Ocean Beach, San Diego
The World
of Pico
the Parrot
A yellow-naped amazon parrot with opinions about everything. A comic strip. A book. A republic. All born in Ocean Beach, San Diego.
A yellow-naped amazon parrot with opinions about everything. A comic strip. A book. A republic. All born in Ocean Beach, San Diego.
The Cast
Pico the Parrot is a comic strip set in Ocean Beach, San Diego. The characters are real, the world is real, and Pico's opinions are very much his own.
The Star
Pico
Yellow-naped amazon. Self-appointed mascot of Ocean Beach Elementary. Holds strong opinions about bananas.
The Creator
Stooge
Pico's name for the guy who draws the comic, carries the bags on outings, and considers himself the brains of the operation.
The Parrot Lady of OB
Ella
Rescued Pico. Runs the outings. Known to the entire neighborhood. Pico allows her husband Stooge to stay.
The Dog
Rocket
Good dog. Large heart. Officially outranked by Pico in the household hierarchy, a fact Rocket has never disputed.
The Comic-Within-a-Comic
Dolma & Hummus
Two dachshunds. Stars of Stooge's comic strip inside the comic strip. Possibly the only characters Pico finds more interesting than himself.
The Book
Pico gets lost in Coronado. He sees the Hotel Del Coronado, the pelicans at La Jolla Cove, the lighthouse at Point Loma. He meets a dragon or two. Eventually — in his own time, on his own terms — he finds his way home to Ocean Beach.
Twenty original illustrations. One very confident parrot. Coming Christmas 2026.
The Store
Original Pico artwork as fine art prints, plus merch for those who have pledged their fealty to the Republic. All available at parrot-republic.com.
The Creator
Dr. Frederic Pearl is the artist and writer behind Pico the Parrot. He lives in Ocean Beach, San Diego, with his wife Ella — the real-life Parrot Lady of OB — and a yellow-naped amazon named Pico who has made clear that the comic strip is non-fiction.
Fred created the Pico the Parrot comic universe, the Parrot Republic brand, and the ongoing saga of a parrot who got lost in Coronado and survived entirely on confidence.
Stooge is what Pico calls him. Pico did not ask permission. Fred considers it an honor, mostly.
