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"Diamond Comic Distributors president and CEO Steve Geppi has predicted that the comics industry will continue to grow in 2012. The executive told USA Today that new projects from the top publishers will help the industry build on strong sales during the latter half of last year. &amp;quot;Sales of comic books were quite strong in the second half of the year, led by the September launch of DC&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;New 52&amp;#039; comic books, and that positive trend has continued in the months since,&amp;quot; said Geppi.  &amp;quot;With a full slate of high-profile new projects scheduled for next year, we are optimistic that comic book sales will increase again in 2012.&amp;quot;  Marvel Comics president and publisher Dan Buckley echoed Geppi&amp;#039;s sentiments, adding that new tools such as social media will also help stimulate market growth. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s huge - social media and the way we speak to each other. The opportunities are just fantastic out there,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Let&amp;#039;s stop talking about how this is going to end because I&amp;#039;ve watched this try to end three or four times already, and it doesn&amp;#039;t end.&amp;quot; Overall, comic sales saw a year-on-year growth of 1.2% in 2011. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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