Granted I haven't been paying much attention to any of this, I somehow thought these were set during the period of time after Woodward's death and "transformation" at the hands of Barnabas, and subsequent destruction.
You may not be paying close attention, but you are dead on (no pun intended) when it comes to what is wrong with Barnabas and Julia's exchange because they're talking about a dead man (a man who is "really most sincerely dead" as the coroner in the
Wizard of Oz certified the Wicked Witch of the East
) as if he is still alive! Maybe the snowstorm has somehow adversely affected their brains
and they've both forgotten that fact - I don't know. But David Campiti told ShadowGram (see reply #3) that Book 3 is set "right before the 1790 flashback, around the time of Episodes 6 and 7." However, fans will surely recall that after his "transformation," Woodard was dispatched by Sheriff Patterson in the '91 Series' 5th Hour, which is often considered to be Episode 4, but by any accounting is
before Episode 6(7th Hour) and Episode 7(8th Hour). The fact that Campiti could continually say that all of the comics' time frames fit in perfectly with the series is simply bonkers.
And the added fact that a certain consulting editor didn't catch such a glaring timing glitch as talking about Woodard long after his death (and who knows potentially what else involving Woodard in the unpublished issues of Book 3) is simply ridiculous, though hardly a first editing slip, which leads one to wonder if said consulting editor actually held the title in name only...
The interesting thing, though, is if Book 3 did indeed take place before Woodard's death in the '91 Series, at least the snow in Book 3 might have made more sense. But, well...