Open larger imageSassyPico has an opinion about everything, including things nobody asked him about.
Meet Pico
Follow the parrot. Find the trouble.
Pico is curious, food-motivated, and absolutely certain the next adventure is his idea.
Read the comic strip for quick stories, strange plans, and the occasional banana-related crisis. Pico’s world is full of characters, side quests, and opinions that nobody asked for—but everybody remembers.
Support Pico and the people who bring him to life, then join the flock for the next episode.
The character
He has a few qualities.
Open larger imageSassy
Open larger imageCuriousIf something is happening nearby, Pico is already investigating it.
Open larger imageFood-motivatedMany of his most important decisions begin with the question: can he eat that?
Open larger imageSelf-motivatedPico does not need a mission assigned to him. He will find one.
Pico in action
One character, many stories.
Pico changes shape depending on the story, but he is always recognizably Pico.
From Ella & Stooge
Pico was here first.
The character came after the bird. Pico is based on a real yellow-naped Amazon parrot named Pico, who lives with his creators, Fred “Stooge” and Ella. Stooge draws the artwork; Ella contributes creative input and helps shape the character and the world around him.
The real Pico is loud, funny, curious, food-motivated, and absolutely certain that the household revolves around him. He does not speak in complete sentences, lead political campaigns, or narrate his own adventures—at least, not in ways we can prove.
The fictional Pico is that real bird’s personality amplified: given a voice, a larger appetite, and more freedom to get into mischief. Sometimes the character does things the real Pico never would. Sometimes he says things the real Pico never could. That’s the point.
— Ella & Fred “Stooge” Pearl
