Hans Manfred Dix-Thaesler was born on September 24, 1985, in the town of Hemmenhofen, Gaienhofen, to Luther Dix-Thaesler and Liese Katz. His grandmother was Nelly Dix, daughter of the painter Otto Dix, although she died before he was born. He had two brothers, Rupert and Severin.

Hans had by all means a happy childhood, and took an interest in painting from a young age. Luther, himself a painter by trade, took the boy under his wing and taught him as an apprentice. His skills developed quickly, and his paintings were soon exhibited in the local church, St Agatha.

However, in adulthood Hans fell in with bad company and began to frequent bars, drinking heavily, visiting prostitutes and getting into fights, as well as robbing tourists. His family grew restless, and tensions came to a head when Hans, heavily inebriated, came home with a dead cat, and smeared its entrails over the wall in an attempt to make a portrait of a prostitute he fancied.

Incensed, his family threw him on the street and promptly disowned him – hence why he changed his last name from Dix-Thaesler to the similar-sounding Amsler. Never one to be kept down, Hans set about making a living drawing cutesy cat pictures for old ladies. This revolted him so much that he resolved never to draw anything nice ever again.

Today, Hans resides in Rottenbuch, Bavaria, where he regularly harasses the locals by drawing grotesque pictures of them unsolicited. He has lost a few teeth doing this, but is otherwise no worse for wear.

Also, he draws comic books.