Yellow Kid Award

{{Short description|European comics award}} {{Infobox award | name = Yellow Kid Award | current_awards = | former name = Silver Plaque (1966)<br />Golden Guinigi Tower (1967)<br />Grand Guinigi (1969) | sponsor = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | awarded_for = Achievements in the field of comics and animation | host = | country = Italy | location = 1970–1992: Salone Internazionale dei Comics (Lucca)<br />1994–2005: Salone Internazionale dei Comics/Expocartoon (Rome) | year = 1970 | year2 = | website = | previous = | next= }} The '''Yellow Kid Awards''' (Italian: ''Premio Yellow Kid'') are comic book awards presented in Italy from 1970 to 1992{{efn|Beginning in 1978, funding issues reduced the frequency of the festival — and thus the frequency of the Yellow Kid Awards — to every two years.}} at Salone Internazionale dei Comics in Lucca, then from 1994 to 2005 at the Salone Internazionale dei Comics in Rome. The Yellow Kid is one of the world's first awards linked to comics. Their name refers to The Yellow Kid, a character created by the American Richard F. Outcault at the end of the 19th century, and considered one of the first comic book heroes.<ref name=S1970>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone06.asp |title=6° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS LUCCA, 1970 |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org|trans-title=6th International Lucca Comics Salon, 1970}}</ref>

== History == === Antecedent prizes === From 1966 to 1969, a previous set of prizes were awarded at the Salone Internazionale dei Comics Lucca festival, namely the '''Silver Plaque''' (Italian: ''Targa d'Argento'') in 1966, the '''Golden Guinigi Tower''' (Italian: ''Torre Guinigi d'oro'') in 1967 and the '''Grand Guinigi''' in 1969 (Italian: ''Gran Guinigi'').

In 1966, during the second edition of the festival, the monthly magazine ''Linus'' presented three Silver Plaques to Orietta Garzanti, for Best Italian Publisher (for ''I primi eroi''), Best Foreign Publication (for ''Giff-Wiff'') and Best Italian Critic (to Piero Canotto).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone02.asp |title=2° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS LUCCA, 1966 |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org|lang=Italian|trans-title=2nd International Lucca Comics Salon, 1966}}</ref>

The following year, 1967, the festival organized the award ceremony through an international jury.<ref name=S1967>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone03.asp |title=3° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS LUCCA, 1967 |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org|trans-title=3rd International Lucca Comics Salon 1967}}</ref> These prizes, the '''Golden Guinigi Tower''', an homage to Lucca's most famous monument, were reserved for participants of the fair and the exhibition ''"I comics oggi"'' ("Comic Strips Today").<ref name=S1967 /> That year, the festival also awarded six prizes to Gian Luigi Bonelli, Cesare Zavattini, Rino Albertarelli, Benito Jacovitti, Mario Gentilini, and Alpe Editions,<ref name=S1967 /> an initiative which was not renewed in the following years.

During the following festival, held in November 1968, the awards ceremony was canceled following protests from the authors, in the context of May 68.<ref>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone04.asp |title=4° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS LUCCA, 1968 |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org|trans-title=4th International Comics Salon Lucca, 1968}}</ref>

The awarding of prizes at Lucca resumed in 1969, this time under the name '''Grand Guinigi'''.<ref name=S1969>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone05.asp |title=5° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS LUCCA, 1969 |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org|trans-title=5th International Lucca Comics Salon, 1969}}</ref> An encouragement prize and a criticism prize were also introduced.<ref name=S1969 />

=== The Yellow Kids === From 1970, the awards were renamed after the Yellow Kid; a statuette representing the little boy dressed in a yellow nightgown began being given to the prize winners.<ref name=S1970 /> The Yellow Kid Awards were presented at Lucca Comics & Games through 1992.

From 1994 to 2005, the Yellow Kid Awards were presented at the Salone Internazionale dei Comics festival held in Rome as part of Expocartoon.

=== Gran Guinigi returns (2006–present) === In 2006, Lucca Comics & Games replaced the Yellow Kid Awards by bringing back the '''Gran Guinigi''' as a career accomplishment award.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

=== Lucca Comics Awards === In 2020, as the Lucca festival redubbed itself '''Lucca Changes''' amidst a shift to virtual programming during the COVID-19 pandemic,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.luccachanges.com/it/page/lucca-comics-and-games-edizione-changes|title=Che cos'è Lucca Comics & Games - edizione Changes|accessdate=3 June 2021}}</ref> the awards shifted to a new system under the umbrella term '''Lucca Comics Awards''', consisting of 9 categories (3 '''Yellow Kid'''s, five '''Gran Guinigi'''s, and one '''Stefano Beani Award''' (named for a former festival director), "regardless of nationality, editorial format or distribution method".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tomshw.it/culturapop/lucca-comics-awards-i-nuovi-oscar-del-fumetto-a-lucca-changes/|title=Lucca Comics Awards i nuovi "Oscar del Fumetto" a Lucca Changes |first= Domenico |last=Bottalico |date= 24 October 2020 |website=Tom's Hardware|accessdate=3 June 2021}}</ref>

