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ShelbyHohl

Shelby Hohl, Free Press Houston founding staff artist, illustrator and designer.
Artist / Illustrator
Designer
Writer

Free Press Houston

Shelby Hohl was a founding staff member of Free Press Houston. He not only made the paper's editorial illustrations, he created ad work, cover art, and help select candidates for performance at events. Finished web and print artwork by him is held here from 2012 through the paper's last year, and printed pages of the held issues credit the illustration on columns including BADVICE to him. A block-party graphic of April 2008 prints “Design by Shelby Hohl for Club Tech”. He also wrote occasionally; that work is indexed below the artwork.

Verified identity

His own profile lists Free Press Houston, Free Press Summer Festival and Day for Night among his work. Checked 2026-08-31.

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Archive relationships

Free Press Houston timeline, 2003—2018
1
Years represented
9
Held artworks
1
Printed credits
38
Attributed artwork
1
Recovered articles
5
Subjects
1
Evidenced visual work

Artwork

Free Press Houston article illustration on the Texas death penalty, by Shelby Hohl.
2012-07-19

Texas death penalty

Article illustration — print and web
554×554

Finished web file circulated to the paper as the death-penalty article illustration, print and web, on July 19, 2012. A paired print PDF is named in the same production record and is not held.

The recovered corpus holds one undated death-penalty piece, Activist Group Profile: Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, whose page carries no date and no image. The relationship is not established and is left open.

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

BADVICE column illustration for March 3, 2015, by Shelby Hohl.
2015-03-03

BADVICE, March 3, 2015

Column illustration
600×300

The held column BADVICE: POKE THE PROSTATE — V. 25 carries this exact file, Badvice_2015_Mar03_WEB.png, as its lead image with the caption “Illustration by Shelby Hohl”. The object held here is the full-size finished file behind the site's 600×300 derivative.

Published article

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Free Press Houston article illustration on ticket resale, by Shelby Hohl.
2016-04-12

Ticket mafia

Article illustration
500×300

Finished web file circulated on April 12, 2016 as the Ticket Mafia article illustration.

Published article

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Illustration for the Free Press Houston article on restorative justice in schools, by Shelby Hohl.
2016-04-25

Restorative justice

Article illustration
590×390

The held article Restorative Justice in the Education System, published April 26, 2016, records the lost lead image Wadhwa_Article-Illustration-590x300.png. This is that file, delivered the day before publication.

Published article

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Free Press Houston white flag illustration by Shelby Hohl.
2016-06-08

White flag

Article illustration
666×666

Finished web file circulated on June 8, 2016 as the White Flag illustration for web.

No matching article survives in the recovered corpus.

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Free Press Houston article illustration pairing Klan and Islamic State imagery, by Shelby Hohl.
2016-08-23

KKK / ISIS

Article illustration
720×360

Finished full-colour web file circulated on August 23, 2016 as the KKK–Isis article illustration.

No matching article survives in the recovered corpus.

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Free Press Houston JFK cholesterol article illustration by Shelby Hohl.
2017-02-28

JFK cholesterol

Article illustration
1150×550

Finished web file circulated on February 28, 2017.

No matching article survives in the recovered corpus.

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Illustration titled Spring Blake by Shelby Hohl, Free Press Houston.
2017-03-13

Spring Blake

Illustration
1080×1080

Finished square file circulated on March 13, 2017 under the title Spring Blake. The production record states no article.

Neither the recovered web corpus nor the held issue proofs identify a publication for this object. Its use is unresolved.

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Free Press Houston Houston tidal wave article illustration by Shelby Hohl.
2018-04-27

Houston tidal wave

Article illustration — later revision
1150×550

The later of two versions in the same production sequence, circulated April 27, 2018 as the revised Houston Tidal Wave article illustration; it governs the earlier version, which is not held.

No matching article survives in the recovered corpus.

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Printed credits

Credit lines as the held page or printed proof carries them. The artwork files themselves are not held here; the credit is the evidence.

2018-04-20
The Steve Albini Interview
Photo: Shelby Hohl

Recovered visual work

Evidenced by the maker; binaries not held by the archive.

2016-02-22
Finished artwork
Unheld

Weed in jail

Sent by Shelby Hohl to Free Press Houston for print and web, February 22, 2016: one finished artwork — a green anthropomorphic marijuana leaf behind jail bars on a halftone ground — in a web export and its print counterpart. The surviving page A Vote for Kim Ogg is a Vote for Decriminalization of Weed, by Omar Afra, carries the credit line “Illustration by Shelby Hohl”. Neither binary is held; the record is provenance only.

