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No. 863: Still salty, huh?

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Still salty, huh?

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=863

Strip by: Ilmo

{scene: Como, Italy, around 1800}
Alessandro Volta: Behold, my new invention!
Assistant: What is it, Professore Volta?
Alessandro Volta: A pile of zinc and copper plates, separated by paper soaked in acid!
Alessandro Volta: Now, to finish off, can you hand me that flask of sodium chloride solution?
Assistant: You really zink that is the solution?

The author writes:

Sorry about the speech bubble color change, but Adobe Photoshop doesn't have many colors in its palette.

Original Irregular Webcomic! strip: 2009-07-07.