Henrique Alvim Corrêa: Martian Comet Over London Rooftops, War of the Worlds 1906

A sinister comet or Martian cylinder blazes across a swirling night sky above the rooftops and chimneys of a sleeping London, oblivious to the alien menace descending upon it. Brazilian master illustrator Henrique Alvim Corrêa captures the eerie calm before the invasion — tile rooftops, Victorian chimney pots, and a hazy industrial skyline rendered in brooding charcoal, the luminous streak overhead portending catastrophic first contact in H.G. Wells's seminal invasion narrative.