In other words, this Far Side conflict is about to get a swift and brutal resolution.
Well, not because snakes are inherently peaceful, but becausethey are physically incapable of drawing their weapons.
Snakes have no hands or arms, so how are they going to draw their pistols and shoot?
No wonder the other snakes are staying so calm, this situation has no choice but to end peacefully!
Does the man fight?
Does he make a run at run past the other man?
Perhaps that was an overreaction.
Perhaps the chicken really did have it coming.
Either way, the chicken is dead, and the conflict is resolved.
But,no matter how the conflict started in thisFar Sidecomic, readers know how it ended.
But, instead,these cowboys are going to resolve their conflict over a game of table tennis.
Each Viking has a briefcase with them, making it abundantly clear that they mean business.