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.