  • FPH_Weed-Jail_WEB.png · 404,481 bytes
  • FPH_Weed-Jail_PRINT.pdf · 1,985,213 bytes · 2016-02-22

Attributed artwork

Recovered from explicit credit lines printed on the articles themselves. Photography credits are held separately and are not counted here.

BADVICE: SPICY SEX TIPS – V. 34
2015-07-28

BADVICE: SPICY SEX TIPS - V. 34

Debris

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

BADVICE: I’M STILL HERE – V. 28
2015-04-07

BADVICE: I'M STILL HERE - V. 28

Debris

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

BADVICE: STRAIGHT TO THE POINT – V. 27
2015-03-17

BADVICE: STRAIGHT TO THE POINT - V. 27

Debris

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

BADVICE: POKE THE PROSTATE – V. 25
2015-03-03

BADVICE: POKE THE PROSTATE - V. 25

Debris

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

BADVICE: IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY? V – 24
2015-02-17

BADVICE: IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY? V - 24

Debris

Illustration by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

Holding Heaven To A Penis Home
2014-10-03

Holding Heaven To A Penis Home

Editorial

art by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

An Epitaph to Lucky Burger (And What It Signified)
2014-07-17

An Epitaph to Lucky Burger (And What It Signified)

Food And Drink
Issue 2014.07

Art by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

The Gold Course: East End Compromise Shows How Essential Green Space Is
2014-06-26

The Gold Course: East End Compromise Shows How Essential Green Space Is

Local Events

Art by Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

Social Segregation
2014-02-17

Social Segregation

Contact

Artwork By Shelby Hohl

Credit as printed

Stock Market
2013-12-23

Who Benefits from the Stock Market

News

Illustration by Shelby

Credit as printed — name normalised, under review

Credited, artwork not held (28)

Writing

Masthead evidence

2010.08Contributors & Staff Writers
2010.08Designers & Illustrations
2012.11Contributors & Staff Writers
2012.11Designers & Illustrations
2013.08Contributors & Staff Writers
2013.08Designers & Illustrations
2014.07Designers & Illustrators
2014.08Designers & Illustrators
2014.12Designers & Illustrators
2015.01Designers & Illustrators
2015.03Designers & Illustrators
2015.10Designers & Illustrators

Archival authority record

Reference record derived from the material this archive holds. Counts are computed from held and recovered objects; categories the archive holds nothing for are omitted.

Canonical name
Shelby Hohl
Archival roles
Artist / Illustrator, Designer, Writer
Held work spans
2012—2018
Recovered editorial works
1
Held artworks
9
Attributed artwork
46
Printed credits
1
Evidenced unheld work
1
Masthead appearances
12
Issue relationships
9
Written about in
First-party sources
  • LinkedInShelby Hohl — illustrator, designer, animator

    His own profile identifies a Houston-based illustrator, designer and animator and lists Free Press Houston, Free Press Summer Festival and Day for Night among his work.

  • TwineShelby Hohl — profile

    His own profile lists graphic design and motion work for Free Press Houston (2007—2018), Free Press Summer Festival (2009—2015) and Day for Night (2014—2017). Dates are his statement, not an archive finding.

  • CoroflotShelby Hohl — concert posters

    His own portfolio of concert poster work.

Cite this record

Free Press Houston Archive. “Shelby Hohl.” Archival authority record, Free Press Houston Archive, https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/contributors/shelby-hohl

Cite this record

Free Press Houston Archive “Shelby Hohl — contributor record.” n.d.. Contributor record, Free Press Houston 2003—2018. Free Press Houston Archive. https://freepresshoustonarchive.com/contributors/shelby-hohl. Accessed [date].

Published
Undated in the record
Accessed
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Machine record: JSON

Archive finding aids

External references

LinkedIn — Shelby Hohl — illustrator, designer, animator

His own profile identifies a Houston-based illustrator, designer and animator and lists Free Press Houston, Free Press Summer Festival and Day for Night among his work.

Twine — Shelby Hohl — profile

His own profile lists graphic design and motion work for Free Press Houston (2007—2018), Free Press Summer Festival (2009—2015) and Day for Night (2014—2017). Dates are his statement, not an archive finding.

Coroflot — Shelby Hohl — concert posters

His own portfolio of concert poster work.

Houston Press — Houston Music Fight Club

Describes him as the in-house artist for Free Press Houston and notes his Summer Fest work.

Houston Chronicle — Day for Night festival springs from the unconventional mind of Omar Afra

Identifies him as a graphic designer on staff who had been with Free Press for more than a decade.

Houstonia — First Look at Lowbrow

Credits the restaurant's watercolours of famous Houstonians to him.