The hunt is on for more original newspaper strip art by the late, great John M. Burns – and downthetubes readers out there may be able to help.

“Eartha” was a colour weekly strip, the tale of a Stone Age cave girl preserved in ice for 10,000 years, revived in 1981 when a nuclear waste site in the north of England is excavated.

The strip appeared in Britain’s News of the World “Sunday” magazine from September 1981 to July 1982. Written by Donne Avenell and illustrated by John M. Burns, 52 full colour instalments were commissioned following her adventures, but only 45 were published.