Have a Day Calendar
I deeply regret to tell you all that the “Have a Day” calendar has been cancelled, and the Have a Day Page-a-Day is published but cannot be found on the internet. I guess the “Have a Day” calendars just aren’t in demand as they’ve been in the past, which I find to be rather weird since I think it’s pretty timeless stuff. It had been a playground for Brian and I, and represents the heart and soul of Mantis Design. Unfortunately, my publisher has informed me that we won’t be doing a calendar for 2008. Perhaps some day we’ll try and bring it back.
To all those who picked one up in the past and enjoyed it, thanks for joining us and making the ride last as long as it did!
Gerald | Mantis Design
on January 3rd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Have a Day is awesome!
Is there anyway to get copies of the “Have a Day” calendars of previous years?
on January 19th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Thanks a ton Calvin! Seriously, we work hard on these and any compliments really feel great. For previous years, we have some of them available and some not. Just email me and let me know which years you are interested in and we’ll see what we can do!
Gerald
on January 29th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
i totally think u should make have a day tee’s if you did i would buy the whole lot!!!!!!!
on February 4th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
These calenders are pretty suh-weeeet =P
This is probably a pretty stupid question, but, can you order these calendars from this site?
on February 5th, 2007 at 9:20 am
No stupid questions. No, you can’t buy them directly from us, but below each calendar is a link to people you can buy them from. Thanks for your interest!
Gerald
on August 22nd, 2007 at 8:09 am
Please do not stop publishing Have A Day Calendars the way they have been published, with a Smiley for each day of the year. It is fun and brings a light of humor each day of the year to grown ups and kids. Think about it.
Thanks anyway for having published that calendar for many years.
Blessings.
Ana
Lima, Peru
on September 25th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
when will the 2008 calendars be out?
on October 17th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Hi,
I love the have a day calendars! Thank you for making me smile at least once a day. I’ve been looking for the 2008 wall calendar edition and can’t find it. Is it going to be made and/or be available soon?
Thanks,
Farilee
on October 21st, 2007 at 6:38 am
I deeply regret to tell you all that the “Have a Day” calendar can’t be found online at the moment, and I’m trying to find out from my publisher where someone can possibly find them in the “real world”. Obviously, the “Have a Day” calendars just aren’t in demand as they’ve been in the past, which I find to be rather weird since I think it’s pretty timeless stuff. It’s also the heart and soul of Mantis Design. Nevertheless, my publisher has informed me that we won’t be doing a calendar for 2008. Anyway, I will be looking to relaunch the calendars sometime in the future.
all the best,
Gerald | Mantis Design
on October 30th, 2007 at 5:27 am
This makes me cry. I have loved these calenders for years. All the smiles that came from my face when I would look at the smiles looking at me each day….
I think today isn’t “Have a rockin’ day” anymore….
now it’s “Have a Melancholy Day”.
Thank you for the great tees and calenders over the years…
..excuse me while I go paint my face yellow for Halloween…
on November 9th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Nooooo! That’s terrible! I loved the Have A Day calendars! They made me smile and laugh at all the days that were there! Plus they were so creative! I certainly hope you can find a way to bring them back next year….
on November 13th, 2007 at 11:13 am
My teenage son just loved your “have a day” calendar. Every year he was happy to find the new one under the Christmas tree. I hope you will bring them back. I think that they are popular, but I always had trouble finding them. If you could get them in the mall kiosks that sell calendars, I think they would sell great!! Please try again. Either way…Have a day!!!
on November 15th, 2007 at 7:51 am
So sad to find out there won’t be a 2008! I’ve had Smiley on my wall for years. Please, if you find out where the little one can be procured, let me know. Thanks!
on November 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I was looking for one today in the Calendar store and was surprised not to see it.
It’s corny to say, but I’m shocked that they won’t be one for 2008.
