Antônio de Souza Mendes Neto (30 April 195418 January 2017), better known as Toninho Mendes, was a Brazilian

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. 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

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, Angeli and Glauco, among other important names in the Brazilian

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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.

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Brazilian comics creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Toninho 1954 births 2017 deaths