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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4



                                                   CONTINUING SECURITY AGREEMENT
WELLS FARGO BANK                                 RIGHTS TO PAYMENT AND INVENTORY


     1. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. For valuable consideration, the undersigned
GADZOOKS, INC., or any of them ("Debtor"), hereby grants and transfers to WELLS
FARGO BANK TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Bank") a security interest in all
accounts, deposit accounts, chattel paper (whether electronic or tangible),
instruments, promissory notes, documents, general intangibles, payment
intangibles, software, letter of credit rights, health-care insurance
receivables and other rights to payment (collectively called "Rights to
Payment"), now existing or at any time hereafter, and prior to the termination
hereof, arising (whether they arise from the sale, lease or other disposition of
inventory or from performance of contracts for service, manufacture,
construction, repair or otherwise or from any other source whatsoever),
including all securities, guaranties, warranties, indemnity agreements,
insurance policies, supporting obligations and other agreements pertaining to
the same or the property described therein, and in all goods returned by or
repossessed from Debtor's customers, together with a security interest in all
inventory, goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts for
service, goods so leased or furnished, raw materials, component parts and
embedded software, work in process or materials used or consumed in Debtor's
business and all warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents
evidencing goods owned or acquired by Debtor, and all goods covered thereby, now
or at any time hereafter, and prior to the termination hereof, owned or acquired
by Debtor, wherever located, and all products thereof (collectively called
"Inventory"), whether in the possession of Debtor, warehousemen, bailees or any
other person, or in process of delivery and whether located at Debtor's places
or business or elsewhere (with all Rights to Payment and Inventory referred to
herein collectively as the "Collateral"), together with whatever is receivable
or received when any of the Collateral or proceeds thereof are sold, leased,
collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is
voluntary or involuntary, including without limitation, all Rights to Payment,
including returned premiums, with respect to any insurance relating to any the
foregoing, and all Rights to Payment with respect to any claim or cause of
action affecting or relating to any of the foregoing (hereinafter called
"Proceeds").

     2. OBLIGATIONS SECURED. The obligations secured hereby are the payment and
performance of: (a) all present and future Indebtedness of Debtor to Bank; (b)
all obligations of Debtor and rights of Bank under this Agreement; and (c) all
present and future obligations of Debtor to Bank of other kinds. The word
"Indebtedness" is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and includes any
and all advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of Debtor, or any of them,
heretofore, now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether voluntary or
involuntary and however arising, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, and whether Debtor may
be liable individually or jointly, or whether recovery upon such Indebtedness
may be or hereafter becomes unenforceable.

     3. TERMINATION. This Agreement will terminate upon the performance of all
obligations of Debtor to Bank, including without limitation, the payment of all
Indebtedness of Debtor to Bank, and the termination of all commitments of Bank
to extend credit to Debtor, existing at the time Bank receives written notice
from Debtor of the termination of this Agreement.

     4. OBLIGATIONS OF BANK. Bank has no obligation to make any loans hereunder.
Any money received by Bank in respect of the Collateral may be deposited, at
Bank's option, into a non-interest bearing account over which Debtor shall have
no control, and the same shall, for all purposes, be deemed Collateral
hereunder.

     5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Debtor represents and warrants to Bank
that: (a) Debtor's legal name is exactly as set forth on the first page of this
Agreement, and all of Debtor's organizational documents or agreements delivered
to Bank are complete and accurate in every respect; (b) Debtor is the owner and
has possession or control of the Collateral and Proceeds; (c) Debtor has the
exclusive right to grant a security interest in the Collateral and Proceeds; (d)
all Collateral and Proceeds are genuine, free from liens, adverse claims,
setoffs, default, prepayment, defenses and conditions precedent of any kind or
character, except the lien created hereby or as otherwise agreed to by Bank, or
heretofore disclosed by Debtor to Bank, in writing; (e) all statements contained
herein and, where applicable, in the Collateral are true and complete in all
material respects; (f) no financing statement covering any of the Collateral or
Proceeds, and naming any secured party other than Bank, is on file in any public
office; (g) all persons appearing to be obligated on
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Rights to Payment and Proceeds have authority and capacity to contract and are
bound as they appear to be; (h) all property subject to chattel paper has been
properly registered and filed in compliance with law and to perfect the interest
of Debtor in such property; and (i) all Rights to Payment and Proceeds comply
with all applicable laws concerning form, content and manner of preparation and
execution, including where applicable Federal Reserve Regulation Z and any State
consumer credit laws.

