By the close of 1918, it had become known that Joynton Smith was in the process of establishing a new weekly newspaper in Sydney, to be named Smith's Weekly. Smith engaged theatrical publicist Claude McKay and journalist Clyde Packer in the new venture, with J. F. Archibald of The Bulletin as consulting editor. Advertisements seeking submissions from writers and artists were published in December 1918.The Paper Australia Has Been Waiting For, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 January 1918, page 6."Smith's Weekly.", Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser, 20 January 1919, page 2. Hartt saw an opening for a staff job and applied, becoming the first artist engaged by the new publication.'Smith's' Gigantic Easter Egg: History of 'Smith's' Art Supremacy, Smith's Weekly (Sydney), 20 April 1935, page 21. Hartt's drawing style and humour were consistent with the populist left-wing ethos of Smith's Weekly, which set a radical nationalist tone and a disrespect of authority. The weekly newspaper published high quality cartoons on a broad range of subjects.George Blaikie (1966), Remember Smith's Weekly : A Biography of an Uninhibited National Australian Newspaper, Born: 1 March 1919, Died: 28 October 1950, Adelaide: Rigby.Helen Doyle (2001), 'Smith's Weekly' (in) Graeme Davison, John Hirst & Stuart Macintyre (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, .
