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Jinx

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American clothing line

Jinx, stylized as J!NX, was a San Diego, California-based clothing brand started by Sean Gailey and Tim Norris in 1999 that created video game and other geek culture-themed apparel until its close in 2023.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Jinx, stylized as J!NX, was a San Diego, California-based clothing brand started by Sean Gailey and Tim Norris in 1999 that created video game and other geek culture-themed apparel until its close in 2023.2

How it started

Early history

Jinx was started as a home business in 1999 by web developers Sean Gailey and Tim Norris. The company remained a side-project of the two founders until 2003, when they partnered with Jason Kraus and decided to work full-time, using video game themes for the majority of their pieces. The following year the company moved out of Gailey's bedroom and into their first office. Gailey describes the multiple themes that Jinx uses in its apparel as including, "video games, art, geek culture, Internet memes, giant robots, gadgets and comics."

From Wikipedia’s article on Jinx, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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