     6. COVENANTS OF DEBTOR

           (a) Debtor agrees in general: (i) to pay Indebtedness secured hereby
when due; (ii) to indemnify Bank against all losses, claims, demands,
liabilities and expenses of every kind caused by property subject hereto; (iii)
to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by
Bank in the perfection and preservation of the Collateral or Bank's interest
therein and/or the realization, enforcement and exercise of Bank's rights,
powers and remedies hereunder; (iv) to permit Bank to exercise its power; (v) to
execute and deliver such documents as Bank deems necessary to create, perfect
and continue the security interests contemplated hereby; (vi) not to change its
name, and as applicable, its chief executive office, its principal residence or
the jurisdiction in which it is organized and/or registered without giving Bank
prior written notice thereof; (vii) not to change the places where Debtor keeps
any Collateral or Debtor's records concerning the Collateral and Proceeds
without giving Bank prior written notice of the address to which Debtor is
moving same; and (viii) to cooperate with Bank in perfecting all security
interests granted herein and in obtaining such agreements from third parties as
Bank deems necessary, proper or convenient in connection with the preservation,
perfection or enforcement of any of its rights hereunder.

           (b) Debtor agrees with regard to the Collateral and Proceeds, unless
Bank agrees otherwise in writing: (i) that Bank is authorized to file financing
statements in the name of Debtor to perfect Bank's security interest in
Collateral and Proceeds; (ii) to insure Inventory and, where applicable, Rights
to Payment with Bank as loss payee, in form, substance and amounts, under
agreements, against risks and liabilities, and with insurance companies
satisfactory to Bank; (iii) not to use any Inventory for any unlawful purpose or
in any way that would void any insurance required to be carried in connection
therewith; (iv) not to remove Inventory from Debtor's premises, except for
deliveries to buyers in the ordinary course of Debtor's business and except
Inventory which consists of mobile goods as defined in the Texas Business and
Commerce Code, in which case Debtor agrees not to remove or permit the removal
of the Inventory from its state of domicile for a period in excess of 30
calendar days; (v) not to permit any security interest in or lien on the
Collateral or Proceeds, including without limitation, liens arising from the
storage of Inventory, except in favor of Bank; (vi) not to sell, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of, nor permit the transfer by operation of law of, any of the
Collateral or Proceeds or any interest therein, except sales of Inventory to
buyers in the ordinary course of Debtor's business; (vii) to furnish reports to
Bank of all acquisitions, returns, sales and other dispositions of the Inventory
in such form and detail and at such times as Bank may require; (viii) to permit
bank to inspect the Collateral at any time; (ix) to keep, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, complete and accurate records
regarding all Collateral and Proceeds, and to permit Bank to inspect the same
and make copies thereof at any reasonable time; (x) if requested by Bank, to
receive and use reasonable diligence to collect Rights to Payment and Proceeds,
in trust and as the property of Bank, and to immediately endorse as appropriate
and deliver such Rights to Payment and Proceeds to Bank daily in the exact form
in which they are received together with a collection report in form
satisfactory to Bank; (xi) not to commingle Rights to Payment, Proceeds or
collections thereunder with other property; (xii) to give only normal allowances
and credits and to advise Bank thereof immediately in writing if they affect any
Rights to Payment or Proceeds in any material respect; (xiii) on demand, to
deliver to Bank returned property resulting from, or payment equal to, such
allowances or credits on any Rights to Payment or Proceeds or to execute such
documents and do such other things as Bank may reasonably request for the
purpose of perfecting, preserving and enforcing its security interest in such
returned property; (xiv) from time to time, when requested by Bank, to prepare
and deliver a schedule of all Collateral and Proceeds subject to this Agreement
and to assign in writing and deliver to Bank all accounts, contracts, leases and
other chattel paper, instruments, documents and other evidences thereof; (xv) in
the event Bank elects to receive payments of Rights to Payment or Proceeds
hereunder, to pay all expenses incurred by Bank in connection therewith,
including expenses of accounting, correspondence, collection efforts, reporting
to account or contract debtors, filing, recording, record keeping and expenses
incidental thereto; and (xvi) to provide any service and do any other acts which
may be necessary to maintain, preserve and protect all Collateral and, as
appropriate and applicable, to keep all Collateral in good and

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saleable condition in accordance with the standards and practices adhered to
generally by users and manufacturers of like property, and to keep all
Collateral and Proceeds free and clear of all defenses, rights of offset and
counterclaims.

