Toni Mendez (November 2, 1908 – March 9, 2003) was an American agent for writers and cartoonists handling negotiations, licensing, and syndication/secondary rights agreements.
Mendez played a key role in the formation of the National Cartoonist Society, and was involved with the now defunct Newspaper Features Council.
She was involved with negotiating media tie-in deals for television series such as Steve Canyon,[3] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and All in the Family.
"[7] Bequests from her estate partially funded the launch of the National Cartoonist Society Foundation[8] and production of the "We Are Family" music video,[9] the latter of which became the object of controversy.
Her niece is famed lyricist Cynthia Weil who cited her aunt as inspiring her own career, stating that Mendez "understood the creative soul".