The change machine

La máquina del cambiazo is a 22-page comic strip by Spanish comics author Francisco Ibáñez, published in 1971.

Editorial trajectory

The comic was originally published in numbers 15 to 19 of the magazine Mortadelo between March 8 and May 5, 1971; This comic ended the saga that began with the short La máquina del cambiazo (6 pages), published in the extra summer issue of Gran Pulgarcito magazine on July 5, 1969, and continued with the short films Evil Jack "Smack and the switch machine (8 pages) and Another streak of transfers with the switch machine (8 pages), published in the numbers 2 and 3 of Super Tom Thumb magazine in December 1970.

Later it would appear in number 9 of the collection Ases del humor at a price of 125 pesetas, in number 10 of Magos del humor , it would appear and give title to the album no. gang" del chicharrón, The case of the cod and The superpowers.

The titles with which each of the episodes of the long comic were published were the following:

• The changing machine
• The evil Jack "Tortazo" and the changing machine
• Another streak with the switch machine
• The changing machine or the harvest of the porrazo
• And follow the maquinita, screwing up, the fucking
• What a change, Jesus!
• The machine, which sardine, is rocked in the sea of China
• With the Carcamal chucho, the story comes to the end

This cartoon shows a fall of the aristocracy as in a cartoon in which an obese countess fell on top of Filemón without being able to get up, something that Franco's censorship allowed.

Synopsis

Professor Bacterio has invented the change machine. This machine is used to change people's position. A person enters the machine, coordinates are chosen and the person inside the machine will appear at those coordinates, replacing the person who was there. The latter will appear in the machine without knowing how she got there.

The T.I.A. He wants to take advantage of the invention to capture various criminals. Mortadelo and Filemón will be in charge of getting into the machine to change position for the thugs.

Other machine appearances

The change machine reappears with different modifications in the following comics:

• The short comic The camera is looking for fresquito, published in the special summer of 1976. The machine is adapted to search for cool sites.
• The short comic The heat chamber, published in the special Christmas of 1977. The machine is adapted to search for hot sites.
• The short comic The waste of time published in the journal Super Mortadelo No. 81 of 1991, the machine has now also been modified so that it can also travel over time to its occupants.
• The fifth centenary, the machine shows its ability to exchange people over time
• The damn machinite, same features as the original machine, with some improvement as for example, its mobile capacity. The comic was made on the 40th anniversary of Mortadelo and Filemon.
• Under the brawn of thunder! The same machine, which once again exercises its ability to travel over time. They use it to search for the location of Captain Thunder's enemies.

In addition, in the cartoon film based on the characters by Ibáñez El armario del tiempo the device that gives the film its title works very similarly to that of the aforementioned machine.