Alena

A tense, atmospheric Swedish horror-thriller from the publisher AVEC, Alena (2017–present) follows a young boarding school student whose fragile social standing is shattered when her best friend, Josephine, dies under mysterious circumstances. As Alena steps into Josephine’s place on the school’s lacrosse team, she finds herself haunted by her friend’s ghost—and by the dark secrets the team is desperate to hide. The series is the work of writer Kim W. Andersson, whose moody, expressionistic art amplifies the story’s claustrophobic dread and psychological unease. With only a single issue released to date, this slow-burn thriller has already earned a cult following for its sharp critique of privilege and its chilling supernatural undertones.