Popular early 2000s web cartoon Homestar Runner is headed back into production, one of its creators confirmed, thanks to a lot of fan enthusiasm in an April Fools' joke.

Series co-creator Matt Chapman broke the good news this week on the Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show podcast. He said they realized they could bring Homestar, Strong Sad and the Cheat back after huge interest in their April Fools' cartoon.

"When we did that April Fools' update this year, way more people looked at it than we ever even imagined would have at this point. Our goal — we did that thing as sort of a test to get back into doing it. We'd love to start making things again," Chapman said on the podcast.

Homestar Runner has been dark since the end of 2010. The site started at the beginning of the aughts, and gained much of its popularity thanks to the Strong Bad Email series. Chapman said he and his brother Mike already had new ideas for Strong Bad Emails, along with other content.

New episodes should start coming back this fall. To pass the time, we recommend throwing a light switch rave and practice your dragon drawing techniques.