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June 2026 Artwork
Inspiration
American artist Frank Frazetta’s Conan the Barbarian captures the fierce, primal essence of the legendary warrior, painted in 1965 for Robert E Howard’s Conan the Adventurer. With dramatic lighting, towering musculature, and visceral movement, this and other artwork by Frazetta played a defining role in shaping the heroic image in modern fantasy illustration.
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​Homage
D’Aubigny depicts the French opera singer, swordswoman, adventurer and horsewoman standing amid a pile of timber strewn with symbols of her life. These include a discarded dress, sheet music, and the blades of defeated opponents. Around her leg curls her lover, who she’s rescued from the convent burning in the background, while Louis XIV looks on in amusement. Art by David Hueso.
June 2026 Videos
June 2nd
Henry Johnson posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, 2015
June 5th
French Resistance conducts sabotage in advance of D-Day, 1944
June 7th
Crusaders take positions outside Jerusalem, 1099
June 11th
Eleanor of Aquitaine has a premonition of her son Henry's death, 1183 (approximate)
June 14th
William Bligh and other HMAV Bounty castoffs arrive at Timor, 1789
June 21st
Oda Nobunaga, betrayed by a general, commits seppuku, 1582
June 25th
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank first published, 1947
June 30th
Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act passed, 1906