Brian Lynch, writer of ' and ', had no involvement in the production of the "Buffy" or "Angel" television series, but was charged by Joss Whedon with producing the canonical comic series "". Betta George, a character created by Lynch, has since been brought into the official canon. "Angel: After the Fall" also makes explicit reference to "Spike: Asylum" within its pages. When "After the Fall" became an ongoing series penned by various writers, the canonicity of later stories became somewhat nebulous without the explicit say-so of those involved or Whedon himself.