The homebrew wizards are at it again. When the Nintendo DS hit the market, people scoffed at its inability to do anything other than play some kick-ass games. The Sony PSP was a portable multimedia machine, pulling double and triple duty as a MP3 player and PMP. My, how homebrew changes things.

We’re already enjoying MSN messenger (BeUp) and video watching (Moonshell) on our Nintendo DS Lites, so why not add comic book-reading to the mix? Appropriately named Comic Book DS, this homebrew application essentially transforms Nintendo’s portable gamer into a picture viewer. It seems you can choose to hold your DS the conventional way or sideways like how you do in Brain Age.

Download the app here