Humans Dissecting Martian War Machines
1906
Step into the chaotic aftermath of H.G. Wells' *The War of the Worlds*, where the terrifying Martian tripods have finally fallen. Brazilian artist Henrique Alvim Corrêa illustrated this 1906 scene with frantic energy, showing a crowd of people swarming the alien machines like ants on a sugar cube. They are using cranes, ropes, and carts to dismantle the giant metal beasts, turning a sci-fi nightmare into a busy, muddy construction site. Corrêa was a prodigy who tragically died of tuberculosis at just 28, but his hauntingly detailed drawings remain some of the most visceral visual interpretations of Wells' classic novel.