#1890: What to Bring explain

[Text in the top-left corner of the comic:]

“Should you bring _____ to ______?”

[The comic is laid out like a grid, with implements down the left-hand side (A knife / A gun / Water / A lid) and the type of “fight” across the top (A knife fight / A gun fight / A wood fire / An oil fire). The grid illustrates the “match-ups”, with a green square denoting a “correct” match-up and a red square denoting a Very Bad Idea.]

[From the top left corner, going from left to right, top to bottom, with each first item being on its own line in the grid, the squares are as follows:]

[Green square, two combatants face off against each other with knives, equally matched.]

*A knife to A knife fight

[Red square, a person with a knife faces off against someone with a gun, and is clearly outmatched.]

*A knife to A gun fight

[Red square, a person holds a knife in a wood fire while saying “OW OW OW”.]

*A knife to A wood fire

[Red square, the person with the knife scrapes at the oil inside the pan that’s on fire while saying “OW OW OW”. The scraping accompanied by the text “SCRAPE SCRAPE”.]

*A knife to An oil fire

[Green square, the person with the gun points it at the opponent with the knife, who exclaims, “Dude!”]

*A gun to A knife fight

[Green square, two combatants point guns at one another, equally matched.]

*A gun to A gun fight

[Red square, the person with the gun shoots pointlessly three times at the wood fire, which carries on blazing. The shooting is accompanied by the text “BLAM BLAM BLAM”.]

*A gun to A wood fire

[Red square, the person with the gun shoots at the flaming pan, which does nothing to put it out. The shooting is accompanied by the text “BLAM”.]

*A gun to An oil fire

[Red square, the person with the water throws it uselessly in the face of the person holding the knife.]

*Water to A knife fight

[Red square, the person with the water throws it uselessly in the face of the person holding the gun.]

*Water to A gun fight

[Green square, the person throws the water on the fire and successfully extinguishes it, which makes a “SPLOOSH” sound.]

*Water to A wood fire

[Red square, the person is shown reeling back from the oil fire, the water glass going flying, as the oil fire explodes with a “FOOM”.]

*Water to An oil fire

[Red square, the person with the lid comically places it on the head of the person with the knife, who stands there in confusion.]

*A lid to A knife fight

Red square, the person with the lid ineffectually places it on top of the gun the other person is pointing at them.

*A lid to A gun fight

Red square, the person with the lid holds it near the wood fire, which does nothing to put out the fire.

*A lid to A wood fire

[Green square, the person places the lid on top of the oil fire, which suffocates and extinguishes it.]

*A lid to An oil fire