Calendars for cows, hamsters and squirrels, but not happy faces! Very, very sad.
on November 28th, 2007 at 5:58 am
I’m thinking: self-publish and sell on the internet. I know three calendars that get purchased every single year. I wouldn’t flinch if it cost twice as much. It’s a classic.
on November 28th, 2007 at 6:08 am
For years, I’d buy 8 to 12 of the Have A Day Smiley face calendars, till I could no longer find them. Never once did I see any left over at beginning of new year. Whoever made decision to not make any more has cost his/her company lots of money. I’d buy 10 today, at whatever cost, if I could find them. Have lots of grandkids and grown family that loved to read each days sayings on them. If they can be found, Please, Please let me know where. Thanks
on November 29th, 2007 at 5:24 am
Now I’m sad. Not only will I not get my favorite calender for Christmas, but now I’ll never know if The Searcher and The Smiley escape from the island. An what of the latest band of monkeys to capture them, where the friend or foe? The world will never know.
on December 1st, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Sigh. After a day at the mall, having gone there mainly to find a 2008 Have a Day calendar, and failing miserably, I come home and Google it, only to be met with this tragic news. Any publisher stupid enough NOT to publish the only calendar worth having is one sick puppy and you need to find a publisher with a heart, a soul, and business sense!!!!!!
How on earth will I get through 2008 without that precious Smiley Face????? How???? I gave up smoking more easily than I can give up this calendar!
Please… it isn’t too late. It isn’t 2008 yet. Please… resurrect the Smiley Face!
Oh, woe…
on December 3rd, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I’ve given Have a Day to my son for quite a few years - he’s now 23 and I was still looking to get 2008 for him. When he was younger, he’d wake up each morning and let everyone in the family know what kind of day it was. It made all of us start our day with a smile. I wish you would take email addresses so that you can notify us when you start these calendars again. Thanks for the fun.
on December 4th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Yeah I’m pretty bummed too. I’ve been giving them to my girlfriend for the last couple of years, and suddenly they’re gone? I’m disappointed, and I’m expecting her to be, too.
on December 5th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Soooooo sad! I love starting my day with this calendar. I’ve even trained myself not to look ahead just so I can be surprised. Change publishers imo. Seriously.
Thank you for the past years.
on December 5th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
I agree with everyone else who said how sad this is. I totally agree that if they can justify selling all those dogs and cheesy entertainment/TV show calendars, this should be available too. My two teenagers have had this on their bathroom door for the past several years, and we all enjoy looking at it. What a sad piece of news…it’s a little thing, but it has been a bright spot for our family.
on December 6th, 2007 at 11:39 am
A SAD DAY IN THE UNIVERSE.
on December 7th, 2007 at 8:04 am
I stopped buying Outhouse calendars after I discovered the Have a Day calendar many moons ago. I was crushed to see we won’t be blessed with a 2008 version. As a guy at work would say, “Bad, bad, very bad”. Let’s all hope 2009 is a better year.
on December 8th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Looking at the calendar each morning made us get the day going (very important for a home with 2 teenagers). Let us know if someone is going to do something about this — self publish or whatever!
on December 8th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
No wonder I can’t find your 2008 calendar! I’ve been looking everywhere and I’m told “We don’t have it yet”. My kids have asked for the wall calendar for many years. My son would look forward to an especially amusing day so he could share it with everyone. I hope some day you will bring it back. We will miss it!
on December 10th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
I have been buying have a day calendars for about 12 yrs…I am crushed that there will not be a 2008. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face during that time. I will be lost without my new calendar.
on December 11th, 2007 at 5:33 am
THIS SUCKS, I loved this calendar and was one of the people who purchased it every year. Please let me know if it is brought back for 2009. I can tell you it’s not going to be a good year for 2008 since I will not have the calendar to let me know what kind of day it’s going to be. I’ve enjoyed it over the years and have kept them all. Thanks for the good days.
on December 14th, 2007 at 9:31 am
My wife has loved having this calendar. We discovered it about 3-4 yrs ago and have had one ever since. I am sad to find that I can’t get one for her this year.
Who is the publisher? I am going to refuse to buy any other calendar (or anything else) they put out.
I am a marketing professional and maybe I could help you guys get the 2008 calendar back out on the racks (or at least online). Contact me if you are interested.
on December 14th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Hi !