== Categories == In addition to Yellow Kid awards for Italian writers, artists, and cartoonists; and similar awards for foreign creators, the festival jury also awards special Yellow Kid prizes at its convenience. For instance, the UNICEF plaque rewarding humanist works or institutions (from 1976), renamed the '''Hector Œsterheld Plaque''' in 1986; and the '''Caran-d'Ache Prize''' rewarding illustrators (from 1978). The organization also awards special guests of the festival a Yellow Kid for '''"A Life Devoted to Cartooning"''' (from 1972) and a Caran-d’Ache for '''"A Life Devoted to Illustration"''' (from 1982).

Since 1969 accredited journalists present at the festival have also presented prizes, in particular the '''Fantoche Prize''' rewarding a critical work on animation (1973-1982); the '''Critics Referendum Prize''' rewarding a work of animation (1973), the name of which evolved regularly from 1982; and category prizes rewarding various audiovisual or cinematographic works, taking the name of the '''Fantoche Prize''' (from 1984).

Prizes are also awarded by public vote (from 1974) and by a jury dedicated to academic work ('''Romano Calisi Prize''', from 1984).

== List of Yellow Kid Award-winners == Unless otherwise specified, these prizes are called the "Yellow Kid Prize for/to...". === Authors === ==== Italian division ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Prize{{efn|name=YellowKid|Unless otherwise specified in parentheses, these prizes are named "Yellow Kid".}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1967{{efn|name=YellowKid}} | Copi{{efn|"For its rigorous style and its rebellious irony."}} | Golden Guinigi Tower for Artist |- | Guido Crepax{{efn|"For his research linked to the most significant ferments of contemporary visual culture."}} | Golden Guinigi Tower for Writer |- ! rowspan=3 | 1969<ref name=S1969 /> | Pier Carpi{{efn|name=May68|"For his activities in 1968."}} | rowspan=2| Grand Guinigi for Writer |- | Michele Gazzarri{{efn|name=May68}} |- | Hugo Pratt{{efn|For ''The Ballad of the Salty Sea''.}} | Grand Guinigi for Artist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1970<ref name=S1970 /> | Dino Battaglia | Cartoonist |- | Alfredo Castelli | Writer |- ! rowspan=2 | 1971<ref name=S1971>{{cite web|language=it |title=7° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS LUCCA, 1971 |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone07.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Gianni De Luca | Artist |- | Mino Milani | Writer |- ! rowspan=2 | 1972<ref name=S1972>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone08.asp |title=8° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL CINEMA DI ANIMAZIONE |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}</ref> | Guido Crepax | Cartoonist |- | Grazia Nidasio | Artist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1973<ref name=S1973>{{cite web|language=it |title=9° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone09.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Guido Buzzelli | Cartoonist |- | Lino Landolfi | Artist |- ! rowspan=3 | 1974<ref name=S1974>{{cite web|language=it |title=10° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone10.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Bonvi | Cartoonist |- | {{Interlanguage link|Emanuele Pirella|it}} | Writer |- | {{Interlanguage link|Tullio Pericoli|it}} | Artist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1975<ref name=S1975>{{cite web|language=it |title=11° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone11.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Massimo Mattioli | Cartoonist |- | Sergio Toppi | Artist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1976<ref name=S1976>{{cite web|language=it |title=12° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone12.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Altan | Cartoonist |- | {{Interlanguage link|Giuseppe Madaudo|it}} | Artist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1978<ref name=S1978>{{cite web|language=it |title=13° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone13.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | {{Interlanguage link| Cinzia Ghigliano |it}} | Cartoonist |- | Milo Manara<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clute |first1=John |first2= John |last2=Grant |title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy |publisher= Macmillan |date=1999|page= 621}}</ref> | Artist |- ! rowspan=3 | 1980<ref name=S1980>{{cite web|language=it |title=14° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone14.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Daniele Panebarco | Cartoonist |- | Attilio Micheluzzi | Artist |- | Cristina Lastrego and Francesco Testa | Caran-d'Ache for Illustration |- ! rowspan=3 | 1982<ref name=S1982>{{cite web |last=Traini |first=Rinaldo |title=15° SALONE, 1982 |publisher=Immagine-Centro Studi Iconografici |year=1982 |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone15.asp |language=Italian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227033314/http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone15.asp |archive-date=27 February 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> | Vittorio Giardino | Cartoonist |- | Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri | Artist |- | Giovanni Mulazzani | Caran-d'Ache for Illustration |- ! rowspan=3 | 1984<ref name=S1984>{{cite web|language=it |title=16° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS E DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE |url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone16.asp |website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | Sergio Staino | Cartoonist |- | Anna Brandoli | Artist |- | Alarico Gattia | Caran-d'Ache for Illustration |- ! rowspan=3 | 1986<ref name=S1986>{{cite web|publisher= Immagine-Centro Studi Iconografici|title= 17° SALONE, 1986|url= http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone17.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120207041827/http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone17.asp|archive-date= 7 February 2012|url-status= dead|language= it|access-date= 16 June 2015}}</ref> | {{Interlanguage link| Roberto Dal Prà |it}} | Cartoonist |- | Franco Saudelli | Artist |- | Fabrizio del Tessa | Caran-d'Ache for Illustration |- ! rowspan=3 | 1990<ref name=S1990>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone18.asp |title=18° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS, DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE E DELL'ILLUSTRAZIONE|website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}</ref> | Tiziano Sclavi | Cartoonist |- | Massimo Rotundo | Artist |- | Flavio Costantini | Caran-d'Ache for Illustration |- ! rowspan=3 | 1992<ref name=S1992>{{cite web|lang=it|url=http://www.immaginecentrostudi.org/saloni/salone19.asp |title=19° SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEI COMICS, DEL FILM DI ANIMAZIONE E DELL'ILLUSTRAZIONE|website=immaginecentrostrudi.org}}</ref> | Giorgio Cavazzano | Cartoonist |- | Giancarlo Alessandrini | Artist |- | Riccardo Mannelli | Caran-d'Ache for Illustration |}

