Henrique Alvim Corrêa — Martian Feeding on Human Victim, War of the Worlds 1906
Alien biological predation — the terrifying Martian feeding mechanism — is depicted here in harrowing detail. A massive, bulbous Martian creature, its whip-like tentacle curled overhead, crouches over a prostrate, bound human woman on desolate Martian terrain. Dark arterial droplets mark the victim's torso. The cross-hatched chiaroscuro rendering heightens the horror of H.G. Wells's vision of Martians harvesting human blood, one of early science fiction's most disturbing extraterrestrial biology concepts.
Blimey, this one kept me up all night — the Martian just sitting there drinking a person like a glass of milk is absolutely the most horrible thing I've ever seen in a book. I'm never going outside again if those things ever show up!
“H. CORRÊA”
