could be felt through words on a message board. We will miss you.

 

Nick and Anne

[kimik]

I was shocked and saddened to hear about Nick from Andy and Ted's crew at the SDCC this week. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family and all of his close friends on the boards.

 

Although I had never met him in person, I always liked talking with him here and thought he was a great guy. He will be missed.

[bounty_coder]

I had the pleasure of doing business with Nik and will say that he surely was one of the brightest gems in the sea of people that I have dealt with. My prayers go to your family for pulling together during this most sad time of their life.

 

Bill, thank you for the passage below. It was very nice.

 

Twelve years ago my family was introduced to "The Dragonfly" when my nephew passed away. Since then it has become a part of our mourning process and has been read at passings. I hope it touches everyone here while they grieve.

 

"The Dragonfly"

 

Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions.

 

Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew that when this happened, their friend was dead, gone forever.

 

Then one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what he found at the top.

 

When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun was so warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body changed, and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful blue tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying. So fly he did! As he soared, he saw the beauty of a whole new world and a far superior way of life to what he had ever known even existed.

 

Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking by now that he was dead. He wanted to go back to them, and explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended.

 

But his new body would not go down into the water. He could not get back to tell his friends that good news. Then he understood that their time would come, when they too would know what he now knew. So he raised his wings and flew off into his joyous new life!

 

 

Fly well Nik. You touched many.

[mr_highgrade]

RIP Nik. You will be greatly missed.