Moonpie 1: Title Page. Gaze in wide wonder, ye mortals.

Here we see the title page of the first book. I guess this is a good place to note that the actual title of book one was "The Moonpie Expidition" (sic). The Chronicles moniker is really the name for the collective works, both in print and oral. (Click any images to enlarge)

Here we see a close-up of this page. The amazingly stellar calligraphy was done by Rick with what appears to have been a Bic pen, probably some sort of crystal stic variety. I think it was done in one shot, but the double line on the title may have been added at a later date.Carbon 14 dating tests are inconclusive.The pointing hand below the title and credits is clearly in the earlier style of Vance.

This newspaper clipping was added many years later (late 1990s? 2000?) and mentions the Freak Wall at Eldorado.