==== Foreign/international division ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Country ! Prize{{efn|name=YellowKid}} |- ! 1967<ref name=S1967 /> | Jules Feiffer{{efn|"For his provocative proposal of a discourse on the current condition of man."}} | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist (Golden Guinigi Tower) |- ! rowspan=4 | 1969<ref name=S1969 /> | Robert Gigi{{efn|For ''Scarlett Dream'' and ''Orion''.}} |{{flag|FRA}} | Artist (Grand Guinigi) |- | Reg Smythe{{efn|For the creation of ''Andy Capp''.}} | {{flag|GBR}} | Cartoonist (Grand Guinigi) |- | Robert Crumb | {{flag|USA}} | rowspan=2| Honorable Mention |- | {{Interlanguage link| Enric Sió i Guardiola |es|lt= Enric Sió}} | {{flag|ESP}} |- ! 1970<ref name=S1970 /> | Johnny Hart<ref>{{cite book|last=Nordling |first=Lee |title=Your Career in the Comics |publisher=Newspaper Features Council (U.S.)/Andrews McMeel Publishing |date=1995 |page= 235}}</ref> | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1971<ref name=S1971 /> | Lee Falk | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- | {{Interlanguage link| Enric Sió i Guardiola |es|lt= Enric Sió}} | {{flag|ESP}} | Artist |- ! rowspan=2 | 1972<ref name=S1972 /> | Nikita Mandryka |{{flag|FRA}} | Cartoonist |- | Brant Parker | {{flag|USA}} | Artist |- ! rowspan=3 | 1973<ref name=S1973 /> | Fred |{{flag|FRA}} | Cartoonist |- | Eduardo Teixeira Coelho | {{flag|BRA}} | Artist |- | Alberto Breccia |{{flag|ARG}} | Special jury prize |- ! rowspan=3 | 1974<ref name=S1974 /> | Vaughn Bodē | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- | {{Interlanguage link|Antonio Hernández Palacios|es}} | {{flag|ESP}} | Writer or cartoonist |- | Roy Crane | {{flag|USA}} | Special jury prize |- ! rowspan=3 | 1975<ref name=S1975 /> | Dan O'Neill{{efn|For ''The Penny-Ante Republican''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=O%27NEILL%2c+DAN |title=O'Neill entry |work=Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928-1999 |access-date= 8 October 2016}}</ref> }} | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- | Jean Giraud |{{flag|FRA}} | Artist |- | Frank Hampson | {{flag|GBR}} | Special jury prize{{efn|Hampson was declared "Prestigioso Maestro" ("Prestigious Master") and the best writer and artist of strip cartoons since the end of the Second World War.{{cn|date=July 2024}} }} |- ! rowspan=3 | 1976<ref name=S1976 /> | Jeff Jones | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- | Enki Bilal |{{flag|FRA}} | Artist |- | Rius | {{flag|MEX}} | UNICEF comics plaque{{efn|name=UNICEF|Prize awarded by the jury on the occasion of a partnership with UNICEF to reward humanitarian works.}} |- ! rowspan=5 | 1978<ref name=S1978 /> | Harry North | {{flag|GBR}} | Cartoonist |- | Carlos Trillo |{{flag|ARG}} | Artist |- | Bobby London | {{flag|USA}} | Special jury prize |- | Karel Thole | {{flag|NED}} | Caran-d'Ache for illustration |- | Oscar Conti |{{flag|ARG}} | UNICEF comics plaque{{efn|name=UNICEF}} |- ! rowspan=4 | 1980<ref name=S1980 /> | Mœbius |{{flag|FRA}} | Cartoonist |- | Comès | {{flag|BEL}} | Artist |- | Ferenc Pinter | {{flag|HUN}}{{efn|Pinter had been living in Italy since 1956.