Known as bootzamon to German settlers and Tattie Bogies to the Scots, scarecrows, culturally if not etymologically, have long been tied to the supernatural.

The "Scarecrow" mask from The Dark Knight is terrifying, but aesthetically simple. I like the minimalist approach, but it's also very intentionally created. Love how the displacement and asymmetry of the mouth creates discomfort.

Scarecrow! Artist unknown.

Mind blown.

Professor Jonathan Crane, also known as The Scarecrow, was a villain in Batman: The Animated Series. A sick and twisted man, his ultimate goals of crippling Gotham with fear were foiled by Batman. Jonathan Crane was interested in the study of human fears and phobias ever since he was a child.[1] In the comics, he was nicknamed the "Scarecrow" as a teenager, Crane was bullied and chastised for his scrawny appearance. The boys would call him "Ichabod Crane", for his resemblance to the…