Arranging 2 x 3 figures using subfigure with top to bottom priority instead of left to right priority

Question

I am very satisfied with the result from subfigure package so far.
But now I need to make the sequence with top to bottom priority.
a d
b e
c f

How to do it?
this code produce neat error free result but the subfigures are arranged from left to right first.
begin{figure}[h]
centering
subfigure[]
{includegraphics[width=0.42textwidth]{figures/placeholder} 
label{fig:placeholder1}}
subfigure[]
{includegraphics[width=0.42textwidth]{figures/placeholder} 
label{fig:placeholder2}}
subfigure[]
{includegraphics[width=0.42textwidth]{figures/placeholder} 
label{fig:placeholder3}}
subfigure[]
{includegraphics[width=0.42textwidth]{figures/placeholder} 
label{fig:placeholder4}}
subfigure[]
{includegraphics[width=0.42textwidth]{figures/placeholder} 
label{fig:placeholder5}}
subfigure[]
{includegraphics[width=0.42textwidth]{figures/placeholder} 
label{fig:placeholder6}}
caption[faafasfasf.]{affffafasfsfsfssfs.}
label{fig:ffsfsfssff}
end{figure}

result

Roland · Accepted Answer

How about a minipage like this:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{graphicx,subfigure}
begin{document}

begin{figure}
        begin{minipage}[b]{.5textwidth}
        subfigure[Figure A]{label{fig:a}includegraphics[width=60mm]{example-image-a}}
        subfigure[Figure B]{label{fig:b}includegraphics[width=60mm]{example-image-a}}
        subfigure[Figure C]{label{fig:c}includegraphics[width=60mm]{example-image-a}}
        end{minipage}
        hspace{0.5cm}
        begin{minipage}[b]{.5textwidth}
        subfigure[Figure D]{label{fig:d}includegraphics[width=60mm]{example-image-a}}
        subfigure[Figure E]{label{fig:e}includegraphics[width=60mm]{example-image-a}}
        subfigure[Figure F]{label{fig:f}includegraphics[width=60mm]{example-image-a}}
        end{minipage}
        caption{my caption}
    end{figure}

end{document}

NBur · Answer

Or with multicol. Commented lines are for subcaption package.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{graphicx}
%usepackage{subcaption}
usepackage{subfigure}
usepackage{multicol}
begin{document}
    
    begin{figure}
        begin{multicols}{2}
%           begin{subfigure}[b]{linewidth}
%               includegraphics[width=.95linewidth]{example-image-a}
%               caption{A subfigure}label{fig:a}
%           end{subfigure}
%           begin{subfigure}[b]{.45linewidth}
%               includegraphics[width=.95linewidth]{example-image-b}
%               caption{B subfigure}label{fig:b}
%           end{subfigure}
%           begin{subfigure}[b]{.45linewidth}
%               includegraphics[width=.95linewidth]{example-image-c}
%               caption{C subfigure}label{fig:c}
%           end{subfigure}
%           begin{subfigure}[b]{linewidth}
%               includegraphics[width=.95linewidth]{example-image-a}
%               caption{A subfigure}label{fig:a}
%           end{subfigure}
%           begin{subfigure}[b]{linewidth}
%               includegraphics[width=.95linewidth]{example-image-b}
%               caption{B subfigure}label{fig:b}
%           end{subfigure}
%           begin{subfigure}[b]{linewidth}
%               includegraphics[width=.95linewidth]{example-image-c}
%               caption{C subfigure}label{fig:c}
%           end{subfigure}
            subfigure[Figure A]{label{fig:a}includegraphics[width=linewidth]{example-image-a}}
            subfigure[Figure B]{label{fig:b}includegraphics[width=linewidth]{example-image-b}}
            subfigure[Figure C]{label{fig:c}includegraphics[width=linewidth]{example-image-c}}
            subfigure[Figure D]{label{fig:d}includegraphics[width=linewidth]{example-image-a}}
            subfigure[Figure E]{label{fig:e}includegraphics[width=linewidth]{example-image-b}}
            subfigure[Figure F]{label{fig:f}includegraphics[width=linewidth]{example-image-c}}
        end{multicols}
    caption{my caption}
    end{figure}
end{document}

Arranging 2 x 3 figures using subfigure with top to bottom priority instead of left to right priority

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