Underground Comics paved the way for comics to be taken more seriously, as well as diversify in the content and characters presented. It is clear that the cartoonists are not your average cishet white male creators, as seen in the vast diversity presented in them. Zap in particular had a certain dry humor to it that, while I personally did not find it funny, can appreciate the meaning it must have held for the readers at their height. We see struggles with sexuality, misogyny, racism, and other issues that the comic code forbade being present. I did find that the stories were often text heavy, and occasionally fell back on the very stereotypes they were trying to combat, Zap especially. Comics written by those who found themselves further outside of societal norm were more appealing to me.