     7. POWERS OF BANK. Debtor appoints Bank its true attorney-in-fact to
perform any of the following powers, which are coupled with an interest, are
irrevocable until termination of this Agreement and may be exercised from time
to time by Bank's officers and employees, or any of them, whether or not Debtor
is in default: (a) to perform any obligation of Debtor hereunder in Debtor's
name or otherwise; (b) to give notice to account debtors or others of Bank's
rights in the Collateral and Proceeds, to enforce or forebear from enforcing the
same and make extension or modification agreements with respect thereto; (c) to
release persons liable on Proceeds and to give receipts and acquittances and
compromise disputes in connection therewith; (d) to release or substitute
security; (e) to resort to security in any order; (f) to prepare, execute, file,
record or deliver notes, assignments, schedules, designation statements,
financing statements, continuation statements, termination statements,
statements of assignment, applications for registration or like papers to
perfect, preserve or release Bank's interest in the Collateral and Proceeds; (g)
to receive, open and read mail addressed to Debtor; (h) to take cash,
instruments for the payment of money and other property to which Bank is
entitled; (i) to verify facts concerning the Collateral and Proceeds by inquiry
of obligors thereon, or otherwise, in its own name or a fictitious name; (j) to
endorse, collect, deliver and receive payment under instruments for the payment
of money constituting or relating to Proceeds; (k) to prepare, adjust, execute,
deliver and receive payment under insurance claims, and to collect and receive
payment of and endorse any instrument in payment of loss or returned premiums or
any other insurance refund or return, and to apply such amounts received by
Bank, at Bank's sole option, toward repayment of the Indebtedness or replacement
of the Collateral; (l) to exercise all rights, powers and remedies which Debtor
would have, but for this Agreement, with respect to all Collateral and Proceeds
subject hereto; (m) to enter onto Debtor's premises in inspecting the
Collateral; (n) to make withdrawals from and to close deposit accounts or other
accounts with any financial institution, wherever located, into which Proceeds
may have been deposited, and to apply funds so withdrawn to payment of the
Indebtedness; (o) to preserve or release the interest evidenced by chattel paper
to which Bank is entitled hereunder and to endorse and deliver any evidence of
title incidental thereto; and (p) to do all acts and things and execute all
documents in the name of Debtor or otherwise, deemed by Bank as necessary,
proper and convenient in connection with the preservation, perfection or
enforcement of its rights hereunder.

     8. PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS, TAXES, CHARGES, LIENS AND ASSESSMENTS. Debtor
agrees to pay, prior to delinquency, all insurance premiums, taxes, charges,
liens and assessments against the Collateral and Proceeds, and upon the failure
of Debtor to do so, Bank at its option may pay any of them and shall be the sole
judge of the legality or validity thereof and the amount necessary to discharge
the same. Any such payments made by Bank shall be obligations of Debtor to Bank,
due and payable immediately upon demand, together with interest at a rate
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 hereof, and shall be
secured by the Collateral and Proceeds, subject to all terms and conditions of
this Agreement.

     9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence of any of the following shall
constitute an "Event of Default" under this Agreement: (a) any default in the
payment or performance of any obligation, or any defined event of default, under
(i) any contract or instrument evidencing any Indebtedness, or (ii) any other
agreement between Debtor and Bank, including without limitation any loan
agreement, relating to or executed in connection with any Indebtedness; (b) any
representation or warranty made by Debtor herein shall prove to be incorrect,
false or misleading in any material respect when made; (c) Debtor shall fail to
observe or perform any obligation or agreement contained herein; (d) any
impairment of the rights of Bank in any Collateral or Proceeds or any attachment
or like levy on any property of Debtor; and (e) Bank, in good faith, believes
any or all of the Collateral and/or Proceeds to be in danger of misuse,
dissipation, commingling, loss, theft, damage or destruction, or otherwise in
jeopardy or unsatisfactory in character or value.