I have been getting this calendar for a number of years. I LOVE
it. I was quite upset to come to your website to find out it will no longer be published. It was the first thing visitors at my house always looked at. Hope it comes back next year.
on December 19th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I am EXTREMELY upset!!! I love this calendar and am a HUGE fan of the Smiley Face. (My friend Lee Anne & I named him Fred when we were children, we are 34 now!) Everyone would stop by my desk at work to see what kind of day it was…..it will now only be sad days…………
PLEASE BRING THE CALENDAR BACK!!!!!!!
Kathi
on December 21st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Add my name to the disappointed. I’ve looked everywhere, and as a last resort looked online. This was my traditional gift for my wife going on 9 years now, since we first started dating. Oh woe. I guess I’ll now have a vaclempt day.
Thanks for the memories, and I’ll be watching for the return, be it in stores or online. *coughhack*cafepress*coughcough
Gone, but not forgotten, Smiley and Searcher will live on in my heart. *guh*
on December 21st, 2007 at 6:59 pm
I’m sad to hear that I won’t have a colorful and cheerful 2008 calendar to hang on my office wall. In a show of protest, I refuse to purchase any other 2008 calendar and will forever (or until publishing new calendars start) remain in 2007.
on December 24th, 2007 at 12:46 am
I am soooo bummed that the have a day calendar has been cancelled… when i was younger i used to make up have a day smileys
the calendars have always brought so much joy into my life… i even cut out a few of the days and sent them to my hubby (he is a marine and has been deployed a few times :P) and he has enjoyed them as much as i have…. in fact when we got married, the have a day was our first calendar!!! i sure hope that your publisher comes to their senses!!!! thanks so much for sharing your talent with us!!! many blessings!!
Libby
on December 26th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Awwww, I can’t believe that the calendars are done
This is not happy news and not a nice way to start a New Year!!! I thank you for all the fun you have provided over the years, and I really hope we get a 2009 Have A Day Calendar!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Each day will not be the same, I always looked forward to seeing what kind of day it would be 
Thank you for all you’ve done, and know that your work is appreciated!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year!
Dana in Minnesota
on December 27th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Boo!!! This is one of the best, funniest, subversive, and fantastic calendars of all time. I hold on to the past years because they’re so clever. Sometimes i leave through them and laugh.
I hope you find a new publisher!
on December 27th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
I am so SAD that this calendar will not be available for 2008. I have a smile face collection and this was a perfect addition to my collection every year. Plus it helped me start my day out right. My friends will also be sad when they come over in 2008 and can not check and see what kind of day it is.
Thank you for all the days of smiles. You guys did an awesome job and I hope the calendar will be back in 2009.
on December 27th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I can not live correctly without my have a day calender. If I don’t have it I will not be able to decide anything about my day…what to wear, how to do my hair, what kind of mood to be in, what to do, etc. I was finally able to get off of Lithium because the calender helped me keep my sanity. I’ll pay $500 for one. I need a have a day calender!
on December 28th, 2007 at 12:40 am
Oh dear..
That ruined my day.
Why get up in the morning if there is now “Have a day” smiley to look at?
I shall miss the smiles.
on December 28th, 2007 at 8:59 am
I echo everyone’s sadness here. I have loved the calendars for years, and actually used the page-a-day calendar in my high school English classroom last year. It became a morning routine for my students to tear off the previous day and share the current smiley. It never ceased to be entertaining and bring a smile to everyone’s face. It will be sorely missed, but I’ll continue to check back every year until it comes back. Thanks for everything you all do at Mantis to keep us smiling!
on December 29th, 2007 at 10:12 am
No 2008 Have a Day Calendar? That’s B@$##^*%t!! Your publisher has a severe case of Rectal-Cranial Inversion! We have been searching for 2 months for our favorite calendar to be able to start the year out, and now we can’t get it?? All the bookstores and shops we have been too know EXACTLY which one it is, but also wonder why they havn’t gotten any in,so it MUST be pretty popular. We look forward every day to getting up and seeing what kind of day it is. It always puts a smile on our face. You really SHOULD find a different publisher. Please keep us posted should you find a publisher who does’t have their head up their A#%, and we can get our favorite Calendar again!! “Have A Day” is the most AWESOME ever! LONG LIVE SMILE E. FACE!!
