Transformers Disney Label Mickey Mouse, of the monochrome version that is, is up for pre-order at Amazon Japan with some of the cleanest shots we've seen. Release date is slated for March 26, 2009, although that's subject to change as usual.

Click here to see the world's most famous mouse in both 'bot-mode and alt-mode!

BigPete of the Nordic TransFans Association was able to catch up with Simon Plumbe, co-creator of the United Kingdom's largest Transformers convention, Auto Assembly. Questions range from possible surprises for AA2009, the possibility of Hasbro UK being involved, possible changes from previous AA, and more.

Read the entire interview here!

Art & Story were lucky enough to get an audio interview with Transformers Animated writer Marty Isenberg on various things, such as character building techniques, importance of collaboration between art director and writer, and more.

Click here to listen in! Much thanks to Derrick Wyatt's blog entry for pointing it out!

Mark your calendars for May 2, 2009 as that's Free Comic Book Day! From IDW, we have a double-whammy of Transformers Animated AND GI Joe! Animated is that of Optimus' story in Animated Arrival #5, while there's two stories from GI Joe by two different maestros!

Click here to see the announcement and other releases at FCBD's site!

Coming from Diamond Comics to your local comic store on December 17:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #1
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #1 (Free variant)

Be sure to check it out if you're fans of the first film and "Reign of Starscream"!

The Universe of the Transformers is vast, and populated by many characters. Their universe is a large tapestry, made up of the stories and points of view of countless experiences that serve the larger whole. These are some of those stories. This is: Transformers: Mosaic.

12/12/08 Mosaic: A certain Prime Gone out to lunch - yeah right.

Walky is Elated.

Now, if only they'll send something to the world's biggest Bonecrusher fan...

A guy can dream, can't he?

12 drummers finally drummed into heads yet? Or should that be "and then there were none," to which Maximum Dinobots #1 is finally out on the shelves! So grab yourselves a copy and find out what the Machination's been up to, how Sunstreaker and Hunter are fairing, and how Grimlock is - inevitably - going to deal with it.

Click here for the last preview tease at TF Mosaic, or here at IDW!

All Hail Megatron writer Shane McCarthy talks about Spotlight Drift, finally grasping some free time from slave master/editor Denton Tipton. Here's a tidbit of what Shane had to say about Drift:

The initial spark (pardon the pun) for Drift’s creation came about due to two things.  Firstly I wanted a character in AHM that had a particular element to him that I didn’t see readily available elsewhere and secondly because, frankly, I thought it would be a great idea for Hasbro to have an Autobot Drift racer.

Click here to read at Shane's blog.

IDW held their first annual Customer Appreciation Sale at their office's parking lot on December 6, and not passing up the opportunity to pick up some IDW comics I might've missed, drove down to San Diego to check it out. In addition to seeing fans of other licenses IDW is handling (30 Days, CSI, Doctor Who, Angel), I was able to have a conversation with writer/graphic designer Chris Mowry, who shared some Transformers comics tidbits that won't be revealed until later.

Chris Ryall's blog post here with two pictures I took that day.