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1997 Pantera di Lucca Comics (Lucca Comics' Panther Award)

(Winners in bold and followed by an *)

Best Italian Scriptwriter (or sole Author)

  • Francesca Ghermandi *

Best Italian Designer

  • Marco Rota *

Best Foreign Scriptwriter (or sole Author)

  • Neil Gaiman *

Best Foreign Designer

  • Jeff Smith *

Best Current Publisher in the Italian Market

  • Vittorio Pavesio Productions *

Best Emerging Author

  • Silvia Ziche *

"Targa Gran Guinigi" Career Award (Italian Author)

  • Sergio Bonelli/Guido Nolitta *

"Targa Gran Guinigi" Career Award (Foreign Author)

  • Sydney Jordan *

Nominating Jury
Alberto Becattini (storico, massimo filologo mondiale sui comics; Italy)
Claudio Bertieri (critico, scrittore, ideatore e organizzatore di mostre e rassegne, "cofondatore" del Salone Internazionale dei Comics; Italy)
Giovan Battista Carpi (pittore, illustrator, fumettista, insegnante di comics; Italy)
Paul Gravett (Critic, Editor, Curator of a museum of comics; Inghilterra)
Don Rosa (multi-award winning author for Disney; USA)
Ervin Rustemagic (Literary agent, sceneggiatore, Television producor; Slovenia)
Franco Spiritelli (Critic, fondatore della rivista "Fumo di China", Italy)

"Targa" of Masters of Comics
  • Antonio Mancuso *
  • Paolo Piffarerio *
  • Carlo Peroni *
  • Antonio Terenghi *
  • Loredano Ugolini *
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