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1998 Pantera di Lucca Comics (Lucca Comics' Panther Award)

(Winners in bold and followed by an *)

Best Italian Scriptwriter (or sole Author)

  • Alfredo Castelli *
  • Mauro Cominelli
  • Massimo De Vita
  • Leo Ortolani
  • Giovanni Mattioli
  • Vittorio Giardino

Best Italian Designer

  • Roberto Baldazzini *
  • Massimo Bonfatti
  • Massimo Carnevale
  • Giuseppe Palumbo
  • Corrado Mastantuono
  • Fabio Civitelli
  • Davide Toffolo
  • Claudio Villa

Best Foreign Scriptwriter (or sole Author)

  • Daniel Clowes
  • David Mazzucchelli
  • Alexandro Jodorowski *
  • Terry Moore
  • Rumiko Takahashi
  • Chris Ware
  • Noel Van Horn
  • Alexandar Zograf
  • Robin Wood

Best Foreign Designer

  • Eddie Campbell
  • Cèsar Ferioli
  • Juan Giminez *
  • Jason Lutes
  • Thomas Ott
  • Josè Munoz
  • Mark Schultz
  • Daan Jippes

Best Current Publisher in the Italian Market

  • Kappa Edizioni
  • Paolo Ferriani Editore
  • PuntoZero
  • Hazard
  • Sergio Bonelli Editore *
  • Magic Press
  • Phoenix Enterprise

Best Book in the Italian Market

  • Lo sconosciuto (The Disowned), by Magnus (Einaudi);
  • Palestine, by Joe Sacco (Phoenix Enterprise)
  • Prima pagare poi ricordare (Pay first, then remember), by Filippo Scozzari (Castelvecchi)
  • Verso la tempesta (Against the Storm), by Will Eisner (PuntoZero) *
  • I camminatori (Fond of Walking), by Otto Gabos (Kappa Edizioni)
  • Benvenuti a Palomar (Welcome to Palomar), by Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez (Magic Press)
  • Jonas Fink, by Vittorio Giardino (Lizard)

Best Young Author

  • Gianluca Costantini
  • Tito Faraci *
  • Piero Ferrero (in Feropi art)
  • Gian Maria Liani
  • Patrizia Mandanici
  • Tommaso Milella
  • Stefano Zattera

Career Award (Italian Author)

  • Guglielmo Letteri
  • Giorgio Rebuffi *
  • Carlo Chendi
  • Nevio Zeccara
  • Enrico Bagnoli
  • Enzo Facciolo

Career Award (Foreign Author)

  • Edika (Edouard Carali)
  • Don Lawrence *
  • David Mazzucchelli
  • Robin Wood
  • Leonard Starr
  • Alexandro Jodorowski
  • Munoz and Sampayo

Nominating Jury:
Gianfranco Goria (journalist, author, President of Anonima Fumetti; President of the Jury)
Luciano Bottaro (author; Italy)
Hermann (author; Belgium)
Sydney Jordan (author; UK)
Raphael Martinez (international agent, publisher; Spain) Ulrich Schroder (author, Disney Creative Center--Paris; Germany) Dez Skinn (publisher; UK) Carlos Trillo (comic book scriptwriter, comic book historian; Argentina)


"Targhe" of Masters of the Image
Decided by the "Scientific Committee" of Lucca Comics
  • Tiberio Colantuoni *
  • Guglielmo Letteri *
  • Guido Zamperoni *
  • Nevio Zeccara *
  • Sergio Tarquinio *

Smoke of China Award
(Voted on by readers and critics)

Realistic Comics
Best Scriptwriter: Carl Ambrosini
Best Designer: Giampiero Casertano
Best Solo Author: Vittorio Giardino
Best New Author: Giuseppe Franzella
Best Character: Jonas Fink

Humorous Comics
Best Scriptwriter: Leo Ortolani
Best Designer: George Cavazzano
Best Solo Author: Leo Ortolani
Best New Author: Paul Zaniboni
Best Character: Calvin & Hobbes

Other Categories
Best "copertinista": Claudius Villa
Best "testata": Napoleone
Best publisher: Lizard
Best comic collection: Jonas Fink
Best story: Ken Parker, "Face of Branch"
Best classic: Letterista
Best Watchmen: Renata Tuis
Best translator: Daniel Brolli
Career Award: Lina Buffolente
"Targa" Pines Marks: Erinni