It just occurred to me that Phil legitimately does have a more fragile ego than Chris. I'm not sure how I feel about that sentiment.
Phil is the new Golden-Age Chris Chan. In nearly every way.
1. Fragile ego, to the point where he runs the fandom like a Dictatorship (Chris would often filter out "bad" emails for the comic and only leave in ones that massaged his ego and praised him. And Phil's North Korea chat/forum).
2. Paranoia. Chris got increasingly more paranoid over time, and 2017 Phil was ripe with him assuming fans/randoms were detractors, or lying to make him look bad.
3. Idiocy with money, and the things related to it.
4. Romance. Like Chris jumping from one girl to the next and declaring her his new sweetheart, Phil has done exactly this with Kat, and how she was his "soulmate" almost immediately. Their significant others were/are also only there to provide for them. Love is secondary, or not even a factor at all. It's all about taking care of them.
So, yeah. Phil is Golden-Age Chris, with the same level and quantity of juicy sagas and shenanigans one would expect from a Chris-tier lolcow.