Blue Monday (date) press releases, with 2014 seeing Blue Monday invoked by legal firms and retailers of bottled water and alcoholic drinks. Some versions of the story purport to analyse trends in social media posts to calculate the date. In 2018, Arnall told "The Independent" newspaper that it was "never his intention to make the day sound negative", but rather "to inspire people to take action and make bold life decisions". It was also reported that he was working with Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays, having "made it his mission to challenge some of the negative news associated with January and to debunk
Blue Monday (comics) Flores stated that she had finished scripting "Thieves Like Us", was in the process of drawing it, and had many more "Blue Monday" stories left to tell. In July 2015, Image Comics announced that it had acquired publication rights to the "Blue Monday" series and would be releasing "Thieves Like Us" as a series in 2016. As of May 2016, the miniseries had been delayed so that it could appear after the Image Comics re-releases of the first four trade paperbacks. It is now tentatively set for 2018 release. In the first issue of the series, the gang makes a