Morning Glories

Ignore the innuendo-y title.
Morning Glories is the story of a mysterious boarding school and it's somewhat influenced by John Hughes, Lost and The Prisoner, with hints of Glee's satirical edge.
Writer Nick Spencer has stated that he's trying to create a big mystery saga to fill the shoes of Hurley, Locke and co.

The story begins at a great pace, showing a break-out attempt.
As you can see, Joe Eisma's art is wonderfully expressive, as befits what is a very character-driven series.

The first five issues are the strongest so far. The mysteries start from the get-go as soon as the new intake arrives. As does the humour.

Yeah, Zoe (the black haired character) is reminiscent of Cordelia from Buffy.
And Casey, the leader of the rebels, owes a lot to Ms. Summers. It's hard not to be moved by her journey from excitement at joining a prestigious school to her forming a gang as she's confronted head-on by the horrors and ahem questionable ethics of the Morning Glories academy.

Some of the mysteries are easier to swallow than others.
But that was true of Lost as well (for the polar bear on a tropical island, read a character's curse that causes him to see 8:13 on every clock and not hear alarms for other times).
The trick of these things for me can be to ignore the bits you find wildly improbable and focus on the good stuff of which there is a lot.

There's one collected edition thus far and all the issues are available on comiXology.