     10. REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Bank shall have
the right to declare immediately due and payable all or any Indebtedness secured
hereby and to terminate any commitments to make loans or otherwise extend credit
to Debtor. Bank shall have all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies
granted to a secured party upon default under the Texas Business and Commerce
Code or otherwise provided by law, including without limitation, the right (a)
to contact all persons obligated to Debtor on any
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Collateral or Proceeds and to instruct such persons to deliver all Collateral
and/or Proceeds directly to Bank, and (b) to sell, lease, license or otherwise
dispose of any or all Collateral. All rights, powers, privileges and remedies of
Bank shall be cumulative. No delay, failure or discontinuance of Bank in
exercising any right, power, privilege or remedy hereunder shall affect or
operate as a waiver of such right, power, privilege or remedy; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right, power, privilege or remedy
preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy. Any waiver, permit,
consent or approval of any kind by Bank of any default hereunder, or any such
waiver of any provisions or conditions hereof, must be in writing and shall be
effective only to the extent set forth in writing. It is agreed that public or
private sales or other dispositions, for cash or on credit, to a wholesaler or
retailer or investor, or user of property of the types subject to this
Agreement, or public auctions, are all commercially reasonable since differences
in the prices generally realized in the different kinds of dispositions are
ordinarily offset by the differences in the costs and credit risks of such
dispositions.

While an Event of Default exists: (a) Debtor will deliver to Bank from time to
time, as requested by Bank, current lists of all Collateral and Proceeds; (b)
Debtor will not dispose of any Collateral or Proceeds except on terms approved
by Bank; (c) at Bank's request, Debtor will assemble and deliver all Collateral
and Proceeds, and books and records pertaining thereto, to Bank at a reasonably
convenient place designated by Bank; and (d) Bank may, without notice to Debtor,
enter onto Debtor's premises and take possession of the Collateral. With respect
to any sale by Bank of any Collateral subject to this Agreement, Debtor hereby
expressly grants to Bank the right to sell such Collateral using any or all of
Debtor's trademarks, trade names, trade name rights and/or proprietary labels or
marks. Debtor further agrees that Bank shall have no obligation to process or
prepare any Collateral for sale or other disposition.

     11. DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL AND PROCEEDS; TRANSFER OF INDEBTEDNESS. In
disposing of Collateral hereunder, Bank may disclaim all warranties of title,
possession, quiet enjoyment and the like. Any proceeds of any disposition of any
Collateral or Proceeds, or any part thereof, may be applied by Bank to the
payment of expenses incurred by Bank in connection with the foregoing, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, and the balance of such proceeds may be applied by
Bank toward the payment of the Indebtedness in such order of application as Bank
may from time to time elect. Upon the transfer of all or any part of the
Indebtedness, Bank may transfer all or any part of the Collateral or Proceeds
and shall be fully discharged thereafter from all liability and responsibility
with respect to any of the foregoing so transferred, and the transferee shall be
vested with all rights and powers of Bank hereunder with respect to any of the
foregoing so transferred; but with respect to any Collateral or Proceeds not so
transferred Bank shall retain all rights, powers, privileges and remedies herein
given.

     12. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Until all Indebtedness shall have been paid in
full and all commitments by Bank to extend credit to Debtor have been
terminated, the power of sale or other disposition and all other rights, powers,
privileges and remedies granted to Bank hereunder shall continue to exist and
may be exercised by Bank at any time and from time to time irrespective of the
fact that the Indebtedness or any part thereof may have become barred by any
statute of limitations, or that the personal liability of Debtor may have
ceased, unless such liability shall have ceased due to the payment in full of
all Indebtedness secured hereunder.

