Who designed the cover for 'Dirty Work' (1986), and what was its graffiti-style aesthetic?

The cover for The Rolling Stones’ 1986 album Dirty Work was designed by Mark Marek, an underground cartoonist known for his work in Raw magazine and later The Simpsons comics. The band wanted something deliberately rough and unpolished, a visual middle finger that matched the record’s scrappy, back-to-basics sound.

Marek hand-drew the band members as exaggerated cartoon figures on a bright green background, complete with a spray-painted-looking logo. The whole thing looks like it was scribbled on a subway wall in five minutes—messy, chaotic, and full of attitude. The inner sleeve continued the theme with a dense collage of photos, clippings, and more doodles, doubling down on the “we don’t care” vibe.