}} | Caran-d'Ache for a Master of Illustration |- | Hector Oesterheld |{{flag|ARG}} | UNICEF comics plaque{{efn|name=UNICEF}} |- ! rowspan=3 | 1982<ref name=S1982 /> | Art Spiegelman | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- | José Antonio Muñoz |{{flag|ARG}} | Artist |- | Howard Chaykin | rowspan=4 | {{flag|USA}} | Caran-d'Ache for illustration |- ! rowspan=6 | 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | Jaime Hernandez<ref name=TCJ95>{{cite magazine|title=Hernandez Brothers Win Award |magazine=The Comics Journal| number=95 |date=Feb 1985 |page= 21}}</ref> | rowspan=3 | Cartoonist |- | Gilbert Hernandez<ref name=TCJ95 /> |- | Mario Hernandez<ref name=TCJ95 /> |- | François Bourgeon |{{flag|FRA}} | Artist |- | Guillermo Mordillo |{{flag|ARG}} | Special jury prize |- | Manuel Sanjuliàn | {{flag|ESP}} | Caran-d'Ache for illustration |- ! rowspan=6 | 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | Horacio Altuna | {{flag|ARG}} | Cartoonist |- | Serge Le Tendre |{{flag|FRA}} | Artist |- | Bill Sienkiewicz | {{flag|USA}} | Special jury prize{{efn|For "bridging the gap between American and European artistic sensibilities."<ref name="W&P-BS">{{cite web |url= http://www.wordsandpictures.org/Elektra/elektra19.html|title= Bill Sienkiewicz Awards, Exhibits|publisher= Wordsandpictures.org|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120207173843/http://www.wordsandpictures.org/Elektra/elektra19.html|archive-date= 7 February 2012|url-status= live}}</ref>}} |- | Oscar Chichoni |{{flag|ARG}} | Caran d'Ache for illustration |- | Lorenzo Mattotti |{{flag|ARG}} | Special jury prize |- | Paul Gillon |{{flag|FRA}} | Special jury prize |- ! rowspan=4 | 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Kent Williams | {{flag|USA}} | Cartoonist |- | Matthias Schultheiss | {{flag|GER}} | rowspan=2 | artist |- | Juan Gim��nez | {{flag|ESP}} |- | John Bolton | {{flag|GBR}} | Caran-d'Ache for illustration |- ! rowspan=6 | 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | François Boucq<ref name=Lucca93 /> |{{flag|FRA}} | Cartoonist |- | John Byrne<ref name=Lucca93>{{cite magazine|last=Origa |first=Graziano |title=Lucca Exhibition is Un Grande Successo: Yellow Kid Awards for John Byrne, François Boucq, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston |magazine=The Comics Journal |number=156 |date=Feb 1993|page= 41}}</ref> | rowspan=3 | {{flag|USA}} | Artist |- | Frank Thomas<ref name=Lucca93 /> | rowspan=2 | Special jury prize |- | Ollie Johnston<ref name=Lucca93 /> |- | Dave McKean | {{flag|GBR}} | Caran-d'Ache for illustration |- | David Caméo |{{flag|FRA}} | Plaque Œsterheld{{efn|name=UNICEFplaque|This award, which follows the UNICEF plaque awarded from 1976 to 1984, rewards a work or entity promoting understanding between peoples.}} |}

