Nickelodeon has given a 26-episode order to Pig Goat Banana Cricket, the long-brewing animated series created by comic artists Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan.

"For those of you who’ve been following my NICKLDN TV development journey, I’d like to virtually grab you by the shoulders, shake you dizzy, and scream into your shocked face that Johnny’s and my TV show PIGGOATBANANACRICKET just got a GREENLIGHT from the head NICKLDN honcho in NYC," Cooper wrote in a blog post titled "Grueling 5-Year-Long Job Interview Ends in TRIUMPH!!!" "We have our own TV show, guys!!!"

One of just two animated series ordered by the network (the other is Bad Seeds, from Chowder creator C.H. Greenblatt), Pig Goat Banana Cricket is described as "a series of absurd interwoven stories about four friends and roommates, Pig (the fool), Goat (the artist), Banana (the wise-guy) and Cricket (the brain)." It's executive produced by David Sacks (The Simpsons, Regular show), who will co-write with Ryan. Cooper will also serve as art director.

A teaser animated by Nick Cross, who directed the pilot, was released last year (you'll note Cricket was then a Mantis). Watch it below.