Maybe because your eye for art is *ahem* naive. I mean the story is well intentioned and all, but the characters are wooden and badly proportioned - though the composition of the frames show some balance/promise.
I know it sounds harsh, nobody likes hearing that their newborn baby is ugly, but some life drawing classes would help. I hope you continue to draw and learn, and that you one day execute a strip worthy of your vision.
Jon, this project of yours actually has some merit. Some potential.
Don't be an idiot and call everyone who has a differing opinion a "DU troll." Cause you know, that's what the DU trolls do. They can't argue, so they name call...mean spirited Republicans...Vast Right Wing Conspiracy...yadda yadda yadda.
Rise above that. Learn to take some criticism and some differing opinions.