==== Rome era (1994–2005) ==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Authors |- ! 1994 | Giovan Battista Carpi ({{flag|ITA}}), Greg ({{flag|BEL}}), Jim Lee ({{flag|USA}}), Claudio Nizzi ({{flag|ITA}}), James O'Barr ({{flag|USA}}), Pino Rinaldi ({{flag|ITA}}) |- ! 1995 | Giancarlo Berardi ({{flag|ITA}}), Jordi Bernet ({{flag|ESP}}), Claudio Castellini ({{flag|ITA}}), Fred ({{flag|FRA}}), Neil Gaiman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilgaiman.com/About_Neil/Awards_and_Honors |title=Awards and Honors |work=NeilGaiman.com |access-date= 26 July 2024}}</ref> ({{flag|GBR}}), Rodolfo Torti ({{flag|ITA}}), Jim Valentino ({{flag|USA}}) |- ! 1996 | Mark Bagley ({{flag|USA}}), Luciano Bottaro ({{flag|ITA}}), Alfredo Castelli ({{flag|ITA}}), Carlo Chendi ({{flag|ITA}}), Will Eisner ({{flag|USA}}), Alfonso Font ({{flag|ESP}}), Scott McCloud ({{flag|USA}}), Bill Watterson ({{flag|USA}}), Robin Wood ({{flag|PAR}}) |- ! 1997 |Scott Adams ({{flag|USA}}); John Dirks ({{flag|USA}}); Philippe Druillet ({{flag|FRA}}); Michele Medda, Antonio Serra, and {{Interlanguage link |Bepi Vigna|it}} ({{flag|ITA}}); Giuseppe Palumbo ({{flag|ITA}}); Alberto Salinas ({{flag|ARG}}) |- ! 1998 | Paul Gillon ({{flag|FRA}}), Alejandro Jodorowsky ({{flag|CHI}}), Cinzia Leone ({{flag|ITA}}), Bob Lubbers ({{flag|USA}}), Nicola Mari ({{flag|ITA}}), Jeff Smith<ref>{{cite book|last1=Duncan |first1=Randy |first2= Matthew J. |last2=Smith |title=Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman |volume= 1 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2013 |page= 98}}</ref> ({{flag|USA}}) |- ! 1999 | Luca Enoch ({{flag|ITA}}), Gallieno Ferri ({{flag|ITA}}), Jean Giraud ({{flag|FRA}}), Carlos Gómez ({{flag|ARG}}), Miguel Ángel Martín ({{flag|ESP}}), Vanna Vinci ({{flag|ITA}}) |- ! 2000 | Carlo Ambrosini ({{flag|ITA}}), David Finch ({{flag|USA}}), Miguelanxo Prado ({{flag|ESP}}), Silvia Ziche ({{flag|ITA}}), Sergio Zaniboni ({{flag|ITA}}) |- ! 2001 | Massimiliano Frezzato ({{flag|ITA}}), Corrado Mastantuono ({{flag|ITA}}), Ferdinando Tacconi ({{flag|ITA}}) |- ! 2002 | Carlos Giménez ({{flag|ESP}}), Eduardo Risso ({{flag|ARG}}), Joann Sfar ({{flag|FRA}}) |- ! 2003 | Paolo Bacilieri ({{flag|ITA}}), Pat Masioni ({{flag|COD}}), Sid Ali Melouah ({{flag|ALG}}) |- ! 2005 | Lola Airaghi ({{flag|ITA}}), Horacio Altuna ({{flag|ARG}}), Simone Bianchi ({{flag|ITA}}), Gilles Chaillet ({{flag|FRA}}) |}

