I've been out of touch with Transformers comics (and comic books in general to be honest) for a great deal of time, mainly focusing on toys and cartoons, but with this whole combiner wars thing being in part a comic book storyline I want to start reading again.
My question is this though: where do I start?
I've done a little digging and found a list of all the publishers of the different series HERE but there are so many and it's all a tad confusing.
How many different continuities/timelines/dimensions/etc are there?
I obviously know about the Marvel comics line as it's the one I grew up with, I'm guessing the IDW comics are nothing to do with them or the G1 cartoon?
In the end I'd like some sort of order so I can make a checklist of what I've read and where it falls in the continuities so any help is much appreciated.
Eventually I'd like to read all the stories over all the continuities, though this may be a massive undertaking I'm guessing :P