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November 16, 2012 by Joe Curtis
Introducing Jan Lucanus,
Entertainment Renaissance Man
Jan Lucanus side-kicked
the door of
opportunity…
It’s a typical day in Los Angeles. The sun is shining
brightly, and I’ve heard at least a dozen horns
during my five-mile drive to Runyon Canyon where I
am to meet up with and interview Jan Lucanus,
CEO of CIE (Creative Impulse Entertainment).
Although this isn’t your typical interview. Jan is the
creator of the hit comic-book series, JFH (Justice
for Hire) and several other titles under the CIE
umbrella, is a successful practitioner of Tai-Chi and
the Chinese art of Push-Hands (in which he is a
gold medal champion and trained with Josh
Waitzkin), trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and raps. I
figure we’ll have plenty to talk about.
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2. While at San Diego Comic-Con International I had
the pleasure of meeting Jan Lucanus per the
suggestion of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend John
Machado. When John Machado, who starred in Red
Belt and is well connected in Hollywood says, “You
have to meet my student Jan Lucanus”…I have to
meet his student, Jan! While at Comic-Con, Jan
introduced me to Ric Meyers who told me of a side
of Tai-Chi that isn’t known about much in the
states, a martial side. For those unaware, that
means that you can use this for self-defense. So
the past twenty years of Ultimate Fighting started
going through my head and for the life of me I
couldn’t recall anyone ever coming in and opening a
can with Tai-Chi as their signature style. So I had
to go and open my big mouth and say, “I would
have to see this to believe it.” Jan being eager to
prove said, “let’s meet up and train”. I looked at this
as an opportunity to interview this up-and-coming
entrepreneur and extraordinary talent, so I jumped
to the opportunity.
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Runyon Canyon Mountain Overlooking Los Angeles
After hiking to the top Runyon Canyon, training,
punching mitts, sweating, and being thoroughly
convinced of the effectiveness of Tai-Chi as a
martial art, I ask Jan to share with me his vision for
CIE. Jan is taking his comic-book company and
moving towards a full-blown entertainment
resource. He is now producing music and giving
entertainers an outlet to explore their craft and get

3. entertainers an outlet to explore their craft and get
recognized. He also surprised me that he is the son
of comic-book writer and critic Jan Childress who
some of you might remember from writing The
Good Guys comic-books from Defiant circa 1993-
1994.
Due to the recent success of transitioning comic-
books to movies many have come out of the
woodwork to showcase their comic-books in hopes
of someone opening up a door of opportunity. Jan
Lucanus side-kicked the door of opportunity in by
using CIE as a catapult to launch his career with
Justice For Hire as his flagship title. Jan moved
across the country earlier this year from New York
City to Los Angeles to explore the movie aspect of
CIE a bit further. Now he has a feature film slated
for release in 2013 titled Justice-For-Hire: Rise of
Retribution. This led to him meeting with comic-
book industry legend Neal Adams. “Understand
we’ve got new people doing new things – Jan is an
example of that… There’s a new interrelationship
between the forms that’s beginning to develop from
comic books to motion comics to film and
television. Those of us who are aware of it are
going to be involved in making entertainment from
beginning to end”, says Adams.
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L to R: Aurore Barry, Jan Lucanus, Neal Adams, Marilyn Adams
Want to know what’s been keeping Jan and the
crew from CIE busy? Here is a snippet of what
they’ve been working on:
JFH: Justice-For-Hire – Rise of
Retribution feature film due for release in

4. Retribution feature film due for release in
2013 with Spillwall Productions and Nine Dot
Entertainmen
JFH KIDS motion comic animated series
featuring the voices of Ahmed Best (Star
Wars, Robot Chicken) and Paula Garces
(Horld & Kumar, Warehouse 13) slated for
2013 release with Spillwall Productions and
Willow Road Animation
John Machado TV choreography
Mr. Butterscotch comic book and live action
series with artist Mark Sparacio (Jonah Hex)
and writer Richard Martin (Liberty Girl) based
on and starring Paul Shull
CIE/Mr. Butterscotch Artist of the Month –
this is a new initiative to highlight rising
musical artists. November will feature New
York rapper, BS.
Christopher Brown comic book release
coming in December from artist/writer Kevin
Thomas
40 or so new CIE titles in the pipeline
including Debutante Renegade from writer
Aurore Barry
CIE Universe “visual poem” starring Whitney
Moore (Birdemic) with VFX lead Will Roberts
directed by Aurore Barry and Jan Lucanus
Ultra Vanity Testosterone rap group Mixtape
and music videos launching in January and
featuring Jan Lucanus and Aldous Davidson
(MTV’s “The Guy Code”)
…and that’s just in the last few months!! By now
you can clearly see why Jan Lucanus clearly
qualifies as a renaissance man. One thing you will
see as a consistent theme across everything he
does is a focus on quality. Every project undergoes
an extraordinary level of scrutiny; and you can tell
by looking at the details. The paper choice for the
comic-books, the cinematic sequences that jump
off of the pages as if they were elaborate
storyboards for a new blockbuster movie, the sound
quality of the music, and the video representation
of his literate works all resonate of someone who
cares about providing quality. After getting to know
Jan I’m convinced that even if nobody were
listening, reading, or watching…the quality would be
the same. But they are and in a big way. JFH has
gained a reputation as being one of the top
downloaded digital martial-art comic-books in the

5. downloaded digital martial-art comic-books in the
world.
I look forward to reading every title that comes out
of the house of CIE…guess I’d better clear my
schedule.
All of the titles from CIE can all be previewed and
purchased at Graphicly by clicking here.
Want more of Jan Lucanus and CIE? Here are
some links to keep you connected:
JAN LUCANUS
Twitter: @JanLucanus
or http://twitter.com/janlucanus
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jan-
Lucanus/131024173574525
Tumblr: http://janlucanus.tumblr.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/JanLucanus
CREATIVE IMPULSE ENTERTAINMENT
Twitter: @CIEUniverse
or http://twitter.com/CIEUniverse
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
pages/Creative-Impulse-
Entertainment/196196930634
Tumblr: http://creativeimpulseent.tumblr.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/
CreativeImpulseEnt
JUSTICE-FOR-HIRE
Twitter: @JusticeForHire or http://twitter.com/
JusticeForHire
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JFH-
Justice-For-Hire/108981795805085
Tumblr: http://justiceforhire.tumblr.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/JusticeForHire
Creative Impulse Entertainment Jan Lucanus
Joe Curtis
Joe is CEO and visionary of Geek
Smash. Joe is enthused about
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fooled by most magic tricks, likes watching UFC,
and favors Indian food and Sushi. His favorite
movie is Red Cliff, his favorite book is Musashi by
Eiji Yoshikawa, and he digs listening to old-school
Rap.

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Deena Naidu • 2 years ago
Great work Jan, you are a champion.
kind regards
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