The 1990s saw Claremont diversify his comics work, as he wrote for other publishers, and wrote his own creator-owned properties. In December 1991, he sent artist Whilce Portacio a proposal to illustrate Claremont's project, "The Huntsman", as a creator-owned project, and when the then-new comics publisher Image Comics was announced in 1992, Claremont was named as one of its founders. However, the project was cancelled when Portacio decided instead to do "Wetworks". Claremont attempted to find other artist for the series, but all those in whom he was interested were either drawing "X-Men" or had their own projects with Image, and thus he did not become one of Image's founders. In 1992 he wrote the graphic novel "Star Trek: Debt of Honor", which was illustrated by Adam Hughes.