28 Days of Pico — Day 20: Pico the Parrot #2

June 25, 2026  ·  by Stooge

Day 20.

This is Pico the Parrot #2 — the first crossover.

If you saw PtP #1, you know the format: four panels, hand-drawn, mostly journalism. Pico sees a banana. Ella says no. Stooge suffers. The whole universe started there.

Strip #2 is where it gets complicated.

This is the one where we learn that Stooge writes his own comic strip — Dolma and Hummus — about two dachshunds. A strip within a strip. And in this strip, we see him at work on it, which means we now have characters watching their creator create other characters, which is exactly the kind of thing Stooge would do and then refuse to explain.

But the real story here is the argument.

Stooge has long maintained — with absolute confidence and zero supporting documentation — that there is a breed called the Tyrolean Mountain Dachshund. He will tell you about it. He will describe it. He will speak about it as though it is the most obvious fact in the world.

Ella does not believe this breed exists.

She has said so.

She has said so many times.

And now, in PtP #2, Dolma has entered the argument. From inside the comic strip that Stooge is drawing. One of his own characters is contesting him. This is what happens when you create dachshunds with opinions — eventually they use those opinions against you.

The Tyrolean Mountain Dachshund remains unverified. Stooge remains undeterred.

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— Stooge