I've seen a comic story in which Gyro Gearloose invents a machine which he puts on an island. He turns it on and is distracted. On return, much of the island ha

I've seen a comic story in which Gyro Gearloose invents a machine which he puts on an island. He turns it on and is distracted. On return, much of the island has been turned into ice cream (frappe, I think). So this concept goes back a ways.