     13. MISCELLANEOUS. When there is more than one Debtor named herein: (a) the
word "Debtor" shall mean all or any one or more of them as the context requires;
(b) the obligations of each Debtor hereunder are joint and several; and (c)
until all Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, no Debtor shall have any
right of subrogation or contribution, and each Debtor hereby waives any benefit
of or right to participate in any of the Collateral or Proceeds or any other
security now or hereafter held by Bank. Debtor hereby waives any right to
require Bank to (i) proceed against Debtor or any other person, (ii) proceed
against or exhaust any security from Debtor or any other person, (iii) perform
any obligation of Debtor with respect to any Collateral or Proceeds, and (d)
make any presentment or demand, or give any notices of any kind, including
without limitation, any notice of nonpayment or nonperformance, protest, notice
of protest, notice of dishonor, notice of intention to accelerate or notice of
acceleration hereunder or in connection with any Collateral or Proceeds. Debtor
further waives any right to direct the application of payments or security for
any indebtedness of Debtor or Indebtedness of customers of Debtor. Any
requirement of reasonable notice to Debtor with respect to the sale or other
disposition of Collateral shall be met if such notice is given pursuant to the
requirements of
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Section 14 hereof at least 5 days before the date of any public disposition or
the date after which any private sale other disposition will be made.

     14. NOTICES. All notices, requests and demands required under this
Agreement must be in writing, addressed to Bank at the address specified in any
other loan documents entered into between Debtor and Bank and to Debtor at the
address of its chief executive office (or principal residence, if applicable)
specified below or to such other address as any party may designate by written
notice to each other party, and shall be deemed to have been given or made as
follows: (a) if personally delivered, upon delivery; (b) if sent by mail, upon
the earlier of the date of receipt or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S.
mail, first class and postage prepaid; and (c) if sent by telecopy, upon
receipt.

     15. COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS' FEES. Debtor shall pay to Bank
immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges,
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees (to include outside
counsel fees and all allocated costs of Bank's in-house counsel to the extent
permissible), expended or incurred by Bank in exercising any right, power,
privilege or remedy conferred by this Agreement or in the enforcement thereof,
whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding
or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any
bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding,
contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to
Debtor or in any way affecting any of the Collateral or Bank's ability to
exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect thereto. All of the
foregoing shall be paid by Debtor from the date of demand to the date paid in
full with interest at the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

     16. SUCCESSORS; ASSIGNS; AMENDMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal
representatives, successors and assigns of the parties, and may be amended or
modified only in writing signed by Bank and Debtor.

     17. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall
be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or any remaining provisions of this
Agreement.

     18. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

     Debtor warrants that Debtor is an organization registered under the laws of
the State of Texas.

     Debtor warrants that its chief executive office (or principal residence, if
applicable) is located at the following address: 4121 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY,
CARROLLTON, TX 75007

     Debtor warrants that the Collateral (except goods in transit) is located or
domiciled at the following additional addresses: NONE

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of November 8,
2002.


GADZOOKS, INC.


By:               /s/ James A. Motley
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           James A. Motley, VP/CFO/Secretary



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                                    EXHIBIT A
                                       TO
                             UCC FINANCING STATEMENT


           This Exhibit A is attached to and made a part of that certain UCC
Financing Statement executed by GADZOOKS, INC., as Debtor, for the benefit of
WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Secured Party.

           The following is hereby incorporated into said UCC Financing
Statement as the description of the collateral subject thereto:

           All accounts, chattel paper (whether electronic or tangible),
instruments, promissory notes, documents, general intangibles, payment
intangibles, software, letter of credit rights, health-care insurance
receivables and other rights to payment of every kind now or at any time
hereafter arising out of the business of Debtor, and all goods returned by or
repossessed from Debtor's customers;

           all inventory, raw materials, component parts and embedded software,
work in process and/or materials now or at any time hereafter used or consumed
in Debtor's business, and all warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other
documents evidencing goods now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor, and all
goods covered thereby, including all accessions, additions and improvements
thereto and products thereof, wherever located, whether in the possession of
Debtor or any warehouseman, bailee or any other person, or in process of
delivery;

           all goods, tools, machinery, furnishings, furniture and other
equipment of Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located, whether
in the possession of Debtor or any other person, and all improvements,
replacements, accessions and additions thereto and embedded software included
therein; and

           all proceeds of any of the foregoing, whether arising from the sale,
lease or other use or disposition thereof, including without limitation, all
rights to payment with respect to any insurance, including returned premiums, or
any claim or cause of action relating to any of the foregoing.