The WB Network announced on February 13, 2004 that "Angel" would not be brought back for a sixth season. Whedon said of the cancellation, "I believe the reason "Angel" had trouble on The WB was that it was the only show on the network that wasn't trying to be "Buffy". It was a show about grown-ups". An official continuation of the story came later in the form of a comic book series. Following the successful eighth season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", IDW Publishing approached Whedon about similarly producing a canonical sixth season for "Angel". "" released 17 issues written by Whedon and Brian Lynch.