CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

    We have issued our report dated April 25, 1997, which report includes an
explanatory paragraph as to an uncertainty with respect to the Company's ability
to  continue  as  a  going  concern,  accompanying  the  consolidated  financial
statements included in the Annual Report of Computer Concepts Corp. on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1996. We hereby consent to the  incorporation by
reference of said report in the  Registration  Statements  of Computer  Concepts
Corp. on Forms S-8 (File No.  33-88260,  effective  December 30, 1994,  File No.
33-94058,  effective June 28, 1995 and File No.  333-4070,  effective  April 25,
1996).



GRANT THORNTON LLP
Melville, New York
May 5, 1997