Igor Kordej

Igor Kordej
Born	Igor Kordej 1957 Zagreb, SR Croatia (now Croatia)
Nationality	Croatian
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker, Colorist
Notable works	New X-Men, Soldier X

Igor Kordej (referred to as Igor Kordey in American and French publications; born 1957)^[1] is a Croatian comic book artist.

Career

While his best-known work is featured in New X-Men, he has a very diverse repertoire, moving between traditional pencils and inks to fully painted panels. Because of his speed as an artist, at his peak, he was producing artwork for three or four monthly books at the same time. However, as a result, he has attracted heavy criticism for the quality of his art, especially from the readers.^[2] He was announced to be joining Chris Claremont (with whom he has collaborated on X-Treme X-Men) on a 2004 relaunch of Excalibur, but was replaced by Aaron Lopresti before its debut, even though he was already well into drawing the second issue. He has suggested that it may have had to do with disagreements with management.^[3]

Bibliography

Interior comic work includes:

• La Saga de Vam Volume 1-3 (with Vladimir Colin, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1988–1989)
• Heavy Metal Volume 13 #5: "The Wall" (with Mikalacki, anthology, HM Communications, 1989)
• Les Cinq Saisons: L'Automne (with Django Nenad, one-shot, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1990)
• Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years #1-2 (with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, Marvel, 1995)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan (Dark Horse):
  • A Tale of Mugambi (with Darko Macan, one-shot, 1995)
  • Tarzan/Carson of Venus #1-4 (with Darko Macan, 1998)
  • The Rivers of Blood #1-4 (script and art, with Neven Antičević, 1999–2000)
  • Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-woman #1-4 (with Ron Marz, 1999–2000)
• A Decade of Dark Horse #1: "Predator: 1718" (with Henry Gilroy, Dark Horse, 1996)
• Aliens: Havoc #1 (with Mark Schultz, among other artists, Dark Horse, 1997)
• Myst #1 (of 4) (colours on Doug Wheatley, written by Chris Ulm and Lovern Kindzierski, Dark Horse, 1997)
• Star Wars (Dark Horse):
  • The Protocol Offensive (with Brian Daley, Anthony Daniels and Ryder Windham, graphic novel, 1997)
  • Star Wars Tales #1: "Mara Jade: A Night on the Town" (with Timothy Zahn, anthology, 1999)
  • Chewbacca #1 (of 4) (with Darko Macan and Brent Eric Anderson, 2000)
• Conspiracy #1-2 (with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, Marvel, 1998)
• The Incredible Hulk v1 #461: "Self Destruction" (colours on David Brewer, written by Peter David, Marvel, 1998)
• Star Trek: Next Generation — The Gorn Crisis (with Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, graphic novel, Wildstorm, 2001)
• The Brotherhood #3: "Drunk with Powers That Could Destroy the World" (among other artists — inks on Esad Ribić, written by X, Marvel, 2001)
• Cable v1 #97-105, 107 (with David Tischman (#97-104) and Darko Macan (#105 and 107), Marvel, 2001–2002)
• New X-Men v1 #119-120, 124-125, 128-130 (with Grant Morrison, Marvel, 2001–2002)
• Captain America v3 #50: "Relics" (with Brian David-Marshall, co-feature, Marvel, 2002)
• A Moment of Silence: "Sick Day" (with Joe Quesada, anthology one-shot, Marvel, 2002)
• Diosamante #2 (with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Franck Reichert, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 2002)
• Black Widow: Pale Little Spider #1-3 (with Greg Rucka, Marvel MAX, 2002)
• Soldier X #1-8 (with Darko Macan, Marvel, 2002–2003)
• X-Treme X-Men v1 #25-46 (with Chris Claremont, Marvel, 2003–2004)
• Smoke #1-3 (with Alex de Campi, IDW Publishing, 2005)
• L'Histoire secrète Volume 1-2, 6-32 (with Jean-Pierre Pécau, Delcourt, 2005–2013)
• Empire Volume 1-4 (with Jean-Pierre Pécau, Delcourt, 2006–2016)
• Le cœur des batailles Volume 1-2 (with Jean-David Morvan, Delcourt, 2007–2008)
• Taras Boulba Volume 1-2 (with Jean-David Morvan, Delcourt, 2008)
• L'idole et le fléau Volume 1-2 (with L. F. Bollée, 12 bis, 2009–2010)
• Keltos Volume 1-2 (with Jean-Pierre Pécau, Delcourt, 2009–2010)
• Scalped #50: "The Art of Surviving" (with Jason Aaron, among other artists, Vertigo, 2011)
• Jour J Volume 12, 15, 24 (with Jean-Pierre Pécau, Fred Blanchard and Fred Duval, Delcourt, 2013–2016)
• Les 30 Deniers Volume 1-5 (with Jean-Pierre Pécau, Delcourt, 2014–2016)
• Nous, les morts Volume 1-4 (with Darko Macan, Delcourt, 2015)

Covers only

• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest #3 (Dark Horse, 1996)
• Predator: Kindred #1-4 (Dark Horse, 1996–1997)
• Predator vs. Judge Dredd #3 (Dark Horse, 1997)
• Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End #1 (Dark Horse, 1997)
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — Redemption #1-5 (Dark Horse, 1998)
• Star Wars Special #1 (Dark Horse, 1998)
• Soldier X #9-10 (Marvel, 2003)
• Angel: The Curse #1, 3 (IDW Publishing, 2005)
• Hrvatski Velikani Volume 1 #1, 3 (Astoria, 2007)
• Unknown Soldier v4 #1-6 (Vertigo, 2008–2009)

Notes

References

Interviews

• SMOKE Interview with Alex & Igor, PopImage
• Veliki Brat valja se od smijeha (Croatian)