I wanted to get him to autograph the Tasmanian Devil sweatshirt I was wearing, and had asked the event manager if that would be OK. (Later, when I got to the front of the line, the manager said to Blanc, “This is the one I told you about”.) Blanc said sure. I thanked him and told him I loved his work.
Thirty five years later, I gave my animator nephew the shirt as a graduation present.