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You may or may not be fans of the movie versions of Alan Moore's great graphic novels, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and The Watchmen. But if you want more intel on the writer, you can stream director DeZ Vylenz and Shadowsnake Films' 2003 feature biopic The Mindscape of Alan Moore on SnagFilms (video below). Watch more free documentaries...

If you weren't among the 125,000 attendees at Comic-Con this past weekend, or if you were there and already miss the crowds of costumed fanboys and fangirls, indieWIRE at Hulu Docs - iW's regular curation of Hulu's Documentaries page - presents a selection of comic book and pop culture related non-fiction projects to bring you back to San Diego. DeZ Vylenz delves into "The Mindscape of Alan Moore," arguably the ...

Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, I was once an insatiable comic book junkie. I would consume as many as I possibly could each week, only to return the following Wednesday for yet another stack of addictive illustrated entertainment. However, somewhere along the way I lost my bearings, and now I’m grossly out-of-touch with the universe I was once extremely familiar with. In order to educate myself in the new world of the comic book, a friend suggested I watch “The Mindscape of Alan Moore”, a documentary about a man that many consider to be a legend in the medium. And while the embedded documentary might be a little too heady for average viewers, people who follow Moore’s work should find the next 70 minutes of their life to be extremely enjoyable. Even if you’re unfamiliar with the guy’s work, he’s a pretty fascinating individual,...

Cult comic-book writer Alan Moore looks like a Monty Python cave-hermit, and given his frequent cantankerous pronouncements about politics, magic, and creators' rights, he seems like a dark, foreboding figure. But as anyone who's had the pleasure of chatting with Moore can attest, he's an agreeable sort, generous with his time and his dry wit. Moore can be prickly to people and institutions who disappoint him, but even the old friends and comic-book companies he won't talk to anymore still speak of Moore in glowing terms, and note how much they miss interacting with a man who makes life more interesting. Dez Vylenz's documentary The Mindscape Of Alan Moore consists of a 70-minute monologue in which Moore offers a little detail about his working-class upbringing and early career, and reveals what led to books like V For Vendetta, The Watchmen, and From Hell. Vylenz then illustrates Moore's words with.

As excitement continues to build for “Watchmen” (scheduled for release in March ’09) – the publisher just put an additional 300,00 copies in print following the release of the trailer and Comic-Con – get an inside glimpse inside the psychedelic worldview of one of the world’s most visionary and creative minds with The Mindscape Of Alan Moore. As Comic-Con 2008 set records for attendance this summer, much of the “buzz” centered on Zack Snyder’s eagerly anticipated, big screen adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning cult classic graphic novel “Watchmen,” authored by legendary comic book writer Alan Moore. Now, in the first and only documentary in which the heretofore reclusive, visionary and innovative Moore participates, his hugely-devoted fan base and the soon-to-be-indoctrinated can enter the mind of the world’s most famous comic book author, embarking on a fascinating and psychedelic journey through the life and career of the creator of “Watchmen,” “From Hell,” “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,...