=== Publishers, journals, organizations === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Country ! Reason for the Award ! Prize |- ! rowspan=3 | 1967<ref name=S1967 /> | Mondadori Editore | rowspan=4 |{{flag|ITA}} | Its publications, in particular the collection ''Le grandi storie'' | Publisher (Golden Guinigi Tower) |- | ''Corriere dei Piccoli'' | | Contribution to the development of Italian comics (Golden Guinigi Tower) |- | Milano Libri | For having raised the interest of a new audience | Avant-garde editorial initiative (Golden Guinigi Tower) |- ! rowspan=3 | 1969<ref name=S1969 /> | Orietta Garzanti | Its edition of ''Little Nemo'' | Italian publisher (Grand Guinigi) |- | Robert Cottereau |{{flag|FRA}} | Lifetime achievement | Foreign publisher (Grand Guinigi) |- | Claudio Bertieri |{{flag|ITA}} | ''AZ Comics'' (EK) | Critics Prize{{efn|name=journalist|Presented by accredited journalists present at the festival.}} |- ! rowspan=6 | 1970<ref name=S1970 /> | Mondadori | rowspan=2 |{{flag|ITA}} | ''Oscar Cartoons'' | Italian publisher (periodical) |- | Bompiani | ''Mafalda'' | Italian publisher (book) |- | {{Interlanguage link| Georges Rieu |fr|lt=}} |{{flag|FRA}} | ''Pif Gadget'' | Foreign publisher |- | André Leborgne | {{flag|BEL}} | ''Ran Tan Plan'' | rowspan=3 | Honorable mention |- | Sansoni | rowspan=4 |{{flag|ITA}} | ''Enciclopedia dei fumetti'' |- | Club Anni Trenta | Its chronological reissues |- ! rowspan=4 | 1971<ref name=S1971 /> | Laterza | ''I fumetti di Mao'' | Italian book publisher |- | Sansoni | ''Horror'' | Italian periodical publisher |- | Abril | {{flag|BRA}} | | Foreign publisher |- | Joël la Roche |{{flag|FRA}} | ''Corto Maltese'' | Honorable mention |- ! rowspan=4 | 1972<ref name=S1972 /> | Mondadori |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian book publisher |- | Editions Lombard |{{flag|FRA}} | ''Tintin'' magazine | Foreign publisher |- | Walter Herdeg | {{flag|SUI}} | rowspan=2 | ''Comics'' (direction) | rowspan=2 | Critics Prize{{efn|name=journalist}} |- | David Pascal | {{flag|USA}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1973<ref name=S1973 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Editoriale Dardo|it|lt=Dardo}} |{{flag|ITA}} | Its edition of ''Nick Carter'' by Bonvi | Italian publisher |- | Springer | {{flag|RFA}} | ''{{Interlanguage link|Zack (Zeitschrift)|de|lt=Zack}}'' | Foreign publisher |- ! rowspan=4 | 1974<ref name=S1974 /> | Daim Press |{{flag|ITA}} | Its collection of « I Protagonisti » | Italian publisher |- | Pala | {{flag|ESP}} | All of its activities | Foreign publisher |- | Henri Filippini |{{flag|FRA}} | rowspan=2 | Their volume of tribute to Alain Saint-Ogan | rowspan=2 | Honorary Yellow Kid |- | Maurizio Bovarini |{{flag|ITA}} |- ! rowspan=3 | 1975<ref name=S1975 /> | Cenisio |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian publisher |- | Glénat |{{flag|FRA}} | | Foreign publisher |- | Istituto Nazionale per la Documentazione sull'Immagine | rowspan=2 |{{flag|ITA}} | Exhibition ''"No al fascismo!"'' | Honorable mention |- ! rowspan=4 | 1976<ref name=S1976 /> | Daim Press | The collection ''Un uomo un'avventura'' | Italian publisher |- | {{Interlanguage link|Ediciones Amaika|es}} | {{flag|ESP}} | ''El Papus'' | Foreign publisher |- | Alcidio da Quinta | {{flag|BRA}} | ''Simplex'' | UNICEF plaque for animated film{{efn|name=UNICEF}} |- | André Leborgne | {{flag|BEL}} | ''Ran Tan Plan'' | Honorable mention |- ! rowspan=2 | 1978<ref name=S1978 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Edizioni Ottaviano|it|lt=Ottaviano}} |{{flag|ITA}} | The totality of its activities | Italian publisher |- | Casterman | {{flag|BEL}} | ''À Suivre'' | Foreign publisher |- ! rowspan=2 | 1980<ref name=S1980 /> | Editiemme |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian publisher |- | ''Epic Illustrated'' | {{flag|USA}} | | Foreign publisher |- ! rowspan=3 | 1982<ref name=S1982 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Primo Carnera Editore|it|lt=Primo Carnera}} |{{flag|ITA}} | ''Frigidaire'' | Italian publisher |- | Éditions Horay |{{flag|FRA}} | | French publisher |- | Algerian Comic Strip School | {{flag|ALG}} | | UNICEF comics plaque |- ! rowspan=4 | 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | L'Isole trovata |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian publisher |- | Strip Art Features | {{flag|YUG}} | | Foreign publisher |- | Editoria Basca | {{flag|ESP}} | | UNICEF comics plaque |- | Editori del Grifo |{{flag|ITA}} | ''Glamour International'' | Special Plaque |- ! rowspan=3 | 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Edizioni Paoline|it|lt=Paoline}} |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian publisher |- | Aedena |{{flag|FRA}} | | Foreign publisher |- | {{Interlanguage link|Ikusager|es}} | {{flag|ESP}} | | Plaque Hector Œesterheld{{efn|name=UNICEFplaque}} |- ! rowspan=4 | 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Sergio Bonelli Editore |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian publisher |- | El Víbora | {{flag|ESP}} | | Foreign publisher |- | Henri Filippini |{{flag|FRA}} | | Yellow Kid awarded by the jury |- | Carlsen | {{flag|GER}} | | Plaque Hector Œsterheld{{efn|name=UNICEFplaque}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Franco Cosimo Panini|it}} |{{flag|ITA}} | | Italian publisher |- | Tundra Publishing | {{flag|USA}} | | Foreign publisher |}

