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SpiffandHerculesistheEnglishtranslationofaFrenchcomicstriptitledPifetHercule,featuringananthropomorphicbrown-yellowdog("Pif")andablack-whitecat("Hercule")who,despitebeingbestfriends,areconstantlyfightinginafriendship/haterelationship.ThecharacterofPifwascreatedbyJoséCabreroArnalfortheFrenchCommunistPartynewspaperL'HumanitéonMarch28,1948,andthecatHerculeswasintroducedtwoyearslaterbbb TheadventuresofPifalsoappearedintheBritishcommunistnewspapertheDailyWorker(laterTheMorningStar)untilthemid-1970s. Spifflatergothisownmagazine("PifGadget"),whichwasverypopularasnotonlydiditincludeseveraldifferentcomicstrips,butofferedatoygadgetineachissue. HerculesalsogothisownversionofSpiff'smagazine,thisonecalled"SuperHercule",buthismagazinewasmorejoke-oriented. Aseriesof6526-minuteanimatedcartoonsfeaturingthecharacterswasproducedin1989byEuropeImages/M5inFrance.Eachprogramconsistedoftwoepisodes.UnitedKingdomtelevisionstationChannel4airedtheseriesin1993.
