Fearless Tassie Tiger Hunter uses a linocutting tool to make, literally and figuratively, a laconic comment on the artist's role. It is a self-portrait of Hanks, who parodies the difference between nineteenth century ideas about hunting and masculinity and his personal pursuits in the world of contemporary art. This work implicitly acknowledges the power of printmakers (and other artists) to re-figure the thylacine and redress nineteenth century extinction practices. To appreciate the range of ideas generated by the interplay of visual, verbal and narrative text in all of Hanks' prints requires attention to their details and some familiarity with the history of the thylacine, as well as a particularly robust sense of humour.