==== Rome era (1994–2005) ==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award-recipient(s) |- ! 1994 |Astorina (Italy), Casterman (France) |- !1995 |DC Comics (United States), Eura Editoriale (Italy) |- !1996 |Bonelli (Italy), Dargaud (France) |- !1997 |Oreste Del Buono (Italy), Raw (United States), Edizioni d'Arte Lo Scarabeo (Italy) |- !1998 |Lizard Edizioni (Italy), Dark Horse Comics (United States) |- !1999 |Hazard Edizioni (Italy), ''El Víbora'' (Spain) |- !2000 |L'Association (France), Macchia Nera (Italy), Mare Nero (Italy), ''Lanciostory'' (Italy) |- !2001 |Kappa Edizioni (Italy) |- !2002 |Coconino Press (Italy), ''El Jueves'' (Spain) |- !2003 |Pascal Morelli (France), Éditions Omnibus (France) |- !2005 | Edicions de Ponent (Spain) |}

== Film and animation prizes == === Critics' Referendum Prize / Lucca City Grand Prize === This prize, presented by accredited journalists present at the festival, rewarded an animated work produced by Italians. It was renamed the '''Critics' Prize''' in 1982. In 1984, the prize was reconfigured as the '''Lucca City Grand Prize''', awarded by a special jury and highlighting a recent Italian cartoon.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner(s) ! Award-winning work ! Prize |- ! rowspan=2 | 1973<ref name=S1973 /> | Emanuele Luzzati | rowspan=2 | ''Pulcinella'' | rowspan = 3 | Critics' Referendum Prize |- | Giulio Gianini |- ! 1974<ref name=S1974 /> | Bruno Bozzetto | ''Self-Service'' |- ! 1975<ref name=S1975 /> | colspan=3 align=center | NOT AWARDED |- ! 1976<ref name=S1976 /> | Bruno Bozzetto | ''Allegro non troppo'' | Critics' Referendum Prize |- ! rowspan=3 | 1978<ref name=S1978 /> | Roberto Perini, Enzo Sferra, and Alighiero Giuseppetti | ''Upupa'' | Critics' Referendum Prize Short Film division |- | Giulio Gianini | rowspan=2 | ''Il flauto magico'' | rowspan = 2 | Critics' Referendum Prize Feature Film division |- | Emanuele Luzzati |- ! 1980<ref name=S1980 /> | Guido Manuli | ''S.O.S.'' | Critics' Referendum Prize |- ! 1982<ref name=S1982 /> | La Figura | ''I Grandi Film in Due Minuti'' | Critics' Prize |- ! 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Fusako Yusaki|it}} | ''Ama gli animali'' | Lucca City Grand Prize |- ! 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | Vincenzo Gioanola | ''Russian roulette'' | rowspan=2 | Lucca City Grand Prize for an Emerging Artist |- ! 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Gianluigi Toccafondo | ''La Coda'' |- ! 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | Simona Mulazzani | ''La Pista'' | Lucca City Grand Prize |- |}

=== Fantoche Prize (1973–1982) === This prize, presented by accredited journalists present at the festival, rewarded Italian critical work devoted to animation.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Award-winning work ! Publisher |- ! 1973<ref name=S1973 /> | Piero Zanotto | ''L'Italia di cartone'' and other works | Liviana |- ! 1974<ref name=S1974 /> | Attilio Giovannini | | |- ! 1975<ref name=S1975 /> | Gianni Rondolino | ''Storia del Cinema d'Animazione'' | Einaudi |- ! 1976<ref name=S1976 /> | Sergio Michelli | ''Cinema di animazione in Bulgaria'' | Cappelli |- ! 1978<ref name=S1978 /> | Giannalberto Bendazzi | ''Topolino e poi'' | Il Formichiere |- ! 1980<ref name=S1980 /> | colspan = 3 align=center | NOT AWARDED |- ! 1982<ref name=S1982 /> | Alfio Bastiancich | ''L'Opera di Norman McLaren'' | Giappichelli |}

=== Fantoche Prize (1984-92) === In 1984, the Fantoche Prize was extensively renewed. Now awarded by the same jury as the Grand Prize, it rewarded audiovisual or cinematographic works and was divided into several categories.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Work ! Category |- ! rowspan=4 | 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Manfredo Manfredi (director)|it|Manfredo Manfredi (regista)|lt=Manfredo Manfredi}} | ''Orson Welles, genio del cinema'' | TV Show |- | Bruno Bozzetto | ''Sigmund'' | Advertising Spot |- | Cairoli Elementary School (Turin) | ''L'importante è partecipare'' | Educational or Documentary Film |- | {{Interlanguage link|Fusako Yusaki|it}} | ''Ama gli animali'' | Free Subject Movie |- ! rowspan=6 | 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | San Giacomo Elementary School (Turin) | ''Sueno e colore'' | Film Produced by an Educational Institution |- | Piero Mazzoni | rowspan=2 |''Firenze-Europa'' | rowspan=2 | Film Trailer |- | Filippo Fantoni |- | Enzo D'Alò | rowspan=2 | ''Se fumi tu, fumano tutti'' | rowspan=2 | Documentary or Scientific Film |- | Enrico Carlesi |- | {{Interlanguage link|Fusako Yusaki|it}} | ''Rotondo, quadrato, triangolo'' | Feature Film |- ! rowspan=5 |1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Bruno Caccia Elementary School (Turin) and the Magic Lantern | ''Fumosofia'' | Film Produced by an Educational Institution |- | Ernesto Paginoni | ''San Pellegrino Aranciat'' | Advertising or Promotional Film |- | Antonella Abbatiello | ''Magic Circus'' | Documentary or Scientific Film |- | Guido Manuli | ''+ 1-1'' | Feature Film |- | Laura Di Biagio | ''Race Timed Out'' | Video |- ! rowspan=5 | 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | Students of the Istituto Europeo di Design (Milan) | ''Attenda, prego'' | Film School Film |- | Gianluigi Toccafondo | ''Media Salles, Cinema d'Europa'' | Advertising, Promotional or Support film |- | colspan=2 align=center | NOT AWARDED | Documentary or Scientific Film |- | Maurizio Forestieri, Ferro Piludu, Lucilla Salimei, and Fabio Testa | ''Tiramolla e il cacciatore'' | Feature Film |- | Luca Prassa and Oscara Tornincasa | ''Creeps!!! The Authorized Version 1992'' | Video |}

