Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick--who is also a character actor, former boxer and radio disc jockey--creates colorful and intriguing works that layer imagery from his Chicago childhood, advertising, comic books, and science and nature texts. This spring, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, is mounting a national tour of "Max and Gaby's Alphabet," the public premiere of a suite of Fitzpatrick's four-color etchings. "Max and Gaby's Alphabet" spells...