Well, this kinda bites.

I just found out that Redshirts.com is taken.

Redshirts is the name of the new comic strip I'm doing for Amazing Stories.

Now, what REALLY bites is that Redshirts.com was apparently registered less than TWO WEEKS ago.

A quick trip to Redshirts.com shows that it's been taken up by an Internet Squatting Company, who are quite willing to sell it for $2888.00.

Pardon me while I die laughing.

I don't think anything suspicious is at foot. The only people I discussed the name Redshirts with were my editors at Amazing Stories. This is just, I suspect, a case of really lousy timing. When I looked up the domain name, I fully expected it to have been taken years ago.

So, what do you think I should do?

A) Keep the name Redshirts and try and come up with a catchy (and available) domain name?

B) Change the name of the comic strip (say, Redshirtz) to something is available as a domain name?

C) Just not worry about it at all, and link Redshirts to DorkTower.com, or

D) Take some other action, that I've obviously overlooked...