== Other prizes == === Yellow Kid "A Life Devoted to Cartoons"=== This prize, given by the festival organizers, rewards a cartoonist or animator for their career work.<ref name=S1972 />

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Country ! Role |- ! 1972<ref name=S1972 /> | Hergé | {{flag|BEL}} | Cartoonist |- ! 1973<ref name=S1973 /> | Walt Disney Productions | {{flag|USA}} | Animation studio |- ! 1974<ref name=S1974 /> | {{Interlanguage link|Lotario Vecchi|it}} |{{flag|ITA}} | Cartoonist |- ! 1975<ref name=S1975 /><ref>{{cite book|last=Júnior|first= Gonçalo|title= A Guerra dos Gibis:A formação do mercado editorial brasileiro e a censura aos quadrinhos, de 1933 a 1964|publisher=Conrad Editora|date=2023|ISBN=978-65-5803-194-9|language=Portuguese}}</ref> | Adolfo Aizen | {{flag|BRA}} | Comics publisher |- ! 1976<ref name=S1976 /> | {{Interlanguage link| José Luis Salinas |es}} |{{flag|ARG}} | rowspan=8 | Cartoonist |- ! 1978<ref name=S1978 /> | Milton Caniff | {{flag|USA}} |- ! 1980<ref name=S1980 /> | Arturo del Castillo |{{flag|ARG}} |- ! 1982<ref name=S1982 /> | Jesús Blasco | {{flag|ESP}} |- ! 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | Lee Falk | rowspan=2 | {{flag|USA}} |- ! 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | Will Eisner |- ! 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Romano Scarpa | rowspan=2 |{{flag|ITA}} |- ! 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | Benito Jacovitti |}

Starting in 1982, the festival began also awarding a special Caran-d'Ache prize for '''"A Life of Illustration"'''. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Country |- ! 1982<ref name=S1982 /> | {{Interlanguage link| Francesco Carnevali |it}} |{{flag|ITA}} |- ! 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | Burne Hogarth | {{flag|USA}} |- ! 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | Jayme Cortez | rowspan=2 |{{flag|BRA}} |- ! 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Ziraldo |- ! 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | Sergio Toppi |{{flag|ITA}} |}

=== Audience Award ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Country ! Division |- ! 1974<ref name=S1974 /> | Rino Albertarelli | rowspan=2 | {{ITA}} | Cartoonist |- ! 1978<ref name=S1978 /> | Scuola del Fumetto di Lucca | Comics school |- ! 1980<ref name=S1980 /> | Héctor Oesterheld | {{ARG}} | Posthumous Writing Award |- ! 1982<ref name=S1982/> | ''Wow Agenda Planning 1983'' | rowspan=3 |{{ITA}} | Publication |- ! 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | Alarico Gattia | Illustrator |- ! 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | Edizioni Glamour International | Publishing house |- ! 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | colspan = 3 align=center | NOT AWARDED |- ! 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | ''Sciuscià'' (Edizioni di Miceli) | {{ITA}} | Re-release |}

In 1990, the festival management also presented the '''Max Prize for Cartoon Cinema''' to the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt am Main.<ref name=S1990 /> Two years later, this prize was awarded to the Cineteca del Friuli (it).<ref name=S1992 />

===Romano Calisi Prize=== Awarded from 1984 to 1992, this prize recognized Italian academic work devoted to comics. It was awarded by a specific jury.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Work |- ! rowspan=2 | 1984<ref name=S1984 /> | Arianna Pregagnoli | ''Flash Gordon: la concettualizzazione del 'diverso' attraverso il fumetto americano (1930-1940)'' (1982-1983) |- | Elena Furin | ''I fumetti di'' Frigidaire (1983-1984) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1986<ref name=S1986 /> | Francesca Camera | ''Alexandre Alexeieff e la cinègravure'' (1985-1986) |- | Marco Cadioli | ''Tecniche di computer animation'' (1985-1986) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1990<ref name=S1990 /> | Sonia Maria Bibe Luyten | ''Potere e diffusione dei fumetti giapponesi quale riflesso della società nipponica'' (1987-88) |- | Alessandra Buniva | ''Fumetto: variazioni e varianti'' (1989-90) |- ! 1992<ref name=S1992 /> | Gianni Albanese | ''L'uomo africano nei fumetti dell'Italia coloniale fascista'' |}

== Notes == {{notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:1970 establishments in Italy Category:Awards established in 1966 Category:Comics awards