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Henrique Alvim Corrêa's Martian Emerges from Cylinder – War of the Worlds 1906
Extraterrestrial invasion technology is depicted here in the form of a massive grooved Martian cylinder — the alien spacecraft that bore the invaders to Earth — its hatch yawning open to reveal a grotesque tentacled Martian creature with glittering compound eyes peering out at a terrified Victorian gentleman pressed against a rocky embankment. Corrêa's masterful pencil and ink draftsmanship captures the existential horror of H.G. Wells' alien landing with extraordinary intimacy and dread.
Category: Book Illustration
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Artist: Henrique Alvim Corrêa
Era: Victorian (1837-1900)
Decade: 1900s
Country: Belgium
Coolness: 7/10
Blimey, that slimy Martian thing is crawling right out of its cylinder and staring straight at that poor bloke — I'd have legged it long before now! The tentacles alone gave me nightmares for a week after my older brother showed me this book.
