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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): NOVEMBER 17, 1997

                           CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

         TEXAS                         0-24068               76-0190827
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION   (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      OF INCORPORATION)                                   IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                             2210 WEST DALLAS STREET
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019
              (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND ZIP CODE)

       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (713) 529-4200
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS 

    On November 17, 1997, Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (the "Company") announced
that it had completed the acquisition of Walnut Circle Press, Inc. in
Greensboro, North Carolina. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.     

    The attached press release may contain forward looking information.
Readers are cautioned that such information involves risks and uncertainties,
including the possibility that events may occur which preclude completion of
pending or future acquisitions by the Company.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

    (A)  EXHIBITS

    The following exhibit is filed herewith:


    99  Press release of Consolidated Graphics, Inc. dated November 17,1997, 
        with respect to the Company's announcement that it had completed the
        acquisition of Walnut Circle Press, Inc. in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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                                    SIGNATURE

      PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
    THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY
                   THE UNDERSIGNED HEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.

                                               CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
                                                       (Registrant)
                                          By: /s/ HAROLD E. GAUBERT, JR.
                                                  Harold E. Gaubert,Jr   
                                                  Executive Vice President -
                                                  Finance and Administration

Date:  November 17, 1997

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