Antônio de Souza Mendes Neto (30 April 1954 – 18 January 2017), better known as Toninho Mendes, was a Brazilian editor. He started working in the 1960s, going through several publishers and alternative newspapers, such as Movimento and Versus. In 1984, Mendes founded Circo Editorial, considered the most important Brazilian publishing house of alternative comics in the 1980s and 1990s. Circo featured artists such as Laerte, Angeli and Glauco, among other important names in the Brazilian underground comics that achieved prominence in the publications published by Mendes. The story of Circo publishing house was told by Mendes himself in the book Humor Paulistano: a experiência da Circo Editorial, 1984-1985, which won the Troféu HQ Mix in 2015 in two categories: "Best Theoretical Book" and "Best Editorial Project". Mendes also won the Troféu HQ Mix in 2011 in "Best Erotic Publication" category for Quadrinhos Sacanas, a collection organized by him which published anonymous erotic comics created between the 1950s and 1980s.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Toninho Mendes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 April 1954 Itapeva, São Paulo |
| Died | 18 January 2017 (aged 62) São Paulo |
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References
edit- ^ "Toninho Mendes" (in Portuguese). Enciclopédia Itaú Cultura.
- ^ "Toninho Mendes, editor de quadrinhos, morre em SP aos 62 anos" (in Portuguese). G1. January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Morre o editor de quadrinhos Toninho Mendes, ao 62 anos" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. January 18, 2017.
- ^ "HvírusQ, o último trabalho de Toninho Mendes, em lançamento da Editora Criativo" (in Portuguese). Universo HQ. February 7, 2018.
- ^ "Série de TV conta a história da Circo, editora ícone dos quadrinhos paulistas" (in Portuguese). Revista O Grito. June 25, 2019.
- ^ "O mainstream do underground" (in Portuguese). Trip. June 27, 2019.
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