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November 16, 2020 19:37

We received the terrible news that our colleague Arco van Os suddenly passed away at home this morning.

As a community manager, Arco was the point of contact for many here on LastDodo (formerly the Catawiki collectors platform). He did it in a great way and was the driving force behind our vibrant collector community for over 6 years. In addition, he was constantly involved in and initiator of innovations on our platform. We worked very well with him every day.

Arco has meant a lot to the collector's world in general and the comics world in particular. Among other things, he was publisher and editor-in-chief of Stripschrift and organizer of trade fairs such as the Stripdagen . He was also a lyricist of books, songs and comic strips (such as a Sjors en Sjimmie story).

Arco's great predilection for comics and collecting started as a child. Our catalog contains a clipping with a nice article about him and his comic collection from AD (2009). In addition to comics, he was also very interested in film (including James Bond), TV series, detectives and cabaret.

In the 1970s and 1980s, a young Arco managed the comics department of Old Comic House Kralingen , formerly Nero Interstrip, the first Dutch comic shop (founded in 1968, before Lambiek) and publisher of the first Dutch comics catalogue .

It was nice that he could also express his great enthusiasm for comics and collecting in his work. Already then and still recently in Stripschrift and in his work for our platform.

In addition to his great significance for the comics world, Arco was above all a very nice, driven and involved person with an incredible knowledge of many areas and a great sense of humour. He just turned 59 years old.

We are deeply touched by Arco's passing and will miss him terribly. We wish everyone who knew him a lot of strength with this great loss.

Marco and Rene

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No, I don't really want to realize this. How unbelievably tragic this loss. Communicated with him last night and now this terrible news.

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Yes, it is incredibly unreal Tammo. We also had contact with him during the weekend and last night at half past ten he did another post on this forum. It's unbelievable ...

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November 16, 2020 19:55

...

I literally have no words to express how sorry I am about this.

What a sad day ...

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November 16, 2020 19:59

Deeply shocked, that's all I can say now. I have to process this.

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I can only agree with all the foregoing ... Disbelief ...

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November 16, 2020 20:05

A big loss

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November 16, 2020 20:18

What a sad day this is, no words for it. We will miss him

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What terrible news, a small disaster for the catalog and everyone who cares about it.

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November 16, 2020 20:25

I can't reach it, this is bad.
I am curious if there is someone who can replace it

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November 16, 2020 20:33

Damn, strength to the family.

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November 16, 2020 20:46

Sincere condolences to Arco's family members and loved ones.

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My condolences to the family and everyone who knew him up close. For me, he was the guide in bug fixing, novelty testing, and catalog cleaning. Hopefully someone will take this further, but those are concerns for later. First recover ...
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What news, what a loss ... He was always omnipresent, Arco was just LastDodo ... And now suddenly not anymore.

My condolences to family, friends and everyone who knew him.

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November 16, 2020 21:28

What sad news this is.

Participation and strength everyone.

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November 16, 2020 21:52

This is Unreal news.

My sincere condolences to family and friends.

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November 16, 2020 22:17

Intense! Totally unexpected! What bad news.

I spoke to him last week ...

No more words ..

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November 16, 2020 22:25

What an unpleasant message to hear.

If you had or wanted to know something, he was always ready to help and explain something ..

My condolences to family and friends and strength for the coming period without this unique man.

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November 16, 2020 22:26

.

My sincere condolences to family and friends

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God, if any, has added a one of a kind copy to his collection.
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What sad news and so completely unexpected. I have always admired his expertise, tact and unbridled commitment. A big loss. My sincere condolences.

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November 16, 2020 22:37

Chills yee that's thump what a message

all who were dear to him a lot of strength

need to recover now

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A terrible message in an unreal year. I have no words for it. The catalog is going to miss him and his work. Strength to his loved ones and everyone who knew him.

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We will miss him very much.

Much strength to family and friends.

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The strange thing is that I can't even remember how the site was managed before Arco picked it up, he left such a mark on it. Indelible ...

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