on December 31st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
I was deeply depressed to see that there would be no 2008 calendar. These calendars got me through my time in the Army and have adorned my walls for years. I liked some of the smiley faces so much that I went so far as to have one of them incorporated into one of my tattoo’s. Have an Insane Day! will always be available to me and anyone that can see that tattoo. I know so many people that are probably also crushed that this calendar will not be available, so get your publisher an enema to flush out their brain and make the calendar’s come back!
on January 1st, 2008 at 9:14 am
I am so disappointed that I can’t get my calander. It was one of the things I looked forward to every year. Keep us updated just in case it comes back next year.
on January 1st, 2008 at 11:03 am
this is so sad
every year ive gotten a have a day under the tree
now i dont know what kinda day to have
and i dont have a calender
pleaseee bring them back
i WILL pay more for it!
on January 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I am going to cry!! i don’t think that i can live with out looking at that calendar and having a certain kind of day…. =[
on January 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I LOVE the have a day Calendars!!! I’ve had one each year scince 2000… When I went to the store and couldn’t find any… I was stunned!! LONG LIVE THE SMILEY FACE!!!:)
on January 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I am SOO very sad. I always have the Have a Day Calendar in my office to keep me sane. Now what am I going to do? My boss is going to see the sad side of me all this year!
I hope your bosses see that we miss the calender and change their LITTLE minds next year.
Thank you for making me smile for the last several years.
on January 4th, 2008 at 10:10 am
i’m soooooooo sad y’all aren’t making the have a day calendars!!! it always made my day for the past 4 years. i really hope you find a publisher that will bring it back!!!
on January 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Bah! Have-A-Day calendar is the single greatest calendar on the market! I’ve had it in my various offices & cubicles for the last 4 years and EVERYONE that sees it stops, reads it, and starts laughing! I’m shocked that your publisher would pull it. Sounds like they’re the ones at fault as they didn’t market it well enough to sell a ton. It was a pretty tricky calendar to get ahold of but anyone that saw it hanging up wanted to know where I got it.
Well here’s to hopes of an ‘09 edition! Heck, I’ll take a 08+1/2 edition if you can get it done!
You guys rock! Keep up the unique work!
cheers.
t.
on January 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I’m having a ’shattered’ day! I can’t believe these calendars aren’t being published anymore! My friends and I LOVE them and have been going to extreme lengths to obtain them in Australia since they stopped being distributed here a few years ago. And now we can’t get them anywhere at all?!?!
on January 14th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I love these calendars. I am very bummed to find you didn’t do one for 2008. My teenage son and I loved to look at these and laugh at the ones we found particularily funny.
on January 31st, 2008 at 10:07 am
Wow… I just can’t believe it.
My spouse and I have been collecting these calendars since… oh, gosh, how long has it been? Five, ten years? We couldn’t find ‘em in the stores this year, and I guess now we know why. All of a sudden, I’m glad we don’t ever throw these calendars out.
Still, do you think it’s at all likely that ‘have a day’ calendars will be back? It’s just not the same without a current one to look at.
on March 19th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I had one of these when I was still in high school in 2002. I never saw another one, but I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of it. I just ran across it today cleaning out some old stuff and realized that I could probably get it online. I was so disappointed to find that I could have been getting it all these years, but now that I think to check the Web for it, it’s canceled! I really hope you bring it back for 2009. Hey, here’s an idea: perhaps you could (at least) consider something on your site for what have-a-day it is, or dedicating a page to for it! After all, as you can tell your publishers, publishing it here is free (’cept for man hours)! *wink**wink* And a daily or even monthly web comic could generate a lot of site traffic! Eh? Eh?
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Hey everyone. I am slated to be working on bringing back “Have a Day” this Fall. I basically gotta figure out a way to “re-introduce” it, and hope it goes well. That means a calendar for 2010…thanks for all the emails and support,
Gerald